/internal/media/dispatcher/939175/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailNobleman Watching Servant Throw Bundles of Brush into a WaterfallKatsushika HokusaiEbangire; 20 x 54.1 cm (7 7/8 x 21 5/16 in.)Woodblock print (surimono); ink and color on paperWilliam S. and John T. Spaulding Collection21.78830MFA impressions: 11.17507 (ōban), 21.7883 (ebangire), 21.10266 (ōban)
Possibly related to the legend of the Nanataki falls in present-day Akita prefecture. A powerful landowner named Magozaemon had brushwood thrown into the falls precisely because it was forbidden (in order to show off his power) and was struck down with illness by the angry dragon in the waterfall. He repented and founded a shrine there.Prints20.000000000023549901