[Humorous pictures showing damaged Chinese battleships receiving first...
Signed on block by artist in lower right, includes chop. Descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. From the series: Nisshinsensō shōraku gakai : Comics of the ... More
Kawanakajima no kassen - Public domain image related to music prforman...
Print shows two armies of cavalry engaged in a battle with swordsmen and archers on horseback. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Diptych... More
Keinen kachōgafu natsu no bu - Public domain drawing
Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. Forms part of: Japanese prints and drawings (Library of Congress).
Keinen kachōgafu natsu no bu - Public domain drawing
Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. Forms part of: Japanese prints and drawings (Library of Congress).
Keinen kachōgafu natsu no bu - Public domain drawing
Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. Forms part of: Japanese prints and drawings (Library of Congress).
Haran rikkazu, Tsukimaro Kitagawa - Ukiyo e print
Print shows plant in a pot. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. Attributed to: Kitagawa Kikumaro. Format: Koban Nishikie. Forms part of:... More
Tamanoi - Public domain drawing - Ukiyo e print
The Dragon King and two princesses in a scene from the play "The Jewelled Well." Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: Shikishiban N... More
Ōya tarō mitsukuni - Public domain Japanese woodblock print
Print shows Ōya Tarō Mitsukuni watching a battle scene between armies of skeletons.
Igagoe dōchū sugoroku, Katsukawa Shuntei - Ukiyo e print
Print shows a fight scene from the play Igagoe Dōchū Sugoroku, with Watanabe Shizuma and Araki Mataemon fighting with Kawai Matagorō and many other men armed with pikes or halbreds at Iga Ueno. Title and other ... More
Igagoe dōchū sugoroku, Katsukawa Shuntei - Ukiyo e print
Print shows a fight scene from the play Igagoe Dōchū Sugoroku, with Watanabe Shizuma and Araki Mataemon fighting with Kawai Matagorō and many other men armed with pikes or halbreds at Iga Ueno. Title and other ... More
Sawamura Sōjūrō no Ichihōshi Ōtomo Hitatinosuke Yamatogawa Tomigorō no...
Sawamura Sojurō and Yamatogawa Tomigoro in the role of a samurai and his page who is offering him a cup of tea. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in... More
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
Uyōkanazawa hashōyakei - Public domain Japanese woodblock print
Public domain photo of Japanese woodblock print (Ukiyo-e), free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Mukashigatari kuwana matsuri no furugoto - Ukiyo e print
Print shows two men, probably actors, and a woman with a shoulder pole carrying two buckets.
Mukashigatari kuwana matsuri no furugoto - Ukiyo e print
Print shows two men, probably actors, and a woman with a shoulder pole carrying two buckets.
Raikō shitennō to tsuchigumo - Public domain drawing
Print shows an interior view of room with Minamoto Yorimitsu and another man at a Go gameboard as a demon crashes through the roof. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo ... More
Oshichi, Utagawa Kuniteru - Public domain portrait drawing
Image of the young maiden, Oshichi, who attempted arson out of love and was burned at the stake in 1683. She became a figure in plays with different story lines. Includes vignette image (koma-e) above her head ... More
Blocking - shutting the mouth of Port Arthur
Print shows two Japanese sailors driving battleships like spikes through the lips of the mouth of the harbor at Lüshun (Port Arthur), China. Signed on block by artist in lower right, includes chop. Descriptive... More
Moronobu Hishikawa - Sumō, 16th century - Ukiyo e print
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
Sangatsu[yayoi?] hanazumō shigatsu[uduki?] shaka tanjō
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
Benkei to kodomo (ataka no matsu)
Print shows the legendary monk warrior Benkei offering gifts to two children who have been gathering pine needles.
Toyonobu Ishikawa - [Passing a love letter]
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).
[Jūichidanme - act eleven of the Chūshingura - assualt on Kira Yoshina...
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
Shuen, print by Sukenobu Nishikawa - Ukiyo e print
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
[Japonica, bell flowers, and anemone], Yasukuni Tachibana
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
[Caricature of a woman dancing] - Ukiyo e print
Title and date devised by Library staff, no information provided by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. Forms part of: Japanese prints and drawings (Library of Congress).
