Japanese Print "The Waterfall Where Yoshitsune Washed His Horse at Yoshino in Yamato Province" by Katsushika Hokusai

Japanese Print "The Waterfall Where Yoshitsune Washed His Horse at Yoshino in Yamato Province" by Katsushika Hokusai, 葛飾北斎 (Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾 北斎)

Artist:Katsushika Hokusai

Title:The Waterfall Where Yoshitsune Washed His Horse at Yoshino in Yamato Province

Date:about 1833

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Source:Worcester Art Museum
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In the horse-washing waterfall In this print, Hokusai combines the meisho-e (“famous place pictures”) genre with an allusion to a historical subject: the tragic figure General Minamoto no Yoshitsune (1159-1189), who was forced to leave his homeland after politically aligning himself with Emperor Go-Shirakawa during the Hogen rebellion (1156). According to legend, during his flight Yoshitsune stopped to rest and bathe his horse beneath a waterfall deep in the mountains of Yamato Province, in present-day Nara prefecture. Here, they are shown from a distance and seem to disappear into the landscape, the horse blending in with the red crags, and their bodies loosely conforming to the direction of the water streams. While such camouflaging is typical for this series, it also communicates Yoshitsune’s desperation to remain covert.

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