Ishiyama no shūgetsu, Katsushika Hokusai - Ukiyo e print
Print shows a bird's-eye view of a coastline with mountains and buildings, and of people in small boats on the sea. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialist... More
Ōiso, Katsushika Hokusai - Public domain drawing
Print shows two women watching a man try to lift a large stone or bundle. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. From the series: Tōkaidō R... More
Kameyama - Public domain Japanese woodblock print
Print shows two travelers, one possibly a porter, with luggage and shoulder pole at a rest stop, with large building, possibly a temple or castle in the background.
Geb[h]ō no atamazori - Public domain Japanese woodblock print
Print shows a woman reading, sitting in a chair at a cabinet containing tea service utensils, on the wall behind her is a print showing two of the seven lucky gods, Daikokuten shaving Fukurokuju's head.
Nakamura karoku no kinokuniya koharu - Ukiyo e print
Print shows the actor Nakamura Karoku, in an onnagata role of the courtesan Kinokuniya Koharu, full-length, standing, binding her thighs with a long ribbon, from the play Shinju Ten no Amijima; a standing scree... More
Maisaka, Andō Hiroshige - Public domain drawing
Print shows the large sails of sailboats in the foreground, small boats and mountains on Lake Hamana at the Maisaka station on the Tōkaidō Road. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-s... More
Takanawa no zu, Andō Hiroshige - Ukiyo e print
Print shows porters carrying sedan chairs and travelers on foot and horseback along the waterfront of Takanawa, with ships coming into port and at anchor in the background, and a public house on the left. Title... More
Asakusa kinryūsan, Andō Hiroshige - Ukiyo e print
Print shows worshippers on the grounds in front of the Kinryūzan temple at Asakusa. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. From the series: T... More
Gotenyama hanazakari no zu Andō Hiroshige
Print shows people sitting and walking, picnicing and viewing blossoms on a bluff above a town on the seacoast with ships offshore. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo ... More
Edomurasaki azuma no utsushie - Public domain drawing
Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: one panel of a vertical Oban Nishikie triptych, Genji-e. Forms part of: Japanese prints and dr... More
Fujisawa - Public domain Japanese woodblock print
Print shows travelers on street among shops with banners in the commercial district of the Fujisawa station on the Tōkaidō Road.
Tsuki no misaki, Andō Hiroshige - Ukiyo e print
Print shows the view through two open sliding panels of a porch with large body of water beyond, several boats at anchor beneath a full moon; the shadow of a woman is visible on the left sliding panel and a lam... More
Ōji fudō no taki Andō Hiroshige
Print shows travelers resting and bathing at the Fudō waterfalls in Ōji. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. From the series: Meisho edo h... More
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
Chūtenjiku hakurai ōzō no zu - Public domain dedication image
Japanese print shows Japanese man with an elephant. Signature: Ichiryūsai Yoshitoyo ga. Seal date: Boar 2. Annotations, stamps, etc. on verso of print: 151; 47623a; LC2585. Earlier control number: 9943.53. Gif... More
Susanō no mikoto, Taiso Yoshitoshi - Ukiyo e print
Print shows Susanoo no Mikoto, the shinto god of storms, standing on the edge of a cliff, pointing toward the sea, with a woman on the cliff just above his right shoulder. Title and other descriptive informatio... More
[Fūkeiga], Andō Hiroshige, depicting Mount Fuji
Painting shows a bird's-eye view of the bay with sailing ship offshore and a view of Mount Fuji in the distance. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists i... More
Matsu no shita no koi - Public domain drawing
Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Modern reproduction, for another impression see: FP 2 - JPD, no. 1837. Forms part of: Japanese prints ... More
[Fūkeiga], Andō Hiroshige - Public domain scenic drawing
Print shows a sail on a boat on a river with low buildings and fields in the background. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: moder... More
Kouropatkin [sic] is surprised at his dinner by wounded from the front
Print shows Russian General Alekseĭ Nikolaevich Kuropatkin upsetting the dinner table as wounded Russian soldiers with battleship guns, rifles, and telegraph poles in place of heads, and a locomotive with arms ... 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
Hashiba Hisakichi, Miaso Gozen, Buchi Gujiro, Buchi Mitsuhide
Japanese triptych print shows Hashiba Hisakichi, Mistress Miaso with Buchi Jujiro, and on the right, Buchi Mitsuhide. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print speciali... More
Hanami no en - Public domain drawing
Ukiyo-e diptych showing richly-dressed man, two children, and two women in a richly-appointed interior. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06... More
Keinen kachōgafu fuyu no bu. 19th century Japan. Public domain image.
Picryl description: Public domain photo of Japanese painting, free to use art, no copyright restrictions image.
Keinen kachōgafu fuyu no bu. 19th century Japan. Public domain image.
Picryl description: Public domain photo of Japanese painting, free to use art, no copyright restrictions image.
Keinen kachōgafu fuyu no bu. 19th century Japan. Public domain image.
Picryl description: Public domain photo of Japanese painting, free to use art, no copyright restrictions image.
