詩歌写真鏡　李白, Ri Haku from the series Mirrors of Japanese and Chinese Poems (Shiika shashin kyō), Edo period (1615?1868), ca. 1832, Japan, Polychrome woodblock print; ink and color on paper, 20 3/8 x 9 in. (51. 8 x 22. 9 cm), Prints, Katsushika Hokusai (Japanese, Tokyo (Edo) 1760?1849 Tokyo (Edo) ), The lofty character of Chinese poets as well as the time-honored theme of the poet Li Bo viewing a waterfall are transformed by Hokusai into a joyous, thrilling spectacle of natural wonder. The contrast between the poet's profound absorption and the two boy attendants fussing over him gives the scene its animating piquancy