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Gaijin Ukiyo-e

Meiji period woodblock prints depicting strange foreigners and their habitsCreated by: LOC's Public Domain ArchiveDated: 1890
Amerikakoku, Utagawa Yoshitora - Public domain  engraving
This is a collection is depicting interactions with Westerners visiting Japan from the latter half of the Edo period to the beginning of the Meiji period.
Many artists started to document the rapid modernization of Japan. Their prints became more industrial, and in some cases depicting European tourists and their “strange” habits.

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Amerikajin no zu, Utagawa Yoshitora - Ukiyo e print

Amerikajin no zu, Utagawa Yoshitora - Ukiyo e print

Japanese print shows an American family, the husband stands nearby while his wife breast-feeds an infant. Signature: Yoshitora ga. Seal date: Cock 2. Annotations, stamps, etc. on verso of print: 126; 47623a (w... More

Shō utsushi igirisujin - Public domain portrait drawing

Shō utsushi igirisujin - Public domain portrait drawing

Print shows a woman holding a portrait of a couple, standing next to a man holding a dog on a leash; the man is wearing a stove-pipe hat and has a beard that makes him look like Abraham Lincoln. Title and other... More

Peri raikō - Public domain  drawing

Peri raikō - Public domain drawing

Polyptych matted in 5 sections: left (430a), left center (430b), center (430c), right center (430d), right (430e). Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists... More

Shiodama yori jōkisha tsūkō no zu

Shiodama yori jōkisha tsūkō no zu

Japanese triptych print showing trains at a train station with foreigners walking in the foreground and sailing ships at sea in the background. Signature: Shōsai Ikkei fude (with pawlonia seal). Seal date: Mon... More

Kita Amerika jinbutsu: Peruri zō - Ukiyo e print

Kita Amerika jinbutsu: Peruri zō - Ukiyo e print

Japanese print shows head-and-shoulders portrait of Admiral Perry. Accompanying sheet with a catalog reproduction of print reads: No. 69. Admiral Perry; Yedo-ye; Illustrated. Annotations, stamps, etc. on recto... More

Gaikokujin danjo kodomo asobi - Public domain Japanese woodblock print

Gaikokujin danjo kodomo asobi - Public domain Japanese woodblock print

Japanese print shows foreign children skipping rope and walking on stilts. Signature: Issen Yoshikazu ga. Seal date: Monkey 11. Annotations, stamps, etc. on verso of print: 97; LC2585; 47623a (white label); 14... More

Gaikoku jinbutsu zukushi - Amerika - Ukiyo e print

Gaikoku jinbutsu zukushi - Amerika - Ukiyo e print

Japanese print shows an American man smoking a cigarette while horseback riding. Signature: Yoshitora ga. Seal date: Cock 1. Engraving attributed to: Hori Take. From series entitled: Gaikoku jinbutsu zukushi (... More

Gaikokujin yūkō no zu - Amerika nyonin

Gaikokujin yūkō no zu - Amerika nyonin

Japanese print shows a woman watching a child walking on stilts. Signature: Yoshitora ga. Seal date: Cock 1. From series entitled: Gaikokujin yūkō no zu (Amusements of foreigners). Annotations, stamps, etc. on... More

Sekai bankoku nihon yori kaijōrisū ōjō jinbutsu zu

Sekai bankoku nihon yori kaijōrisū ōjō jinbutsu zu

Print shows a map of the world. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: horizontal Oban Kappazuri. Nagasaki hanga. Forms part of: the ... More

Yokohama ijin shōkan zashiki no zu, Sadahide Utagawa

Yokohama ijin shōkan zashiki no zu, Sadahide Utagawa

Japanese triptych(?) print (left and right panels only) shows residents dining and listening to music at a foreign settlement house in Yokohama, Japan. Signature: Gountei Sadahide ga. Engraving attributed to: ... More

[Two children wearing sailor outfits are playing with a balloon tethered to a Russian battleship, the balloon has burst revealing the head of a Russian admiral or czar and the battleship has been sunk, the Russian child, standing, pointing to the balloon, is crying, the Japanese child, sitting, is joyfully clapping]

[Two children wearing sailor outfits are playing with a balloon tether...

