Shimotsuke Province: Mount Nikko and the Urami Waterfall
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Utagawa Hiroshige I 歌川 広重
(Japanese, 1797–1858)
Date1853
Mediumink and color on paper
Dimensions34.3 x 22.9 cm (13 1/2 x 9 in.)
ClassificationsPrints
Credit LineJohn Chandler Bancroft Collection
Object number1901.59.1421
DescriptionPrint no. 27 of the series: "Famous Views of the Sixty-odd Provinces"Label TextThe path on which Hiroshige portrays people climbing up behind a cascading curtain of water gave this waterfall its name. 'Urami' roughly translates as “rear-view waterfall” and comes from a poem by the Buddhist monk and poet Matsuo Basho, who visited the falls in 1689. Today in Japan, one can take “Basho tours” that retrace the poet’s famous journeys and writings, including this popular waterfall in present-day Nikko National Park.
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Utagawa Hiroshige I 歌川 広重
1853
Utagawa Hiroshige I 歌川 広重
1855
