Amida Waterfall on the Kisokaido Road, Hokusai Postcard

Amida Waterfall on the Kisokaido Road (Kisoji no oku Amidagataki). Japanese Woodblock art print by Katsushika Hokusai. This scene is Kisoji no oku Amida ga taki ("Amida Waterfall on the Kisokaido Road") from the series Shokoku taki meguri ("Journey to the Waterfalls in All the Provinces"), circa 1832. The name is based on the round hollow of the waterfall, reminiscent of the "round eye" (or perhaps halo) of Amida, Buddha of Boundless Light. A servant at the far left heats a water kettle while two men converse and admire the view from their spectacular vantage point. Katsushika Hokusai (葛飾 北斎, October or November 1760 – May 10, 1849) was a Japanese artist, ukiyo-e painter and printmaker of the Edo period. In his time, he was Japan's leading expert on Chinese painting. Born in Edo (now Tokyo), Hokusai is best-known as author of the woodblock print series Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji (富嶽三十六景 Fugaku Sanjūroku-kei, c. 1831 which includes the internationally recognized print, The Great Wave off Kanagawa, created during the 1820s.