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Nankin, Oroshiy, Utagawa Hiroshige - Ukiyo e print

Japanese print shows Chinese man holding a paintbrush while an assistant mixes ink as a Russian military officer looks on. Signature: Motome ni ōzu Hiroshige ga (by request). Seal date: Monkey 12. Annotations,... More

Roshia make tabako no kōfuku - Public domain portrait drawing

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

Kita-Amerika dai gasshukoku - jokan shōzō no utsushi

Japanese print shows a head-and-shoulders portrait of an American naval commander; includes untranslated text of vocabulary.

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

Yokohama ijin yashiki no zu - Public domain engraving

Japanese print shows a kitchen where food is being prepared and of adjoining rooms, in one room a man is getting a shave, in a foreign settlement house in Yokohama, Japan. Signature: Issen Yoshikazu ga. Engrav... More

Bankoku nyūsen sugoroku, Utagawa Hiroshige - Ukiyo e print

Japanese print showing a sailing ship with an American flag in a harbor; illustrated sheet from Sugoroku game, which is similar to backgammon. Signature: Hiroshige ga. Annotations, stamps, etc. on verso of pri... More

Ikoku kotoba - Public domain engraving

Japanese print shows an American on horseback and a Chinese man standing nearby. Japanese-Dutch(?) vocabulary chart of numbers and unidentified price code(?) on recto of print. Signature: Keisai Yoshiiku ga. E... More

Furansu komusume inu o hikite sampo no zu

Japanese print shows a dark-skinned man wearing a turban walking behind a French woman walking a dog. Signature: Gountei Sadahide ga. Seal date: Monkey 11. From series entitled: Ikiutsushi ikoku jinbutsu (Life... More

Amerikakoku, Sadahide Utagawa - Public domain Japanese woodblock print

Japanese print shows an American man on horseback gesturing to his left with a whip to a man holding the bridle of his horse. Signature: Gountei Sadahide ga. Seal date: Cock 9. Possibly section of a multi-part... More

Gaikoku jinbutsu zuga - Oroshia, Amerika nyonin

Japanese print shows the clothing styles of Russian men, and an American woman. Signature: Ikkeisai Yoshiiku ga. Seal date: Cock 2. From series entitled: Gaikoku jinbutsu zuga (Portraits of foreigners). Annota... More

Yokohama meishō benten: Amerikajin - Ukiyo e print

Japanese print shows a man and a woman visiting the shore in Yokohama, Japan. Signature: Issen Yoshikazu ga. Seal date: Cock 6. Annotations, stamps, etc. on verso of print: 83; LC2585; 47623a (white label); 38... More

Gokakoku no uchi - Amerikajin - Public domain Japanese woodblock print

Japanese print shows a woman riding sidesaddle. Signature: Yoshitora ga. Seal date: Cock 3. From series entitled: Gokakoku no uchi (People of the five nations). Annotations, stamps, etc. on verso of print: 120... More

Gaikoku jinbutsu zuga - Nankin, Furansu - Ukiyo e print

Japanese print shows a Frenchman holding a goblet seated on a chair, a Chinese man stands next to him; includes description, in Japanese, of both countries on recto of print. Signature: Ikkeisai Yoshiiku ga. S... More

Gaikokujin Yokohama ni oite kyōkuba - Ukiyo e print

Japanese triptych print shows a foreign circus performing in Yokohama, Japan. Signature: Issen Yoshikazu ga. Seal date: Rat 4. Annotations, stamps, etc. on verso of print: 3; 1879; 100; 47623a (white label). Y... More

Tōkyō meishō zu - Public domain Japanese woodblock print

Japanese print showing street scene in Tokyo with wharf and sailboat in the foreground, parcels on the wharf, people in traditional and Western dress, and buildings in the background, one of which is flying the... More

Japan takes away Kinchow Castle - Ukiyo e print

Print shows a Japanese soldier holding the Kinchow Castle with wall and gate in his arms and using his left foot to kick away Russian soldiers. Descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo pri... More

Japan holds the string when Russia reaches to grasp

Print shows a string held by a Japanese man about to ensnare the hands of a Russian man reaching to grab a Chinese or Korean man lying on the ground smoking a pipe with a rooster nearby. Descriptive informatio... More

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

Tōto meishō takanawa - Oroshiya - Ukiyo e print

Japanese print shows a Russian soldier possibly daydreaming; a waterfront scene depicted behind him may be a visualization of his dream.

