Nine-Dragon Falls
Han Unpyeong (Korean)
late 1800s
Medium
ink and color on paper
Dimensions
71 × 40.7 cm · painting only: 59.4 × 28.2 cm
Classification
Painting
Department
Korean Art
Museum
Cleveland Museum of Art
Credit
Gift of the John Huntington Art and Polytechnic Trust
Accession Number
1915.215
Rights
Public Domain
Tags
male
About this artwork
The Nine-Dragon Falls 구룡포 is one of the popular tourist sites at the Diamond Mountain 금강산 in North Korea. Its V-shaped valley that opens into a rushing white waterfall is its major attraction, allowing visitors to experience the powerful forces of nature. In this painting, two excited scholar tourists accompanied by a Buddhist monk are enjoying both the spectacle and the roar generated by the cascading waterfall.