Signed on block by artist in lower right, includes chop. Includes extensive Japanese text. Descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. From the series: Nihon ban... More

Seiyōjin shuen no zu - Public domain  engraving

Seiyōjin shuen no zu - Public domain engraving

Japanese diptych print shows a banquet taking place at a foreign settlement house; men, women, and children gathered around two tables laden with food, one man plays the cello. Signature: Issen Yoshikazu ga. E... More

Amerikakoku jōkisenchū no zu - Public domain Japanese woodblock print

Amerikakoku jōkisenchū no zu - Public domain Japanese woodblock print

Japanese triptych print shows a cutaway view of an American steamship with group of passengers seated around a table below deck at mealtime, also shows activities on deck. Signature: Issen Yoshikazu ga. Seal d... More

Ijin chiyu - Public domain dedication image

Ijin chiyu - Public domain dedication image

Japanese print shows children sledding down a grassy slope. Signature: Issen Yoshikazu ga. Seal date: Monkey 11. From series entitled: Yokohama kenbutsu zue (Sights in Yokohama). Annotations, stamps, etc. on v... More

Amerikajin - bango wakai - Public domain Japanese woodblock print

Amerikajin - bango wakai - Public domain Japanese woodblock print

Japanese print shows an American couple conversing; includes text of Japanese translation.

[A Russian civilian gets upset during a game of dai shogi, while his Japanese opponent appears confident of victory]

[A Russian civilian gets upset during a game of dai shogi, while his J...

Signed on block by artist in lower left, includes chop. Includes extensive Japanese text. Descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Idenitification of the game... More

[Sugoroku game], Utagawa Hiroshige - Ukiyo e print

[Sugoroku game], Utagawa Hiroshige - Ukiyo e print

Japanese print showing three scenes from part of a Sugoroku game board (?): a Japanese woman and man walking near a bridge; a foreign man smoking a pipe; and Japanese women, possibly geishas, entertaining forei... More

Tōkaidō Kanagawa urashima-dera sanjō ni okeru ikokusen hasso chōbō no kei

Tōkaidō Kanagawa urashima-dera sanjō ni okeru ikokusen hasso chōbō no ...

Japanese print shows ships in harbor at the top and the landing of American military personnel at the bottom. Annotations, stamps, etc. on verso of print: 160; 47623a (white label); LC2585. Gift; Mrs. E. Cran... More

[Yokohama ijin yashiki], Utagawa Yoshitora - Ukiyo e print

[Yokohama ijin yashiki], Utagawa Yoshitora - Ukiyo e print

Japanese print shows three men conversing in street in front of the foreign settlement house in Yokohama, Japan; others on horseback to the right. Single section of probable polyptych print, other sections, inc... More

Yokohama torai Amerika shōnin ryōko no zu, Sadahide Utagawa

Yokohama torai Amerika shōnin ryōko no zu, Sadahide Utagawa

Japanese print shows an American merchant and his daughter walking with a dog on a leash in Yokohama, Japan. Signature: Gountei Sadahide ga. Engraving attributed to: Yokokawa Hori Take. Seal date: Cock 1. Anno... More

Roshiyajin shirasha yō no zu, Sadahide Utagawa

Roshiyajin shirasha yō no zu, Sadahide Utagawa

Japanese print shows a Russian military officer and another man feeding a goat. Signature: Gountei Sadahide ga. Seal date: Monkey 11. From series entitled: Ikiutsushi ikoku jinbutsu (Life sketch of foreigners)... More

Yokohama ijin shōkan no zu, Sadahide Utagawa

Yokohama ijin shōkan no zu, Sadahide Utagawa

Japanese triptych print shows Japanese women (geishas and courtesans) entertaining residents at a foreign settlement house in Yokohama, Japan. Signature: Gountei Sadahide ga. Seal date: Cock [9]. Triptych matt... More

Yokohama ijin shōka shuen no zu, Sadahide Utagawa

Yokohama ijin shōka shuen no zu, Sadahide Utagawa

Japanese print shows an English merchant seated at a table and being waited on by a Chinese man and a Thai cook during a banquet at a mercantile house in Yokohama, Japan. Signature: Gountei Sadahide ga. Engrav... More

Amerikakoku jōkisenchū no zu - Public domain dedication image

Amerikakoku jōkisenchū no zu - Public domain dedication image

Japanese triptych print shows a cutaway view of an American steamship with group of passengers seated around a table below deck at mealtime, also shows activities on deck. Signature: Issen Yoshikazu ga. Seal d... More

