Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849) | The Kannon of the Pure Waterfall at Sakanoshita on the Tokaido (Tokaido Sakanoshita Kiyotaki Kannon) | Edo period, 19th century

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PROPERTY FROM AN ENGLISH PRIVATE COLLECTION woodblock print, from the series A Tour of Waterfalls in Various Provinces (Shokoku taki meguri), signed Saki no Hokusai Iitsu hitsu (Brush of Iitsu, the former Hokusai), censor’s seal kiwame (approved), published by Nishimuraya Yohachi (Eijudo), circa 1832 Vertical oban: 37.2 x 25.8 cm., 14⅝ by 10⅛ in. Pilgrims and travellers on the Tokaido climb steps towards a mountain shrine dedicated to Kannon, the Boddhisatva of Compassion. At the summit, one pilgrim drops to his knees in prayer. Emerging from forested cliffs, a narrow stream trickles down the rock face, while below a cluster of thatched teahouses and wayside restaurants shelter visitors pausing to rest. The unusually clear waters here were popularly known as Kiyotaki, or the ‘pure waterfall’.1 A similar impression of the same print is in the collection of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, accession number 21.6684, go to: https://collections.mfa.org/objects/234347 1. Matti Forer, Hokusai: Prints and Drawings (London, 1991), no. 44.

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