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

Amerikatsūjin - Public domain Japanese woodblock print

Japanese print with text shows an American naval personnel(?) with a Japanese person(?) apparently feeling jolly. Text may be by Kōtaku Kioro. Mounted with no. 5 b. Annotations, stamps, etc. on verso of print:... More

Gaikoku jinbutsu zuga - Oroshiya - Ukiyo e print

Japanese print shows a man seated in a chair playing an accordian and a woman with a horn standing next to him. Signature: Yoshitora ga. Seal date: Monkey 12. From series entitled: Gaikoku jinbutsu zuga (Pictu... More

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 kenbutsu zue - Public domain portrait painting

Japanese print shows a foreign visitor standing outside a building in Yokohama, Japan. He is looking up and appears to be thinking, his thoughts depicted on the right, outside the space occupied by him, as a fr... More

Ikoku kotoba - Amerika - Public domain engraving

Japanese print shows a Russian woman playing the flute and an English man holding a rifle. Includes Japanese translations of English words on recto of print, e.g. kome/ raisu (rice), mugi / beruri (barley), cha... More

Amerika jokan hansui o gansuru no zu, Sadahide Utagawa

Japanese print shows an American woman playing an accordian; a dog sits on her right and a man stands to her left. Signature: Gountei Sadahide ga. Seal date: Monkey. From series entitled: Ikiutsushi ikoku jinb... More

Gaikoku jinbutsu zukushi - Igirisu - Ukiyo e print

Japanese print shows an English soldier and a woman walking with an umbrella. Signature: Yoshitora ga. Seal date: Monkey 12. From series entitled: Gaikoku jinbutsu zukushi (People from foreign lands). Annotati... More

Gaikokujin yūkō no zu - Igirisu nyonin

Japanese print shows a woman riding sidesaddle. Signature: Yoshitora ga. Seal date: Cock 1. Annotations, stamps, etc. on verso of print: 133; LC2585; 47623a (white label); 17. Earlier control number: 9942.3-22... More

Ijin shishimai kenbutsu no zu - Public domain portrait engraving

Print shows a man and a woman watching street entertainers performing a New Year's dance. Signature: Ichigeisai Yoshitomi. Engraving attributed to: Hori Take. Seal date: Cock 3. Annotations, stamps, etc. on ve... More

Bankoku jinbutsu zue - Itaria kokuō - Ukiyo e print

Japanese print shows a full-length portrait of a man seated in a chair, facing left. Signature: Ichieisai Yoshitsuya ga. Seal date: Cock 1. From series entitled: Bankoku jinbutsu zue (People of the barbarian n... More

Amerika - Public domain Japanese woodblock print

Japanese print shows an American family. Signature: Issen Yoshikazu ga. Seal date: Cock 2. Annotations, stamps, etc. on verso of print: 82; 47623a; 5. Earlier control number: 9942.25-2. Gift; Mrs. E. Crane Cha... More

Igirisu rondon taikō, Utagawa Hiroshige - Ukiyo e print

Japanese triptych (one section only) print shows ships in a harbor with women and men walking and riding horses in the foreground. Print created by either Hiroshige II or Hiroshige III. Signature: Hiroshige ga... More

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

Peri raikō - Public domain print

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

"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

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

[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

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

[American sailor drinking] - Drawing. Public domain image.

An American sailor, standing, holding a bottle in one hand while drinking from a glass. Inscription describes the American fleet on January 1, 1854 as seen through the eyes of an individual named Hachiromaro.

