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A Tour of Waterfalls in Various Provinces · 20 / 31

The Falls at Aoigaoka in the Eastern Capital

江都葵岡の滝（諸国瀧廻り）

  • Distant View
  • Water
  • Figures
The Falls at Aoigaoka in the Eastern Capital — Hokusai woodblock landscape — The Falls at Aoigaoka in the Eastern Capital. The Metropolitan Museum of Art (public domain).
Katsushika Hokusai. The Metropolitan Museum of Art (public domain).

The Falls at Aoigaoka in the Eastern Capital. Hokusai organizes landscape through viewpoint and form — compare this sheet with others in the same series.

Check viewpoint tags: bird’s-eye, looking up, distant, or from between the waves.

Follow how water, mountain, bridge, and figure forms divide the composition.

Extended Japanese viewing notes: 江都葵岡の滝（諸国瀧廻り）.

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