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Kirifuri Waterfall at Kurokami Mountain in Shimotsuke, 1831-1833. A Tour of the Waterfalls of the Provinces (Shokoku taki meguri) is a series of landscape woodblock prints by the Japanese ukiyo-e artist Hokusai.
English: Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849), Kirifuri waterfall near Kurokami mountain (1835). Collection of Japanese prints of Centre Céramique, Maastricht, the Netherlands Collection of Japanese prints of Centre Céramique, Maastricht, the Netherlands
According to the Japanese government, there are 517 named waterfalls in Japan. Many of these waterfalls are located in remote mountain locations, but with an increase in hiking and tourism in recent years, the number of visitors has greatly increased, placing significant pressure on the surrounding environment.
Courtesan Asleep, a bijin-ga surimono print, c. late 18th to early 19th century Fireworks in the Cool of Evening at Ryogoku Bridge in Edo, print, c. 1788–89. Hokusai's date of birth is unclear, but is often stated as the 23rd day of the 9th month of the 10th year of the Hōreki era (in the old calendar, or 31 October 1760) to an artisan family, in the Katsushika district of Edo, the capital ...
Mandelbrot gives The Great Wave, Raiden Spirit of Thunder and Kirifuri Waterfall as examples. Mandelbrot, Benoit; Novak, Miroslav Michal (2004). Thinking in Patterns: Fractals and Related Phenomena in Nature. World Scientific. p. 180. ISBN 978-981-270-274-6.
The following are lists of waterfalls in the world by height, classified into two categories — natural and artificial. Natural waterfalls are further subdivided between overall height and tallest single drop. Each column (Waterfall, Height, Locality, Country) is sortable by using the up/down link in the column headings at the top of each column.
Sometimes the participants are given salt to throw into the waterfall as they enter. In some groups, the leader counts to nine, cuts the air, and shouts the word "yei! " to dispel this impurity. The participants then enter the waterfall while continuously chanting the phrase harai tamae kiyome tamae rokkon shōjō (祓い給え清め給え ...
Shiraito Falls (白糸の滝, Shiraito-no-taki) is a waterfall in Fujinomiya, Shizuoka Prefecture, near Mount Fuji, Japan. It is part of Fuji-Hakone-Izu National Park and has been protected since 1936 as a Japanese Natural Monument. [1] The falls, with a height of 20 meters, were regarded as sacred under the Fuji cult.