Komojin no zu - Public domain portrait print

Komojin no zu - Public domain portrait print

Japanese print shows a full-length portrait of a man wearing western style clothing and a top hat. Annotations, stamps, etc. on verso of print: 155; 47623a (white label); LC2585; 11. Gift; Mrs. E. Crane Chadbo... More

Kōmōjin no zu: Kurobō - Public domain dedication image

Kōmōjin no zu: Kurobō - Public domain dedication image

Japanese print shows red-haired man in uniform standing holding a pipe looking down at dark-skinned attendant carrying a tray. Annotation in pencil on back mount: Nagasaki print. Annotations, stamps, etc. on v... More

Gaikoku kodomo yugi no zu - Public domain Japanese woodblock print

Gaikoku kodomo yugi no zu - Public domain Japanese woodblock print

Japanese print shows foreign children playing games outdoors. Public domain photograph of 19th-century woodblock print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Amerika, Furansu, Nankin, Utagawa Hiroshige - Ukiyo e print

Amerika, Furansu, Nankin, Utagawa Hiroshige - Ukiyo e print

Japanese print shows three spectators viewing an unseen object or event: a woman holding a drinking vessel sits beside a man gazing through binoculars while a Chinese man touchs his head. Signature: Motome ni ... More

Ijin yashiki ryōri no zu - Public domain Japanese woodblock print

Ijin yashiki ryōri no zu - Public domain Japanese woodblock print

Japanese print shows men working in the kitchen of a foreign settlement house in Japan. Signature: Issen Yoshikazu ga. Seal date: Monkey 10. Annotations, stamps, etc. on verso of print: 104; 47623a; (ki ru ma)... More

Seisha - Orandajin, Nankin - Public domain Japanese woodblock print

Seisha - Orandajin, Nankin - Public domain Japanese woodblock print

Japanese print shows a Dutch merchant holding a goblet seated on a chair, a Chinese man holding a bottle stands next to him and there is a small table on the right in the foreground. Signature: Issen Yoshikazu... More

Gokakoku jinbutsu zue - Orandakoku, Sadahide Utagawa

Gokakoku jinbutsu zue - Orandakoku, Sadahide Utagawa

Japanese print shows a Dutch woman and man, the man stands in profile and holds a telescope. Includes untranslated text about Holland by Kanagaki Robun on recto. Signature: Gountei Sadahide ga. Engraving attri... More

Yokohama gaikokujin gyōretsu no zu - Ukiyo e print

Yokohama gaikokujin gyōretsu no zu - Ukiyo e print

Japanese triptych print shows a parade of foreigners in Yokohama, Japan. Signature: Issen Yoshikazu ga. Seal date: Rooster 2. Triptych print mounted together on one mat. Annotations, stamps, etc.: Verso of rig... More

Tōkyō Takanawa ōrai kuruma zukushi yukiai no zu

Tōkyō Takanawa ōrai kuruma zukushi yukiai no zu

Japanese triptych (incomplete) print showing Japanese and foreign people in Tokyo riding in or pulling a variety of vehicles including carriages, rickshaws, tricycles, and trains; also shows ships at sea in the... More

Shiodama yori jōkisha tsūkō no zu

Shiodama yori jōkisha tsūkō no zu

Japanese triptych print showing trains at a train station with foreigners walking in the foreground and sailing ships at sea in the background. Signature: Shōsai Ikkei fude (with pawlonia seal). Seal date: Mon... More

Gokakoku ... gankirō ni oite sakamori no zu

Gokakoku ... gankirō ni oite sakamori no zu

Japanese triptych print shows visitors from several nations enjoying a party in the Fan Room of the Gankirō. Signature: Ikkeisai Yoshiiku ga. Engraving attributed to: Hori Take. Seal date: Monkey 12. Triptych ... More

Amerikajin yūgyō - Public domain Japanese woodblock print

Amerikajin yūgyō - Public domain Japanese woodblock print

Japanese print shows an American family out for a stroll. Public domain photograph of 19th-century woodblock print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Igirisu tame tori, Utagawa Hiroshige - Ukiyo e print

Igirisu tame tori, Utagawa Hiroshige - Ukiyo e print

Japanese print shows polo match in progress as spectators observe. Signature: Hiroshige ga. Seal date: Meiji 4/7/10. From series entitled: Bankoku kokubutsu zukushi (Curious things of various countries). Annot... More

Bokusui tsutsumi hanazakari no zu - Ukiyo e print

Bokusui tsutsumi hanazakari no zu - Ukiyo e print

Japanese triptych print showing Japanese and foreign people walking along the Sumida River among cherry trees in full bloom.

