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Yōrō Waterfall in Mino Province by Hokusai

Katsushika Hokusai, c. 1833

$130.00

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A tall blue waterfall between green cliffs: Hokusai’s Yōrō Waterfall in Mino Province, on stretched canvas, framed, or on fine art paper.

Format

Stretched canvasfrom $130 Framed canvasfrom $160 Framed printfrom $160 Fine art printfrom $80

Size

Which size fits your wall

Every size keeps the painting's own proportions. Framed sizes are measured on the outside of the frame, so the visible painting is a little smaller.

12 × 18 in 30 × 46 cm

Three-seat sofa, 84 in wide × 34 in tall (213 × 86 cm)

Size	Metric	Where it works
12 × 18 in	30 × 46 cm	Small and close-up: a shelf, a desk or a bedside table, or one of a pair on a narrow wall.
16 × 24 in	41 × 61 cm	Plays well with others: the middle of a gallery wall, a pair side by side, or a hallway on its own.
20 × 30 in	51 × 76 cm	Plays well with others: the middle of a gallery wall, a pair side by side, or a hallway on its own.

Rule of thumb: choose art about two-thirds the width of the furniture beneath it.

12 × 18 in30 × 46 cm 16 × 24 in41 × 61 cm 20 × 30 in51 × 76 cm

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This print is straight lines of Prussian blue water between yellow-green cliffs, and a dull copy greys the fall. Our Hokusai Yōrō waterfall print was graded against the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s own photograph, so the blue stays deep and the cliffs stay fresh.

Canvas, framed or paper

Stretched canvas. Printed on cotton canvas and stretched taut over a frame. The edges are mirror-wrapped, so the picture continues around the sides and none of it is lost to the fold.

Framed canvas. The same canvas, set in a black, white, natural wood or dark wood frame 0.83 in deep. The frame gives the work a finished edge and a little more presence on the wall.

Framed print. Printed on fine art matte paper and framed in solid pine, behind shatterproof plexiglass, in black, white, natural wood or dark wood. It arrives ready to hang. Framed sizes are measured on the outside of the frame.

Fine art print. Printed on 310gsm fine art matte paper, for framing your own way. It travels rolled and protected. From 18x24 inch.

Sizes

12x18 inch, 16x24 inch, 20x30 inch. Framed sizes are measured on the outside of the frame, so the visible painting is a little smaller.

On your wall

Its tall shape suits a hallway, a bathroom, a bedroom or a narrow wall. The blues and yellow-greens look fresh with white, sage and pale wood, and a natural or white frame suits it.

About the painting

Yōrō Waterfall in Mino Province by Hokusai

A tour of waterfalls

Around 1833, in his seventies, Hokusai made eight prints of famous waterfalls, the first series of Japanese prints about falling water. He drew each fall differently, to show its own character, and believed water was sacred.

Yōrō Falls

Yōrō Falls, in Gifu, drops about thirty-two metres and is still one of Japan’s hundred finest waterfalls. Here the water falls in straight blue lines, like a curtain, and travellers rest on the rocks below.

The water like sake

A legend says its water tasted like sake and revived a devoted son’s old father. An empress who visited renamed her reign Yōrō, nourishing the old. This impression belongs to the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.

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There's an old story that the water of this waterfall tasted like sake.

Around 1833, Katsushika Hokusai, in his seventies, makes a set of eight prints of famous waterfalls, the first Japanese prints ever made about falling water.

He draws each one differently, to show its own character. To him, water is sacred.

Yōrō Falls is in the mountains of Gifu, about thirty-two metres high, and still one of the most beautiful waterfalls in Japan.

The legend says a devoted son brought its water to his sick old father. It tasted like sake, and the father was revived.

An empress who visited renamed her reign Yōrō, which means nourishing the old.

Hokusai draws the water falling straight down, in even lines of deep Prussian blue, like a curtain.

Yellow-green cliffs rise on either side, and at the bottom, travellers rest on the rocks and look up.

This impression belongs to the Metropolitan Museum of Art, in New York.

Look at the long blue lines of water, and the travellers at the foot.

Yōrō Waterfall in Mino Province. Katsushika Hokusai, about 1833.

Hokusai as an Old Man, after a drawing attributed to Hokusai. Woodblock print, 1900. Freer Gallery of Art.

The artist

Katsushika Hokusai

1760–1849 · Ukiyo-e

Japanese painter and printmaker of the Edo period, who worked for some seventy years and signed his work under many names. He was in his seventies when Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji appeared, the series that carried his name around the world.

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The original

Artist: Katsushika Hokusai (1760–1849)
Date: c. 1833
Medium: Colour woodblock print on paper
Where it hangs today: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (the museum’s page, opens in a new tab)
Originals: One impression of a print made in many
Original size: About 38 × 25 cm

Graded against the original: true to the artist’s colours, brought back to life for your wall.

How each piece is brought to life

Faithful to the original, and made to be felt on your wall.

Graded against the original

We compare every work with the original as we grade it, keeping the artist’s colours true while bringing back their depth and glow. Every mark stays the artist’s own.
Printed for you

Printed to order on cotton canvas or fine art paper, then framed if you chose a frame, in 1 to 3 business days.
On your wall

It arrives 5 to 12 business days later, tracked and free anywhere in the US. Framed pieces come ready to hang.

Questions

Is this the original painting?

No. The original hangs in a museum. What you receive is a fine art reproduction, remastered from the original and printed for you, with every mark where the artist left it.

Will the colour look flat?

This is where most reproductions disappoint, and it is where we spend the most time. Each work is graded side by side with the original: faithful to the artist’s colours, with the depth and warmth brought back, so it moves you on the wall the way it was meant to. Canvas reads a touch softer than a backlit screen, and every screen shows colour a little differently.

Will the edges be cropped?

Each size is a standard frame size, so we fit the painting by trimming a little from its edges. We never stretch or squash it, and we check every size by eye so no face, figure or signature is cut. On canvas the edges are mirror-wrapped, which keeps the whole picture on the front.

Which size is right for my wall?

Aim for about two-thirds the width of the furniture beneath it. Over a sofa or a sideboard, one of the two largest sizes will hold the wall. The size guide lists every size in inches and centimetres, with the kind of wall each one suits.

How long does it take?

Your piece is printed in 1–3 business days, then spends 5–12 business days in transit, tracked all the way. Delivery is free anywhere in the US. We are unable to deliver to PO boxes.

What if it arrives damaged?

Send us a photograph and we will remake it and send it again. There is nothing to return.

Can I return it?

Yes, within 30 days of delivery. Our returns policy has the details.