Backward-viewing Falls, One of the Three Waterfalls (Urami-ga-taki, santaki no sono ikkei), from the series "Famous Scenic Spots in the Mountains of Nikko (Nikkosan meisho no uchi)"
Catalogue
- Year
- 1843
- Medium
- Color woodblock print
- Dimensions
- 35 × 23.3 cm (13 3/4 × 9 3/16 in.)
- Collection
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Artist
- Keisai Eisen
Artist
Printmaking
Keisai Eisen was a Japanese ukiyo-e artist who specialised in bijin-ga. His best works, including his ōkubi-e, are considered to be masterpieces of the "decadent" Bunsei Era (1818–1830). He was also known as Ikeda Eisen, and wrote under the name of Ippitsuan.
Full artist profile →More
More by Keisai Eisen
Nunobiki Falls at Jakko Shrine (Jakko Nunobiki no taki), from the series "Scenic Spots in the Mountains of Nikko (Nikkosan meisho no uchi)"
1843 · Color woodblock print; oban
Distant View of Snow on the Sumida River in Edo
1835 · Color woodblock print; oban
![No. 41: Distant View of the Ina River Bridge at Nojiri (Yonjuichi: Noriji Inagawabashi enkei), from the series "[Sixty-nine Stations of the] Kisokaido"](/api/images/artworks/aic/197426.jpg)
No. 41: Distant View of the Ina River Bridge at Nojiri (Yonjuichi: Noriji Inagawabashi enkei), from the series "[Sixty-nine Stations of the] Kisokaido"
1830 · Color woodblock print; oban
![No. 31: View of Lake Suwa from Shiojiri Pass (Sanjuichi: Shiojiri toge Suwa no kosui chobo), from the series "[Sixty-nine Stations of the] Kisokaido"](/api/images/artworks/aic/36494.jpg)
No. 31: View of Lake Suwa from Shiojiri Pass (Sanjuichi: Shiojiri toge Suwa no kosui chobo), from the series "[Sixty-nine Stations of the] Kisokaido"
1830 · Color woodblock print; oban
No. 15: Itahana (Jugo: Itahana), from the series "Sixty-nine Stations of the Kisokaido (Kisokaido rokujukyu tsugi no uchi)"
1830 · Color woodblock print; oban
![No. 20: Rain on the Hiratsuka Plain near Kutsukake Station (Niju: Kutsukake no eki, Hiratsukahara uchu no kei), from the series "[Sixty-nine Stations of the] Kisokaido"](/api/images/artworks/aic/26507.jpg)
No. 20: Rain on the Hiratsuka Plain near Kutsukake Station (Niju: Kutsukake no eki, Hiratsukahara uchu no kei), from the series "[Sixty-nine Stations of the] Kisokaido"
1830 · Color woodblock print; oban
Record
Verified by WattsOS- Artist
- Keisai Eisen
- Year
- 1843
- Medium
- Color woodblock print
- Dimensions
- 35 × 23.3 cm (13 3/4 × 9 3/16 in.)
- Watts ID
- WW-1843-019942
Source
- Collection
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Source
- aic
- Reference
- View at source
- Status
- verified