Furansu Igirisu sanpei daichōsen no zu

Furansu Igirisu sanpei daichōsen no zu

Japanese triptych print shows French and English troops engaged in military training maneuvers on a training ground in Yokohama, Japan. Signature: Ikkaisai Yoshitoshi fude (with pawlonia seal). Seal date: Hare... More

Gaikoku kanjin ōrai no zu - Public domain Japanese woodblock print

Gaikoku kanjin ōrai no zu - Public domain Japanese woodblock print

Japanese print shows foreign officials or merchants riding in a carriage. Signature: Issen Yoshikazu ga. Seal date: Monkey [11]. Annotation in pencil on mount: Yokohama - Foreign officers/offices. Annotations,... More

Gokakoku jinbutsu - dontaku no zu - Ukiyo e print

Gokakoku jinbutsu - dontaku no zu - Ukiyo e print

Japanese triptych print shows the interior of a foreign settlement house with several women and men enjoying a tea party, and a view of ships in the harbor in the background, Yokohama, Japan. Signature: Yoshit... More

[Tsukiji hotel] - Public domain Japanese woodblock print

[Tsukiji hotel] - Public domain Japanese woodblock print

Japanese diptych (or possibly incomplete triptych) print showing large hotel building with Japanese and foreign people in the foreground. Signature: Kunishige ga. "Katada Hori Chō." Seal date is illegible. Dip... More

[Two children wearing sailor outfits are playing with a balloon tethered to a Russian battleship, the balloon has burst revealing the head of a Russian admiral or czar and the battleship has been sunk, the Russian child, standing, pointing to the balloon, is crying, the Japanese child, sitting, is joyfully clapping]

[Two children wearing sailor outfits are playing with a balloon tether...

Signed on block by artist in lower right, includes chop. Includes extensive Japanese text. Descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. From the series: Nihon ban... More

Japan splits the Russian torpedo fleet

Japan splits the Russian torpedo fleet

Print shows a Japanese sailor splitting a Russian torpedo boat. Descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. From the series: Nihon banzai hyakusen hyakushō : Lon... More

Gaikokujin sen no uchi: jōkisen - Ukiyo e print

Gaikokujin sen no uchi: jōkisen - Ukiyo e print

Japanese print showing a Japanese man and boy standing on the shore of a harbor in which is docked an American steamship, possibly Commodore Perry's ship. Print created by either Hiroshige II or Hiroshige III.... More

Seiyōjin shuen no zu - Public domain  engraving

Seiyōjin shuen no zu - Public domain engraving

Japanese diptych print shows a banquet taking place at a foreign settlement house; men, women, and children gathered around two tables laden with food, one man plays the cello. Signature: Issen Yoshikazu ga. E... More

Gaikoku jinbutsu zuga - Amerika - Ukiyo e print

Gaikoku jinbutsu zuga - Amerika - Ukiyo e print

Japanese print shows two American men. Signature: Ikkeisai Yoshiiku ga. Seal date: Cock 2. From series entitled: Gaikoku jinbutsu zuga (People from foreign lands). Library has 2 versions with different colors;... More

Gaikokujin kodomo chōai no zu - Public domain Japanese woodblock print

Gaikokujin kodomo chōai no zu - Public domain Japanese woodblock print

Japanese print shows a foreign woman holding a child while another child sits on the floor playing a pipe. Signature: Issen Yoshikazu ga. Seal date: Monkey 10. Annotations, stamps, etc. on verso of print: 105;... More

Gaikokujin no zu - Igirisu, Furansu - Ukiyo e print

Gaikokujin no zu - Igirisu, Furansu - Ukiyo e print

Japanese print shows an Englishman and a French woman horseback riding. Signature: Ichigeisai Yoshitomi ga. Engraving attributed to: Hori Take. Seal date: Cock 2. From series entitled: Gaikokujin no zu (Portra... More

