History Of Japan

Print shows a full audience of men and women at a kabuki theater. Adachi modern reprint (Showa). Forms part of: Japanese prints and drawings (Library of Congress).

Print shows two women and two children walking with a female attendant holding a large parasol; one of the children is carrying a doll. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored More

Print shows a young man and a young woman standing on a veranda, with a rooster and a hen standing nearby. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005 More

Print shows two women walking beneath an umbrella and a young woman about to open an umbrella as it has started to rain. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print speci More

Print shows actors Onoe Kikugorō and Nakamura Kiyosaburō, wearing geta, portraying street musicians. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. A More

Print shows a young man sitting on the floor, embracing a young woman straddling him. Also attributed to: Sugimura Jihei, ca. 169-. Adachi modern reprint (Showa). Forms part of: Japanese prints and drawings (L More

Print showing scenes related to the Soga family. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. From the series: Eiri soga monogatari : Illustrated t More

Print shows a scene during the attack on Kira Yoshinaka's home by the 47 rōnin, with the samurai chasing Kira's guards and searching the grounds. Title devised by Library staff, no information provided by Nichi More

Print shows three women dancing. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. From the series: Yoshiwara niwaka : Blossoms of the yoshiwara. Form More

Print shows the legendary monk warrior Benkei offering gifts to two children who have been gathering pine needles.

Print shows a young man discretely passing a love letter from beneath the folds of his kimono. Adachi modern reprint (Showa). Forms part of: Japanese prints and drawings (Library of Congress).

Print shows a man and a woman, wearing geta, walking beneath an umbrella next to a blossoming tree. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Fr More

Print shows a man and a woman, full-length, walking beneath an umbrella. Adachi modern reprint (Showa). Forms part of: Japanese prints and drawings (Library of Congress).

Print shows a young woman reading a love letter. Adachi modern reprint (Showa). Forms part of: Japanese prints and drawings (Library of Congress).

Print shows a warrior fighting a demon, possibly Ibaraki, at the Rashomon gate. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: Oban. Adachi m More

Print shows a woman seated on a bench reading a scroll, one end of which a cat is playing with from under the bench. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialis More

Drawings show stylized floral designs for kimonos. Title and date devised by Library staff, no information provided by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. Forms part of: Japanese prints an More

Print shows a perspective view of the Itsukushima Shrine built over the water. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: horizontal Oban More

Drawing shows a few men confronting by the 47 rōnin on the Ryogoku Bridge over the Sumida River during the night on their return after attacking Kira Yoshinaka's home and beheading him.

Print shows actors Iwai Sagenta and Katsuyama Matagorō, one reclining on a veranda, the other about to climb steps to the veranda. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo p More

Print shows a courtesan watching a young female student in bed with a client. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. Format: horizontal Chu More

Print shows a view from behind of a courtesan seated beneath a branch of cherry blossoms. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. Format: ve More

Print shows a man sitting behind a screen watching two women, one holding a long pipe. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. From the seri More

Print shows a woman using a long (opium?) pipe to beat a man who has been spying on her. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. From the seri More

Print shows a festival in honor of Sugawara Michizane taking place at night at the Tenman Tenjin shrine in Osaka; many people crossing a high wooden bridge lined with lanterns over a river filled with boats of More

Drawing shows floral and vine designs for kimonos. Title and date devised by Library staff, no information provided by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. Forms part of: David Murray colle More

Print shows interior of a courtyard with men standing at entrances to the building and others, on the ground, appear to have been thrown out of the dwelling or repulsed in their efforts to gain entrance. Title More

Title devised by Library staff, other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. From the series: Ehon shahōbukuro : Illustrated book of bag of painted treasures More

Print shows a large throng of people at the open-air marketplace at Kinryūzan. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: horizontal Oban More

Print shows Sugawara no Michizane, an actor, sitting on a platform beneath pine and plum trees. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. Form More

Title devised by Library staff, other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. From the series: Ehon noyamagusa : Illustrated book of mountain grasses. Format: More

Print shows two women wearing geta, walking, one carrying a long box. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Adachi modern reprint (Showa). F More

Print shows a woman watching as two women brush silkworms off a sheet of paper or cloth into a box.

