“The Waterfall Where Yoshitsune Washed His Horse at Yoshino in Yamato Province,” from the series A Tour of Waterfalls in Various Provinces

Katsushika Hokusai Japanese

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Hokusai’s powerfully graphic composition captures an episode from the heroic but tragic life of the general Minamoto no Yoshitsune (1159–1189). Yoshitsune had to flee from his older brother, Yoritomo,who considered him a traitor for joining forces with the Emperor Go-Shirakawa. According to literary accounts, while escaping, Yoshitsune stopped to rest and wash his favorite horse beneath a waterfall.

“The Waterfall Where Yoshitsune Washed His Horse at Yoshino in Yamato Province,” from the series A Tour of Waterfalls in Various Provinces, Katsushika Hokusai (Japanese, Tokyo (Edo) 1760–1849 Tokyo (Edo)), Woodblock print; ink and color; vertical ōban, Japan

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