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A Tour of Waterfalls in Various Provinces · 18 / 31

The Waterfall Where Yoshitsune Washed His Horse at Yoshino

和州吉野義経馬洗滝（諸国瀧廻り）

  • Distant View
  • Water
  • Figures
The Waterfall Where Yoshitsune Washed His Horse at Yoshino — Hokusai woodblock landscape — The Waterfall Where Yoshitsune Washed His Horse at Yoshino. The Metropolitan Museum of Art (public domain).
Katsushika Hokusai. The Metropolitan Museum of Art (public domain).

The Waterfall Where Yoshitsune Washed His Horse at Yoshino. 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: 和州吉野義経馬洗滝（諸国瀧廻り）.

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