Print shows an interior scene with two courtesans admiring a screen painting of an actor or beautiful woman by the painter Okumura Masanobu. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-spons More

Drawing shows stylized flower (cherry blossom) designs for kimonos. Title and date devised by Library staff, no information provided by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. Forms part of: J More

Print shows the actor Nakamura Sanya as a young woman standing beneath an umbrella, wearing a head covering and geta. Adachi modern reprint (Showa). Forms part of: Japanese prints and drawings (Library of Congress).

Print shows two women on the Ryōgoku Bridge at sunset. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. From the series: Fūryū edo hakkei : Modern vers More

Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. Attributed to: Yamada Dōan. Forms part of: Japanese prints and drawings (Library of Congress).

Print shows a young man and a young woman embracing in a meadow. Adachi modern reprint (Showa). Forms part of: Japanese prints and drawings (Library of Congress).

Print shows an interior scene with a man entering on the right outside a room with several women; on the left shows a similarly dressed man addressing a woman behind a screen.

Gift; Crosby Stuart Noyes; 1906. Forms part of: Crosby Stuart Noyes collection (Library of Congress). Forms part of: Japanese prints and drawings (Library of Congress).

Picryl description: Public domain photo of Japanese painting, free to use art, no copyright restrictions image.

Gift; Crosby Stuart Noyes; 1906. Forms part of: Crosby Stuart Noyes collection (Library of Congress). Forms part of: Japanese prints and drawings (Library of Congress).

Picryl description: Public domain photo of Japanese painting, free to use art, no copyright restrictions image.

Gift; Crosby Stuart Noyes; 1906. Forms part of: Crosby Stuart Noyes collection (Library of Congress). Forms part of: Japanese prints and drawings (Library of Congress).

Print shows a woman, full-length, standing, facing left. Adachi modern reprint (Showa). Forms part of: Japanese prints and drawings (Library of Congress).

Print shows a male dancer during a spear dance. Adachi modern reprint (Showa). Forms part of: Japanese prints and drawings (Library of Congress).

Shows the world, based on knowledge from numerous famous Chinese and Japanese classics and Buddhism. Depths shown pictorially. Wood block print. Map and author, Hōtan, listed in Imago Mundi's Review of early ca More

Print shows a courtesan, facing left, wearing a waterwheel and waves pattern kimono.

Print shows a long procession of men (nobility or government officials) on foot. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: horizontal Ob More

Print shows a procession of Chinese men on horseback and on foot, some carrying a palanquin. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: h More

Print shows a woman holding her hands over a man's eyes and blowing a puff of air upon which a small male figure ascends; another woman is waving to the man on the puff of air and appears to be offering him a s More

Print shows a courtesan wearing feather-pattern kimono. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Adachi modern reprint (Showa). Purchase; H. Ir More

Print shows a man, possibly Tokimune Soga (Gorō), uprooting bamboo. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Adachi modern reprint (Showa). Pur More

Print shows a young woman arranging a warrior's hair prior to entering a battle. Adachi modern reprint (Showa). Forms part of: Japanese prints and drawings (Library of Congress).

Print shows an actor as a samurai making a grand entrance at the "Shibaraku" moment on the kabuki stage. Adachi modern reprint (Showa). Forms part of: Japanese prints and drawings (Library of Congress).

Print shows a courtesan portraying the Chinese sage Zhang Guo Lao Chōkarō releasing his magic horse from a small gourd. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specia More

Print shows two geishas entertaining a man, one is making shadow puppets and the other is playing a shamisen.

Print shows a woman standing and a warrior attempting to pick up a large rock. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: horizontal Chub More

Print shows two geishas and a man eating; there is a shamisen next to one of the women, the other is holding a tea or sake pot. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo prin More

Print shows a mother and her son with an open book; the boy is resting on top of the book, preventing his mother from reading it. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo pr More

Print shows a man, woman, and a child resting outside mosquito netting. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Adachi modern reprint (Showa). More

Print shows three actors, two playing shamisens and one with a teapot or sake pot, two are in the roles of women.

Print shows the actor Ichikawa Monnosuke as a courtesan and Ichikawa Danjūrō as a merchant.

