Noto Province: Waterfall Bay
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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 number1901.59.1427
DescriptionPrint no. 32 of the series: "Famous Views of the Sixty-odd Provinces"Label TextEven today boats bring tourists to Tsukumo (Waterfall) Bay to see Falcon’s Nest Rock and Ganmon Caves, depicted here with a waterfall rushing down between blooming cherry trees. According to legend, the great warrior hero Minamoto Yoshitsune (1159−1189) and his followers hid in these caves when he was fleeing from his brother Minamoto Yoritomo, founder of the Kamakura Shogunate.
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Utagawa Hiroshige I 歌川 広重
1855
