Very fine impression, fine colour with delicate bokashi of the grey, which gives depth to the scene.

This waterfall is in the town of Yōrō, in modern Gifu Prefecture. The real falls are some 30 meters in height, but here seem to have been deliberately abbreviated, since depicting the waterfall to scale would mean making the human figures tiny. A legend about the filial piety mentions the Yōrō waterfall: a son offered some of its water to his ailing father, who upon drinking it revived. The small building at the bottom right is a simple shelter for travelers.

The series of the Waterfalls was completed c. 1833-34 with eight prints. It was the first ukiyo-e series to approach the theme of falling water, and was acclaimed for its innovative and expressive depictions. The waterfalls take up most of each sheet, dwarfing the scenes' human inhabitants, and the depiction of nature is rendered by Hokusai with a powerful sense of life.

For two other impressions of this print quite similar to our for the quality of the printing, the choice of colours and their tones see at the British Museum the number 1937,0710,0.199 and at the Museum of Fine Arts Boston number 21.6690.