Gaikoku jinbutsu zukushi - Amerika nyonin - Ukiyo e print

Gaikoku jinbutsu zukushi - Amerika nyonin - Ukiyo e print

Japanese print shows a woman riding sidesaddle. Signature: Yoshitora ga. Engraving attributed to: Hori Take. Seal date: Cock 1. From series entitled: Gaikoku jinbutsu zukushi (People from foreign lands). Annot... More

Bankoku jinbutsu no uchi: Oranda fujin

Bankoku jinbutsu no uchi: Oranda fujin

Japanese print showing two standing women in Western dress. Signature: Kuniaki ga. Seal date: Cock 5. From series entitled: Bankoku jinbutsu no uchi (People of various nations). Annotations, stamps, etc. on ve... More

Yokohama shōka komojin sho a mitomu no zu

Yokohama shōka komojin sho a mitomu no zu

Japanese print shows a Dutch man and a German man drawing up a contract in a mercantile house in Yokohama, Japan. Signature: Gountei Sadahide ga. Engraving attributed to: Yokogawa Hori Take. Seal date: Cock 1.... More

Odoke sanjūroku kasen - Public domain dedication image

Odoke sanjūroku kasen - Public domain dedication image

Japanese prints shows eight scenes and text with various people and activities including Americans; ship; Japanese men tying a bundle, reading, fishing, and playing a game. Mounted with no. 5a. Annotations, st... More

Bankoku jinbutsu no zu. 1930s Japan, public domain image.

Bankoku jinbutsu no zu. 1930s Japan, public domain image.

Japanese diptych print shows a map of the world with inset images of foreign people. Diptych. Nagasaki print. Sample translations of inscriptions of distance chart: England-11,500 ri; pygmy country-14,000 ri; ... More

"What makes Japanese soldiers so strong?" asks Russia. "We are filled with Yamato Damashii" [spirit of old Japan] says Japan. "Please give me some Yamato Damashii" [says] Russia

"What makes Japanese soldiers so strong?" asks Russia. "We are filled ...

Print shows bloated Russian officers eating bullets and shells offered to them by trim Japanese soldiers. (in the Japanese reply, "we all eat" is crossed out and replaced with "we are filled with"). Signed on ... More

Amerikakoku, Utagawa Yoshitora - Public domain  engraving

Amerikakoku, Utagawa Yoshitora - Public domain engraving

Japanese triptych print shows the American consul and several women watching the Japanese navy test balloon aircraft in front of the American consulate in Tokyo, Japan. Signature: Yoshitora ga. Engraving attri... More

Amerika nigiwai no zu - Public domain Japanese woodblock print

Amerika nigiwai no zu - Public domain Japanese woodblock print

Japanese triptych print showing supposed view of an American town square, with people walking around, although the source for the architecture was an illustration of the Fredericksburg Castle near Copenhagen th... More

Amerika no shōnin shōju no sakura o motomete ōi ni kanki no zu

Amerika no shōnin shōju no sakura o motomete ōi ni kanki no zu

Japanese print shows a man admiring a bonsai tree in bloom, it possibly reminds him of his wife and brings to mind her portrait hanging in the upper left corner. Signature: Gountei Sadahide ga. Seal date: Cock... More

Tōto meishō kenbutsu ijin - Ryōgokubashi, Sadahide Utagawa

Tōto meishō kenbutsu ijin - Ryōgokubashi, Sadahide Utagawa

Japanese print shows an American man and woman sightseeing at the Ryōgoku bridge in Edo (Tokyo), Japan. Signature: Gountei Sadahide ga. Engraving attributed to: Yokogawa Hori Iwa. Seal date: Cock 7. May be sec... More

Yokohama ijin shōka shuen no zu, Sadahide Utagawa

Yokohama ijin shōka shuen no zu, Sadahide Utagawa

Japanese print shows an English merchant seated at a table and being waited on by a Chinese man and a Thai cook during a banquet at a mercantile house in Yokohama, Japan. Signature: Gountei Sadahide ga. Engrav... More

Gaikokujin ifuku shitate no zu - Public domain dedication image

Gaikokujin ifuku shitate no zu - Public domain dedication image

Japanese print shows a foreign woman using a sewing machine while her husband and children sit together in the background. Signature: Issen Yoshikazu ga. Seal date: Monkey 11. Annotations, stamps, etc. on vers... More

