Yōrō Waterfalls

Original Language Title養老乃瀧

Artist Totoya Hokkei (Japanese, 1780 - 1850)

CultureJapanese

Dateearly 19th century

MediumWoodblock print (surimono); ink, color, and metallic colorant on paper

DimensionsImage: 8 1/2 × 7 1/2 inches (21.59 × 19.05 cm)
Framed: 16 3/4 × 12 3/4 inches (42.55 × 32.39 cm)

Credit LineAnonymous gift

Object number2024.30.2

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East Asian Art

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DescriptionThis is a polychrome surimono woodblock print printed on squarish paper. The cartouche on the top left contains a poem by Hōnen’an Yasutoshi. Two figures appear on a cliff by the waterfalls. An aristocratic man wearing a beige hō stands by the waterfalls. His hō is decorated with eight-petaled, dark-colored floral and silverly round patterns. His attendant, wearing orange kariginu (hunting robe) and blue pants, sits by him. On the aristocratic man’s back grows a pine tree. The waterfalls and the motifs on the clothes are partially printed with silverly metallic colorant.

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