Katsushika Hokusai (1760–1849)

This dynamic design is from Hokusai's majestic set of eight prints, each of a waterfall. Here pilgrims from Nikko admire the Kirifuri, [lit. Falling Mist] waterfall that cascades down Kurokami mountain in Shimotsuke Province.

For another impression in the collections of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, accession number 11.19718, go to www.mfa.org/collections and for another in the British Museum, museum number 1906,1220,0.552, go to www.britishmuseum.org/research