Arashi hinaji no jōrurigozen - Public domain print
Print shows actor Arashi Hinaji in an onnagata role as the princess Jōruri Gozen, standing on a veranda, holding a lantern. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print sp... More
Kameido taikobashi, Isoda Koryūsai - Ukiyo e print
Print shows a man, woman, and a child standing on a bridge looking at fish in the stream below. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format... More
Onoe matsusuke no raikō sitennō - Ukiyo e print
Print shows Onoe Matsusuke, an actor, full-length portrait, standing, facing left. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. Format: one of a ... More
Ohan chōemon, print by Kiyonaga Torii
Print shows a porter carrying a woman across a stream. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: Hashirae-ban Nishikie. Forms part of: J... More
Niwa no yukimi, print by Kiyonaga Torii
Print shows three women on a veranda looking at a snow-covered garden. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: right panel of a vertic... More
Matsuchiyama no yukimi, print by Kiyonaga Torii
Print shows a man and two women standing in the snow outside a shrine, one woman carries an offering. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. ... More
Yatsushi jūnidan zoushi ushiwaka jōrurihime - Torii Kiyonaga
Print shows four women standing on a porch, one may be ringing a bell, and a man playing a flute, standing in front of the porch; from the tale of Jūnidan Zoushi and Ushiwaka. Title and other descriptive inform... More
Ōkawabata yūryō, print by Kiyonaga Torii
Print shows three women strolling next to the Sumida(?) River, enjoying the cool evening air. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: ... More
Katsukawa Shunchō - Yanagi no niwa - Ukiyo e print
Print shows three women and a child, standing next to and sitting on a bench beneath a willow tree at the edge of a pond. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print spec... More
Shichirigahama zu - Public domain drawing
Print shows a seacoast village and mountain, with view of Mount Fuji in the background. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. Format: Koga... More
Sumiyoshi odori, Eishi Hosoda - Public domain drawing
Print shows five women dancing beneath a large parasol during the annual rice planting ritual at the Sumiyoshi shrine. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print special... More
Hanami, print by Kiyonaga Torii - Ukiyo e print
Print shows two women viewing cherry blossoms from a footpath above a village. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. Format: vertical Koba... More
Michinoku, print by Utamaro Kitagawa - Ukiyo e print
Print shows the courtesan Michinoku with a female attendant and a boy carrying an umbrella over his shoulder. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2... More
Tachibanaya ōmiya, Utagawa Toyokuni - Ukiyo e print
Print shows two actors, full-length portrait, one as a warrior sitting, the other as a woman standing behind the warrior. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print spec... More
Okamotoya uchi sayagata, Eishi Hosoda - Ukiyo e print
Print shows Sayagata, a courtesan, full-length, standing, facing left, with two young female attendants. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-0... More
Toyohiro Utagawa: Yatsushi chōkaro - Ukiyo e print
Print shows a woman entertaining a chid, possibly a young Zhang Guo. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: vertical Chuban Nishikie.... More
Otomo Kuronushi - Public domain Japanese woodblock print
Print shows the poet Otomo Kuronushi and two women on a veranda.
Jibukiami, Utagawa Toyokuni - Public domain drawing
Print shows a woman holding a pipe, walking with a female attendant along the seashore; in the background are boats and large fishing nets. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponso... More
Shichidanme, print by Utamaro Kitagawa, Forty Seven Rōnin
Print shows two men (possibly Yuranosuke and one of Moronô's spies) and a woman (possibly Okaru) at a brothel. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in ... More
Toyohiro Utagawa: Daimyō no okuzashiki - Ukiyo e print
Print shows three women sitting in a room with elaborate wall painting of peacocks. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: Right pane... More
Toenmei, print by Utamaro Kitagawa - Ukiyo e print
Print shows a woman sitting with a young girl and a young boy, the boy is wearing a mask of the devil. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06.... More
Gokuin sen'emon to okuri no onna
Print shows two actors in a kabuki play, one as a woman with a paper lantern standing next to Gokuin Sen'emon, one of the five chivalrous men.
Utagawa Toyokuni - Sandaime ichikawa yaozō no yoshidaya kizaemon
Print shows Ichikawa Yaozō III, a kabuki actor, full-length portrait, standing, facing left, holding a fan, portraying the role of Yoshida-ya Kizaemon. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichib... More
Yodanme, Katsushika Hokusai, Forty Seven Rōnin
Print shows several persons gathered for the ritual suicide, seppuku, of Enya Hangan (Asano). Scene from act four of the play Chūshingura or revenge of the 47 Rōnin. Title and other descriptive information comp... More
Okabe, Katsushika Hokusai - Public domain drawing
Print shows a traveler taking his shoes off at a rest stop, his hat, sword, and a package are on the porch next to him, and a woman is offering him a bowl of soup or tea. Title and other descriptive information... More
Kameya no mae no sannō sai no yatai
Print shows two women and a man and several other people behind a portable shrine in front of a store during the Sanno festival. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo pri... More
[Yatsushi chikurin no shichikenjin sono yon?]
