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Rōben Waterfall at Ōyama in Sagami Province

相州大山ろうべんの滝（諸国瀧廻り）

  • Looking Up
  • Water
  • Figures
Ascetics beneath the Great Falls of Ōyama, water rendered in dense flowing lines — Rōben Waterfall at Ōyama in Sagami Province. The Metropolitan Museum of Art (public domain).
Katsushika Hokusai. The Metropolitan Museum of Art (public domain).

From A Tour of Waterfalls in Various Provinces, the Ōyama fall overwhelms tiny figures. The looking-up viewpoint and water form dominate every inch of the sheet.

Looking-up viewpoint — feel how the waterfall column tilts toward you.

Water form as pure line accumulation; compare with the Great Wave’s foam claws.

Figures at the base calibrate the fall’s height without landscape distraction.

Extended Japanese viewing notes: 相州大山ろうべんの滝（諸国瀧廻り）.

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