Bushū Yokohama meishō zu - Amerika bijo, hatoba

Bushū Yokohama meishō zu - Amerika bijo, hatoba

Japanese print shows a young American woman seated sidesaddle on a horse and an inset image of a jetty. Signature: Yoshitora ga. Seal date: Monkey 12. Engraving attributed to: Hori Chō. From series entitled: Y... More

Kanda Myōjin shanai, Sadahide Utagawa - Ukiyo e print

Kanda Myōjin shanai, Sadahide Utagawa - Ukiyo e print

Japanese print shows a French man and woman sightseeing at the Kanda Myōjin shrine in Edo (Tokyo), Japan. Signature: Gountei Sadahide ga. Engraving attributed to: Hori Iwa. Seal date: Cock. From series entitle... More

Amerika, Utagawa Yoshitora - Drawing. Public domain image.

Amerika, Utagawa Yoshitora - Drawing. Public domain image.

Japanese print shows two American sailors(?); includes text about America by Kanagaki Robun. Signature: Yoshitora ga. Seal date: Cock 1. Annotations, stamps, etc. on verso of print: 125; 47623a (white label); ... More

Shōsha - Amerikajin - Public domain Japanese woodblock print

Shōsha - Amerikajin - Public domain Japanese woodblock print

Japanese print shows an American couple, the woman is holding a parasol and the man is smoking a cigar. Signature: Issen Yoshikazu ga. Seal date: Cock 4. Annotations, stamps, etc. on verso of print: 90; 47623a... More

Oroshajin - bango wakai, Utagawa Yoshitora - Ukiyo e print

Oroshajin - bango wakai, Utagawa Yoshitora - Ukiyo e print

Japanese print shows two Russian soldiers talking; includes text of Japanese translation. Signature: Yoshitora ga. Seal date is unidentified. Annotation in pencil on mount: Russian soldiers. Annotations, stamp... More

Yokohama kyūjitsu - Orandajin yūkō, Sadahide Utagawa

Yokohama kyūjitsu - Orandajin yūkō, Sadahide Utagawa

Japanese print shows a Dutch family walking along the shoreline in Yokohama, Japan; Dutch ship in the background. Signature: Gountei Sadahide ga. Engraving attributed to: Kobayashi Hori Kame. Seal date: Cock 1... More

Gokakoku ijin shuen no zu - Public domain  engraving

Gokakoku ijin shuen no zu - Public domain engraving

Japanese diptych print shows a large group of people seated at a long table during a banquet at the Yokohama Club. Signature: Issen Yoshikazu ga. Engraving attributed to: Hori Sen. Seal date: Cock 3. Diptych m... More

Peri raikō - Public domain  drawing

Peri raikō - Public domain drawing

Polyptych matted in 5 sections: left (430a), left center (430b), center (430c), right center (430d), right (430e). Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists... More

Tako no asirai. Japanese Empire. - Ukiyo e print

Tako no asirai. Japanese Empire. - Ukiyo e print

Print shows a Japanese officer sitting on the head of an octopus which has captured ships disguised as fish in its tentacles. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print ... More

Gokakoku no uchi: Roshiyajin. 19th century Japan. Public domain image.

Gokakoku no uchi: Roshiyajin. 19th century Japan. Public domain image.

Japanese print showing warmly dressed, standing Russian couple and Japanese-Russian vocabulary. Signature: Kunihisa ga. Seal date: Cock 10. From series entitled: Gokakoku no uchi (People of the five nations). ... More

Yokohama ijin shōkan zashiki no zu, Sadahide Utagawa

Yokohama ijin shōkan zashiki no zu, Sadahide Utagawa

Japanese triptych(?) print (left and right panels only) shows residents dining and listening to music at a foreign settlement house in Yokohama, Japan. Signature: Gountei Sadahide ga. Engraving attributed to: ... More

Gokakoku no uchi - Igirisujin - Public domain Japanese woodblock print

Gokakoku no uchi - Igirisujin - Public domain Japanese woodblock print

Japanese print shows an English naval officer on horseback. Signature: Yoshitora. Seal date: Cock 3. From series entitled: Gokakoku no uchi (People of the five nations). Annotations, stamps, etc. on verso of p... More

Russian o'shishi (acrobatic street dancer) master entertains the children of Japan

Russian o'shishi (acrobatic street dancer) master entertains the child...