Bankoku keihin denbun mosha shu harimaze

Japanese print shows three scenes, top left: ships sailing around a South American island; top right: an orchid from Borneo; and bottom: three Frenchmen on horseback racing in a steeplechase. Signature: Saneno... More

Gojō nai tsuribashi no zu - Public domain Japanese woodblock print

Japanese print showing drawbridge with Japanese and foreign people in foreground. Annotations, stamps, etc. on verso of print: 180; LC2585; 47623a (white label). Earlier control number: 236.3-28. Gift; Mrs. E.... More

Oranda, Amerika, Igirisu - Public domain Japanese woodblock print

Japanese print shows three men gathered around a table: A Dutch man wearing a tricorn hat and holding a pipe, an English man drinking from a glass, and an American wearing a feather headdress and holding a telescope.

Gaikoku jinbutsu zukushi - minami Amerika - Ukiyo e print

Japanese print shows a man seated in a chair and a woman standing next to him. Includes text across top of illustration. Signature: Yoshitora ga. Shiba, Jyakuyo, printmaker. Seal date: Cock 5. From series enti... More

Igirisu, Utagawa Yoshitora - Public domain Japanese woodblock print

Japanese print shows an Englishman on horseback. Includes text about England. Signature: Yoshitora ga. Seal date: Cock 1. Annotations, stamps, etc. on verso of print: 136; 47623a; text about England. Earlier c... More

Tōkyō meishō sanjūroku gisen - sukiya [ongishi]

Japanese print shows a scene with foreigners seated around a dining table in a tea house. Signature: [Shōsai Kazukage fude]. Seal date: Monkey. From series entitled: Tōkyō meishō sanjūroku gisen (Thirty-six am... More

[Human figure with Russian battleship for a head being operated on by ...

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

Oroshiyajin - Public domain dedication image - Ukiyo e print

Japanese print shows three Russians, two wearing military uniforms. The third Russian has an animal, possibly some sort of feline, on a leash. Damaged by bookworms, lined. Annotations, stamps, etc. on verso of... More

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

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

Gokakoku ijin shuen no zu - Public domain book illustration 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

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

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

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

Nankin, Oroshiy, Utagawa Hiroshige - Ukiyo e print

Japanese print shows Chinese man holding a paintbrush while an assistant mixes ink as a Russian military officer looks on. Signature: Motome ni ōzu Hiroshige ga (by request). Seal date: Monkey 12. Annotations,... More

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

Shakkyō no shinikyōgen - Public domain 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

Bankoku jinbutsu zue - Amerikajin - Ukiyo e print

Japanese print shows a full-length portrait of a man, standing, facing left, holding a cane. Signature: Ichieisai Yoshitsuya ga (with pawlonia seal). Seal date: Cock 1. Poem by Kanagaki Robun on recto of print... More

Ikokujin shuen yuraku no zu - Public domain dedication image

Japanese triptych print shows children dancing for adults gathered in large room in a foreign settlement house in Japan. Signature: Issen Yoshikazu ga. Seal date: Monkey 12. Triptych matted in separate section... More

Ikokujin shuen yuraku no zu - Public domain dedication image

Japanese triptych print shows children dancing for adults gathered in large room in a foreign settlement house in Japan. Signature: Issen Yoshikazu ga. Seal date: Monkey 12. Triptych matted in separate section... More

Ikokujin shuen yuraku no zu - Public domain Japanese woodblock print

Japanese triptych print shows children dancing for adults gathered in large room in a foreign settlement house in Japan. Signature: Issen Yoshikazu ga. Seal date: Monkey 12. Triptych matted in separate section... More

[American sailor drinking] - Public domain dedication image

An American sailor, standing, holding a bottle in one hand while drinking from a glass. Inscription describes the American fleet on January 1, 1854 as seen through the eyes of an individual named Hachiromaro.

Takanawa Igirisu kan - Public domain Japanese woodblock print

Japanese print shows buildings with people walking and a man riding horseback on the street in the foreground; a Japanese flag flying in the background.