Print shows seven women portraying the seven sages of the bamboo grove; some with musical instruments (koto and shamisen), one with a scroll. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-spon... More
Ne no ji no kakejiku o motsu musume
Print shows a woman holding a calendar scroll. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. Format: Kogata Nshikie Surimono. Forms part of: Japan... More
Ide no tamagawa - Drawing. Public domain image.
Print shows a woman standing with a young boy; view of the Tama River in upper left corner.
Kakegawa, Katsushika Hokusai - Public domain drawing
Print shows two women rolling up carpets. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. From the series: Tōkaidō Road. Format: horizontal Yatsugir... More
Tomoegozen yūriki, Katsukawa Shuntei - Ukiyo e print
Print shows the powerful female samurai Tomoe Gozen on horseback disarming another warrior. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: ve... More
Maisaka, Katsushika Hokusai - Public domain drawing
Print shows two ships headed out to sea. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. From the series: Tōkaidō Road. Format: horizontal Yatsugiri... More
Hara, Katsushika Hokusai, depicting Mount Fuji
Print shows two women and a man walking behind a group of travelers on the Tōkaidō Road, with Mount Fuji in the distance. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print spec... More
Ariwara no narihira, print by Utamaro Kitagawa
Print shows a woman with the poet Ariwara Narihira as a boy with bow and arrows and wearing fan-shaped blinders. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists i... More
Chidori no tamagawa, Utamaro ii, 1800-1820
Print shows two women, one writing on a scroll, both wear many hairpins. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. From the series: Seirō mutama... More
Utagawa Toyokuni - Sandaime bandō hikosaburo no saemon suketsune
Print shows Bandō Hikosaburo III, an actor portraying Saemon Suketsune who killed the father of the Soga brothers in 1193. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print spe... More
Yatsushi shikisanba - Public domain Japanese woodblock print
Print shows three actors in the roles of Senzai, Okina, and Sanbasō, on stage performing in the noh play Shikisanba (or shikisamba).
Temari no aki no tsuki - Public domain drawing
Print shows a folded kimono in a box and a ball on top of another box, with a couple accessories. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. From... More
Jūdanme, Utagawa Kuniyasu, Forty Seven Rōnin
Print shows a masked man, one of the Rōnin, with a sword attacking Osono, the estranged wife of Gihei, in order to cut her hair to the customary length of a nun making it impossible for her father to marry her ... More
Shodana to fuzukue to ume - Public domain architectural drawing
Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. Format: Nishikie Surimono. Print has been trimmed and inscribed in ink with the title of a book for ... More
Takuhatsusō to araihari wo suru onna
Print shows a woman with long strips of cloth in a large wooden tray, from a kimono that has been taken apart for cleaning, she is preparing them to be either washed or dried and stretched; another woman standi... More
Kudō (suketsune) no isyō, Hokkei Totoya
Print shows a kimono as though someone has just stepped out of it. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. From the series: Soga bantsuzuki : ... More
Edo musashi abumi, Hokkei Totoya - Ukiyo e print
Print shows a saddle and stirrups. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. From the series: Santo no uchi : The three capitals. Format: Shikis... More
Tatsu no koku asa itsustsu tsuruya uchi kashiku
Print shows Kashiku of Tsuru-ya, a courtesan, looking into a mirror that is hanging in an open window, reflecting clients arriving or departing at the front gate. Title and other descriptive information compile... More
Daimonjiya uchi ichimoto - Public domain portrait print
Print shows Ichimoto of Daimonji-ya, a courtesan, full-length portrait, standing, looking to the right, wearing many hairpins and a kimono with a fish design.
Nakamaru matsue no keisei miyako - Ukiyo e print
Print shows the actor Nakamura Matsue in an onnagata role as the keisei (courtesan) Miyako, standing at a gate in the wall around a city, beating a small drum. Title and other descriptive information compiled b... More
Chōchin o motsu onna, Eizan Kikukawa
Print shows a woman, full-length, standing, carrying a paper lantern. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: vertical Oban Nishikie d... More
Hōjō Yasutoki, Yajima Gogaku - Public domain drawing
Print shows the warrior Hōjō, Yasutoki sitting on a raised platform with three warriors seated before him; a servant presents a raised tray to the three warriors. Title and other descriptive information compile... More
Manzai, Katsukawa Shuntei - Public domain drawing
Print shows two performers during a New Year celebration. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. Format: Shikishi Nishikie Surimono. Forms ... More
[Bamboo], Katsushika Hokusai - Public domain drawing
Attributed to a group of drawings, formerly bound, referred to as the "Hokusai School sketchbook." Many of the drawings have a small tab of similar paper attached at a later date and numbered in pencil. Forms ... More
Daiichi - Public domain scan / drawing - Ukiyo e print
Print shows a village along coastline with gate to shrine and mountains in the background; no. 1 of the "eight scenic spots of Henan, China." Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-spon... More
Sakura ni tsunagizaru, Ando Hiroshige - Ukiyo e print
Print shows a monkey sitting on a post with cherry blossoms falling around it. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: Otanzaku-ban Ni... More
Hyōshigi o utsu bushi, Kuniyoshi Utagawa
Print shows a samurai with a pair of clappers, a man pulling a rope, and a man fallen on the ground in front of the samurai. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print s... More
Tenjinzkatsuragi no kakejiku - Public domain portrait print
Print shows Tenjin (Sugawara Michizane), facing right, sitting in a temple or palace. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. Format: Kogata... More
[Two men, one on his hands and knees crawling, the other is sitting on...
