Japanese Print "Noto Province: Waterfall Bay" by Utagawa Hiroshige
Artist:Utagawa Hiroshige
Title:Noto Province: Waterfall Bay
Date:1853
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Source:Worcester Art Museum
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Description:
Even 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.