Title devised by Library staff, other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. From the series: Ehon shahōbukuro : Illustrated book of bag of painted treasures More

Title devised by Library staff, other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. From the series: Ehon shahōbukuro : Illustrated book of bag of painted treasures More

Public domain photo of Japanese woodblock print, Ukiyo-e, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Title devised by Library staff, other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Matted with no. 2049; prints overlap each other. From the series: Ehon shahōbuku More

Title devised by Library staff, other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. From the series: Ehon shahōbukuro : Illustrated book of bag of painted treasures More

Title devised by Library staff, other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. From the series: Ehon shahōbukuro : Illustrated book of bag of painted treasures More

Title devised by Library staff, other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. From the series: Ehon shahōbukuro : Illustrated book of bag of painted treasures More

Title devised by Library staff, other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. From the series: Ehon shahōbukuro : Illustrated book of bag of painted treasures More

Title devised by Library staff, other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Matted with no. 2048; prints overlap each other. From the series: Ehon shahōbuku More

Title devised by Library staff, other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. From the series: Ehon shahōbukuro : Illustrated book of bag of painted treasures More

Public domain photo of Japanese woodblock print, Ukiyo-e, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Title devised by Library staff, other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. From the series: Ehon shahōbukuro : Illustrated book of bag of painted treasures More

Print shows one of the Soga brothers, Goro (Tokimune), dressed as a warrior surrounded by text containing puns. Adachi modern reprint (Showa). Forms part of: Japanese prints and drawings (Library of Congress).

Print shows a man, scowling, with a shoulder pole and a basket full of jars and bowls, standing in front of a woman with a smug look on her face. Adachi modern reprint (Showa). Forms part of: Japanese prints a More

Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. Format: Hosoban Urushie. Modern reproduction. Forms part of: Japanese prints and drawings (Library o More

Print shows many people in a pavilion and in Ueno Park viewing blossoms on cherry trees. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: Uki-e More

Print shows a woman selling flowers in pots on shelves suspended from a shoulder pole. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. Format: Hosob More

Print shows men and women eating and entertaining while looking at the full moon at a large building or pavilion in Shinagawa, on the Tōkaidō Road. Adachi modern reprint (Showa). Forms part of: Japanese print More

Print shows geese descending near a pavilion at the end of a long wharf in a lake, with two people in a small boat in the foreground. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Ed More

Print shows a geisha, standing, playing a zither. Public domain photograph of 18th-century woodblock print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Print shows two men arguing with each other over which one has the right to claim the affections of the woman seated behind them. Adachi modern reprint (Showa). Forms part of: Japanese prints and drawings (Lib More

Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: Hosoban Urushi-e. Ukiyoe oroshi [gōrd] Tori shio cho Okumura-ya. Forms part of: Japanese print More

Print shows family members eating beans in a room and a man, with a box of beans, appears about to toss a handful into the room; scene taking place during the annual bean throwing festival to expell demons from More

Print shows a man with two women, one of the women is writing a letter. Adachi modern reprint (Showa). Forms part of: Japanese prints and drawings (Library of Congress).

Print shows a man and a woman playing a game, possibly go, on a kimono with a ruled pattern. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. From the More

Print shows Oman, a peddler selling cosmetics, with a large box strapped to his/her back. Adachi modern reprint (Showa). Forms part of: Japanese prints and drawings (Library of Congress).

Print shows Osome, a tragic beauty, full-length, standing, looking at a book. Adachi modern reprint (Showa). Forms part of: Japanese prints and drawings (Library of Congress).

Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Adachi modern reprint (Showa). Purchase; H. Irving Olds; 1938. Forms part of: the H. Irving Olds colle More

Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Adachi modern reprint (Showa). Purchase; H. Irving Olds; 1938. Forms part of: the H. Irving Olds colle More

Print shows three courtesans, full-length, standing. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. From the series: Santo sanpukutsui. Adachi modern More

Print shows a woman, full-length, standing, hanging poems in a blossoming cherry tree.

Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: Hosoban Urushie. Rare work. Ichimatsu went to Edo in Kampo, so this urushi-e print is unusual More

Print shows Sugawara Michizane, full-length portrait, seated beneath a flowering tree.

Print shows a woman, full-length, standing in front of an illustrated screen, holding a book.

Print shows a man and a woman in a boat; the man is holding a small drum and appears to be serenading the woman beneath the moon.

Print shows kabuki actor Sanogawa Ichimatsu I in the role of a puppeteer, standing, full-length, facing right, holding a puppet of the courtesan Matsuyama above his head. Adachi modern reprint (Showa). Descrip More