Attributed to a group of drawings, formerly bound, referred to as the "Hokusai School sketchbook." Many of the drawings have a small tab of similar paper attached at a later date and numbered in pencil. Forms ... More
Sōshū shichiriga hama, Katsushika Hokusai - Ukiyo e print
Print shows landscape with Mount Fuji in the background. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. From the series: Fugaku sanjū rokkei : 36 v... More
Mino no kuni yōrō no taki - Drawing. Public domain image.
Print shows two pilgrims looking at waterfall while other pilgrims rest in nearby shelter.
Shimada, Andō Hiroshige - Public domain scan / drawing
Print shows travelers fording a small river as others wait their opportunity to continue the journey; also shows some travelers with horses and many porters at the Shimada station on the Tōkaidō Road. Title and... More
Miya, Andō Hiroshige - Public domain drawing
Print shows people running with horses on long ropes through the torii at the shrine at the Miya station on the Tōkaidō Road. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print ... More
Nihonbashi [2nd edition], Andō Hiroshige - Ukiyo e print
Print shows travelers and porters crossing the bridge at the Nihonbashi station on the Tōkaidō Road. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. F... More
Ryōgokubashi nōryō, Andō Hiroshige - Ukiyo e print
Print shows many pedestrians on the Ryōgoku Bridge and several boats in the water beneath the bridge, at evening. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists ... More
Honjo tatekawa - Public domain Japanese woodblock print
Print shows a man cutting boards and two men building a wall.
Shimotsuke kurokami-yama kurifuri no taki
Print shows travelers admiring a waterfall. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. From the series: Shokoku taki meguri : Visiting famous w... More
Hebi taiji no fuji - Public domain scenic drawing
Print shows a thatched-roof dwelling next to a large tree with mountains in the background. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. From the... More
Sanki fukaku katachi o kuzusu no fuji
Print shows two men carrying swords, one also carries a rifle, stopping on a path to light their pipes, view of Mount Fuji in the background. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-spon... More
Saka no shita no zu - Public domain drawing
Print shows a woman sitting, playing a flute on a cloud outside an inn or large commercial building with porters and travelers passing in the street at the Sakano shita station on the Tōkaidō Road. Title and ot... More
Ishibe - Public domain Japanese woodblock print
Print shows a traveler on foot and three men with horses near a shrine at the Ishibe station on the Tōkaidō Road.
Minakuchi - Public domain Japanese woodblock print
Print shows travelers, some carrying thatch on their back, stopping to watch a laborer beat thatch with a large mallet outside a building at the Minakuchi station on the Tōkaidō Road.
Fujikawa, Andō Hiroshige - Public domain drawing
Print shows travelers walking past shops at the Fujikawa station on the Tōkaidō Road. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. From the series:... More
Yoshiwara sakura no zu Andō Hiroshige
Print shows women and men among blossoming cherry trees at Yoshiwara. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. From the series: Edo meisho : ... More
Okazaki, Andō Hiroshige - Public domain drawing
Print shows a wooden bridge from below spanning a river at the Okazaki station on the Tōkaidō Road; man on horseback crossing the bridge, boats on the river, and buildings in the near background, mountains in t... More
Kanagawa - Public domain scan / drawing - Ukiyo e print
Print shows travelers passing thatched roof buildings at the Kanagawa station on the Tōkaidō Road. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. F... More
Jūgo, Utagawa Kunisada, Japan - Public domain image related to music p...
Print shows a man and a woman walking along a roadway illuminated by lanterns, at night under a full moon; on the left is a male servant carrying a sword. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nic... More
Honmoku kara no Fuji [o nozomu] Andō Hiroshige
Print shows a view of Mount Fuji from across a bay with sailboat; tree studded cliff in the foreground. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06... More