Print shows a red-faced Russian officer(?) beating a drum as two Russian battleships with faces, arms, and legs turn somersaults and walk on their hands before two Japanese children in sailor's uniforms. Signe... More

Gokakoku ... gankirō ni oite sakamori no zu

Gokakoku ... gankirō ni oite sakamori no zu

Japanese triptych print shows visitors from several nations enjoying a party in the Fan Room of the Gankirō. Signature: Ikkeisai Yoshiiku ga. Engraving attributed to: Hori Take. Seal date: Monkey 12. Triptych ... More

Bankoku zukushi - Amerikajin, Utagawa Yoshitora - Ukiyo e print

Bankoku zukushi - Amerikajin, Utagawa Yoshitora - Ukiyo e print

Japanese print shows an American couple looking at something in the distance. Signature: Yoshitora ga. Seal date: Monkey 12. From series entitled: Bankoku zukushi (About foreign lands). Annotations, stamps, et... More

Ikoku kotoba - rango - Public domain  engraving

Ikoku kotoba - rango - Public domain engraving

Japanese print shows a French woman and a Dutch man seated near the waterfront; ships in background. Includes Japanese translation of foreign terms for meteorology, geography, and directions. Signature: Keisai... More

[French photographer in old Yokohama] - Ukiyo e print

[French photographer in old Yokohama] - Ukiyo e print

Print shows a photographer wearing western clothing adjusting a camera beneath a shoud; a woman stands behind him, also wearing western clothing, holding a plate or a photograph, also, photographic supplies are... More

Gaikoku jinbutsu zukushi - Amerika, Nankin - Ukiyo e print

Gaikoku jinbutsu zukushi - Amerika, Nankin - Ukiyo e print

Japanese print shows a woman riding sidesaddle and a man and a woman talking together. Signature: Yoshitora ga. Seal date: Cock 1. From series entitled: Gaikoku jinbutsu zukushi (People from foreign lands). An... More

Bushū Yokohama hakkei no uchi - hatoba no kihan

Bushū Yokohama hakkei no uchi - hatoba no kihan

Japanese print shows a man and a woman standing on the docks as a steamboat returns to the pier. Signature: Yoshitora ga. Seal date: Cock 1. Engraving attributed to: Hori Take. Annotations, stamps, etc. on ver... More

Yokohama kyūjitsu - Oroshiyajin yūkō, Sadahide Utagawa

Yokohama kyūjitsu - Oroshiyajin yūkō, Sadahide Utagawa

Japanese print shows two Russian men, one holding a telescope, and a child looking at the scenery along the shoreline in Yokohama, Japan; Russian ship in the background. Signature: Gountei Sadahide ga. Engravi... More

Tōkyō shiodama tetsudō jōkisha tsūkō no zu

Tōkyō shiodama tetsudō jōkisha tsūkō no zu

Japanese triptych print (one section only) showing a train at a train station with Japanese and foreign people in the foreground.

Bushū Yokohama meisho zu - Igirisujin - Ukiyo e print

Bushū Yokohama meisho zu - Igirisujin - Ukiyo e print

Japanese print shows an Englishman smoking a cigar or cigarette while horseback riding. Small illustration in the background showing a temple(?). Signature: Yoshitora ga. Seal date: Monkey 12. Engraving attrib... More

Peri raikō - Public domain portrait drawing

Peri raikō - Public domain portrait drawing

Polyptych matted in 5 sections: left (430a), left center (430b), center (430c), right center (430d), right (430e). Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists... More

Amerikakoku, Utagawa Yoshitora - Public domain  engraving

Amerikakoku, Utagawa Yoshitora - Public domain engraving

Japanese triptych print shows the American consul and several women watching the Japanese navy test balloon aircraft in front of the American consulate in Tokyo, Japan. Signature: Yoshitora ga. Engraving attri... More

[A Russian civilian gets upset during a game of dai shogi, while his Japanese opponent appears confident of victory]

[A Russian civilian gets upset during a game of dai shogi, while his J...

