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A Tour of Waterfalls in Various Provinces · 14 / 31

The Amida Falls in the Far Reaches of the Kisokaidō Road

木曾路奥阿弥陀ケ滝（諸国瀧廻り）

  • Looking Up
  • Water
  • Mountain
The Amida Falls in the Far Reaches of the Kisokaidō Road — Hokusai woodblock landscape — The Amida Falls in the Far Reaches of the Kisokaidō Road. The Metropolitan Museum of Art (public domain).
Katsushika Hokusai. The Metropolitan Museum of Art (public domain).

The Amida Falls in the Far Reaches of the Kisokaidō Road. 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: 木曾路奥阿弥陀ケ滝（諸国瀧廻り）.

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