Advanced Search 
滝に薪を投げる （七滝の伝説ヵ）
Nobleman Watching Servant Throw Bundles of Brush into a Waterfall
滝に薪を投げる （七滝の伝説ヵ）
Katsushika Hokusai (Japanese, 1760–1849)
Japanese
Edo period
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (surimono); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Ebangire; 20 x 54.1 cm (7 7/8 x 21 5/16 in.)
Credit Line
William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession Number21.7883
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.17507 (ôban), 21.7883 (ebangire), 21.10266 (ôban)
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.
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.
Signed
Katsushika Hokusai ga
かつしか北斎画
かつしか北斎画
ProvenanceMarch 1918, purchased by William S. and John T. Spaulding from Frank Lloyd Wright; December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.