Signed on block by artist in lower left, includes chop. Includes extensive Japanese text. Descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Idenitification of the game... More

Roshia make tabako no kōfuku - Public domain print

Roshia make tabako no kōfuku - Public domain print

Print shows a Russian soldier seated at a table on which are tobacco products that he is trying to sell to Japanese soldiers. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print ... More

Shakkyō no shinikyōgen - Public domain portrait drawing

Shakkyō no shinikyōgen - Public domain portrait drawing

Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. Inscribed at top: Russian soldier cannot speak, for looking at wonderful sight. From the series: Nih... More

Amerikakoku jōkisenchū no zu - Public domain Japanese woodblock print

Amerikakoku jōkisenchū no zu - Public domain Japanese woodblock print

Japanese triptych print shows a cutaway view of an American steamship with group of passengers seated around a table below deck at mealtime, also shows activities on deck. Signature: Issen Yoshikazu ga. Seal d... More

[Two Japanese men and one foreigner riding on a horse while a Japanese farmer walks]

[Two Japanese men and one foreigner riding on a horse while a Japanese...

Annotions, stamps, etc. on verso of print: 185; 47623a (white label). Also untranslated text. Earlier control number: 236.3-33. Gift; Mrs. E. Crane Chadbourne; 1930; (DLC/PP-1930:47623a). Forms part of: Chadbo... More

Bankoku jinbutsu no uchi: Amerikajin

Bankoku jinbutsu no uchi: Amerikajin

Japanese print showing standing woman and man, who is smoking a cigarette. Signature: Kuniaki ga. Seal date: Cock 5. From series entitled: Bankoku jinbutsu no uchi (People of various nations). Annotations, stam... More

Furansujin no shōzō - Public domain dedication image

Furansujin no shōzō - Public domain dedication image

Japanese print shows a French woman seated before a mirror applying makeup; a man stands in a doorway on the right. Signature: Yoshikazu ga. Seal date: Cock 2. Annotations, stamps, etc. on verso of print: 103;... More

Amerika - Public domain Japanese woodblock print

Amerika - Public domain Japanese woodblock print

Japanese print shows an American soldier on horseback. Signature: Issen Yoshikazu ga. Seal date: Dog 10. Annotations, stamps, etc. on verso of print: 86; 47623a. Earlier control number: 9942.25-7. Gift; Mrs. E... More

Yokohama kōeki seiyōjin nimotsu unsō no zu, Sadahide Utagawa

Yokohama kōeki seiyōjin nimotsu unsō no zu, Sadahide Utagawa

Japanese pentaptych print shows an American ship in the harbor at Yokohama, Japan; small boats ferry cargo which is being carried up a gangplank contributing to the bustle of activity on the main deck. Signatu... More

Shōkonsha keidai Furansu ōkyokuba [no] zu

Shōkonsha keidai Furansu ōkyokuba [no] zu

Japanese triptych print shows circus at Yasukuni Jinja, originally called Shokonsha, Tokyo, Japan, with acrobats, trapeze artists, and horseback stunt riders. Signature: Motome ni ōzu Hiroshige ga (by request)... More

Tako no asirai. Japanese Empire. - Ukiyo e print

Tako no asirai. Japanese Empire. - Ukiyo e print

Print shows a Japanese officer sitting on the head of an octopus which has captured ships disguised as fish in its tentacles. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print ... More

[Tsukiji hotel] - Public domain Japanese woodblock print

[Tsukiji hotel] - Public domain Japanese woodblock print

Japanese diptych (or possibly incomplete triptych) print showing large hotel building with Japanese and foreign people in the foreground. Signature: Kunishige ga. "Katada Hori Chō." Seal date is illegible. Dip... More

[A Russian woman is having a nightmare showing disasterous defeats of the Russian army and navy on all fronts in the war against Japan; she is being attended to by a doctor who is taking her pulse, two maids, and a member of the clergy, possibly a bishop]

[A Russian woman is having a nightmare showing disasterous defeats of ...

Signed on block with chop. Includes extensive Japanese text. Descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. From the series: Nihon banzai hyakusen hyakushō : Long l... More

Amerika nigiwai no zu - Public domain dedication image

Amerika nigiwai no zu - Public domain dedication image

Japanese triptych print showing supposed view of an American town square, with people walking around, although the source for the architecture was an illustration of the Fredericksburg Castle near Copenhagen th... More

Amerikajin yuko sakamori, Utagawa Yoshitora - Ukiyo e print

Amerikajin yuko sakamori, Utagawa Yoshitora - Ukiyo e print

Japanese print shows an American man holding a glass and a Japanese courtesan holding a bottle. Signature: Yoshitora ga. Engraving attributed to: Hori[-]ko Masa. Extensive unidentified writing on backing sheet.... More

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