Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849) FROM THE SERIES SHOKOKU TAKI MEGURI (GOING ROUND WATERFALLS IN VARIOUS PROVINCES), WITH SUBTITLE WASHU YOSHINO YOSHITSUNE BASEN NO TAKI, the legend tells that the warrior hero Yoshitsune washed his horse at this waterfall, at Yoshino, in Yamato Province Woodblock, c.1833-4, signed within the print Zen Hokusai Iitsu hitsu, with censor's seal Kiwame and publisher's mark Eijudo image 37 x 25.5cm approximately, framed and glazed Provenance: Sotheby's, London, 19 November 1997, lot 22. Other impressions are reproduced in the catalogue of the Uragami Collection, 'Ukiyo-e no bi' , published by Yamaguchi Prefectural Museum. 1983, no.72 (in colour), and Matthi Forrer, 'Hokusai', Royal Academy of Art London, 1991, no.46.