Bankoku jinbutsu no uchi - Oroshia, Fransu

Japanese print with four illustrations, two of men on horseback and two illustrating clothing styles of Russian and French women. Signature: Yoshitora ga. From series entitled: Bankoku jinbutsu no uchi (People... More

[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

Amerika, Utagawa Hiroshige - Public domain drawing

Print shows a woman, representating America, riding sidesaddle on a horse in a snowy landscape. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. Form... More

Yokohama ijin kan no zu - Public domain Japanese woodblock print

Japanese triptych print showing Japanese and foreign people gathered at the foreign settlement house in Yokohama; shops and street vendors; ships in background. Signature: Hiroshige ga. Seal date: Cock 10. "Ho... More

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

Gaikoku jinbutsu zukushi - Amerika - Ukiyo e print

Japanese print shows two military officers. Signature: Yoshitora ga. Shiba Jyakuyo, printmaker. Seal date: Cock 5. From series entitled: Gaikoku jinbutsu zukushi (People from foreign lands). Annotations, stamp... More

Japan makes Russia disgorge her brave threats of days before the war

Print shows a Japanese soldier chocking a Russian officer causing him to vomit cannons, rifles, and battleships.

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

Igirisujin yūkō Yokohama odori - Public domain Japanese woodblock prin...

Japanese print shows an Englishman dancing while a Japanese woman plays the shamisen, Yokohama, Japan. Signature: Yoshitora ga. Seal date: Cock 1. Annotation in pencil on mount: Englishman dancing in Yokohama.... More

Gokakoku no uchi - Oroshiyajin - Public domain Japanese woodblock prin...

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

Amerikajin no zu - pansei nokamato - Ukiyo e print

Japanese print shows two American men baking bread. Signature: Yoshikazu ga. Seal date: Cock 2. Annotations, stamps, etc. on verso of print: 80; 47623a. Yokohama : prints from nineteenth-century Japan / Ann Yo... More

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

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

Japan makes Russia disgorge her brave threats of days before the war

Print shows a Japanese soldier chocking a Russian officer causing him to vomit cannons, rifles, and battleships.

Amerikajin kodomo o aisu zu - Public domain engraving

Japanese print shows a mother and child with a Japanese manservant leaving for a walk; a monkey sits on a perch in the background and a dog stands to the right, next to the mother. Signature: Ichiryūsai Yoshit... More

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

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

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

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

Yokohama kyūjitsu Furansujin uma yūkō, Sadahide Utagawa

Japanese print (possibly a polyptych print) shows two French men horseback riding along shoreline in Yokohama, Japan; French ship in the background. Signature: Gountei Sadahide ga. Engraving attributed to: Hor... More

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

Roshia make tabako no kōfuku - Public domain drawing

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

Igirisujin Yokohama ni orimono irowake no zu

Japanese print shows a merchant examining cloth which possibly reminds him of his wife and brings to mind her portrait hanging in the upper left corner.

[American sailor drinking] - Public domain dedication image

An American sailor, standing, holding a bottle in one hand while drinking from a glass. Inscription describes the American fleet on January 1, 1854 as seen through the eyes of an individual named Hachiromaro.

Gaikoku jinbutsu zuga - Oranda, Oroshia, Amerika nyonin, Amerika

Japanese print shows typical examples of Dutch, Russian, and American men, and an American woman. Signature: Yoshiiku ga. Seal date: Cock 2. From series entitled: Gaikoku jinbutsu zuga (Portraits of foreigners... More

Atago yama chōbō, Sadahide Utagawa - Ukiyo e print

Japanese print shows a French couple looking at the view of Edo (Tokyo) from the top of a hill. Signature: Gountei Sadahide ga. Engraving attributed to: Yokogawa Hori Iwa. Seal date: Cock 1. From series entitl... More

Tsukiji kaigunshō..., Utagawa Hiroshige - Ukiyo e print

Japanese triptych print showing foreigners gathered around a hot air balloon surrounded by a crowd of spectators. Signature: Hiroshige ga. Similar triptych print reproduced in Yokohama : prints from nineteenth... More

[Commodore Perry in Japan] - Public domain portrait engraving

Japanese print shows full-length portrait of Commander Matthew Perry in uniform. Nagasaki print. Annotations, stamps, etc. on verso of print: 161; LC2585; 8; 47623a (white label); see pl. 29 of 2nd series of N... More