[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
Arashirikan no mashiba hisatugu; nakamura utaemon; ichikawa hakuen
Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Triptych matted in 3 sections: left (1930a), center (1930b), right (1930c). Format: vertical Oban Nish... More
Tōto ryōgokubashi kawabiraki han'ei zu - Ukiyo e print
Print shows boats crowding the river in Edo during fireworks display for the opening of the river celebration. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in ... More
Yokohama kaigan tetsudō jōkisha no zu
Japanese triptych print showing foreigners watching a train carrying passengers going by as Western battleships and Japanese sailboats sail in the Yokohama harbor. Signature: Hiroshige ga. Triptych, one mat. N... More
Tōto ochanomizu / Hiroshige ga. - Ukiyo e print
Japanese print shows a view of Mount Fuji from the Tea-Water Canal in Tokyo, with an enclosed water conduit traversing the canal and boats laden with goods passing under the conduit. Title and other descriptive... More
Kinokuniya, portrait - Public domain portrait print
A full-length portrait of the actor Sawamura Sanj-ro III, facing left, holding a fan, in the role of Oboshi Yuranosuke.
Kada hone o kezurite kan'u yakizu o ryōji suru zu
Ukiyo-e triptych showing the story of Chinese Baron Kan-u playing go while the famous Dr. Kada operates on his arm and the Baron Shujo looks on. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-s... More
Onnna yu, print by Kiyonaga Torii
Print shows a scene in a public bathhouse where several women are bathing. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Diptych matted in 2 section... More
Gajō icchō, Andō Hiroshige - Public domain scan of drawing
Prints show views of Edo, Japan. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. From the series: Meisho edo hyakkei : 100 famous views of Edo. Format... More
[Modern illustrated sheets with pictorial envelope]
Each illustration, including front of envelope, is signed with Japanese characters and chops. Japanese text appears in the left and right margins of the six printed sheets. Gift; Oliver Wendell Holmes; 1935. F... 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
Iwai Shijaku no Miyahime - Public domain portrait print
Print shows onnagata actor Iwai Shijaku, full-length portrait, in the role of Miyahime, standing next to a stream in a hilly landscape with two rabbits in the background.
[Modern illustrated sheets with pictorial envelope]
Each illustration, including front of envelope, is signed with Japanese characters and chops. Japanese text appears in the left and right margins of the ten printed sheets. Gift; Oliver Wendell Holmes; 1935. F... More
[Puppets come to life] - Public domain book illustration
Ukiyo-e print illustration showing puppets fighting backstage after the people have gone; opposite page contains text. Page in: Momo Sanjin yawa. Kōto [Kyoto] : Ryūsuiken zōhan, Tenpō 12 [1841]. Published in: ... More
Chinzei hachiro tametomo, Katsukawa Shuntei - Ukiyo e print
Print shows Minamoto, Tametomo, a giant warrior with great archery skills, here is shown using his considerable strength to overpower several warriors on a dock on a river. Title and other descriptive informati... More
[Two oxen, one under a willow tree and one under a plum tree]
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
Setsubun mamemaki - Public domain drawing
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
Utagawa Toyoharu - Ukie sakaicho fukiyacho kaomise yoshibai no zu
Print shows a crowded street through the gates to the theater district. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: horizontal Oban Nishik... More
Chūshū, Harunobu Suzuki, Woodblock Print, Japan
Print shows two women, one sitting, the other reclining, on a bench between blossoming plants and beneath a full moon. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print special... More
[The Verse Beginning with "Wa"], Shunsh Katsukawa
Print shows a woman standing before a man sitting on the floor. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. From the series: Fūryū ise monogatar... More
Mitsuhata senzan misayama itotaki oribae, Eishi Hosoda
Print shows four geishas or courtesans. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: vertical Oban Nishikie. Forms part of: Japanese prints... More
Yoshiwara suzume - Public domain portrait drawing
Print shows a woman standing behind a person squatting, playing a shell game. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: Horizontal Kogat... More
Kamiyui, print by Utamaro Kitagawa - Ukiyo e print
Print shows a woman combing the hair of another woman. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. From the series: Fujin tewaza jūniko : Twelve f... More
Arashi hinasuke no minamoto no raikō to iwai kumesaburō no yosoihime
Print shows two actors, one playing a man and the other playing a woman. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: vertical Oban Nishiki... More
Oume kumenosuke, print by Utamaro Kitagawa
Print shows actors in the traditional puppet theater portraying the tragic roles of Oume and Kumenosuke. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-0... More
Urashima tarō, print by Utamaro Kitagawa
Print shows a man (the fisherman) dancing wearing a kerchief and a skirt with a turtle motif, and a woman playing a shamisen; a fishing pole and the gift box containing time are in the background. Title and oth... More
Heisa rakugan - Public domain scan / drawing
Print shows a cluster of buildings in the shadow of mountains and along the shore of a body of water; a flock of geese has landed on the sandy shoreline. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nich... More
Kanagawa, Katsushika Hokusai - Public domain drawing
Print shows two men in a boat fishing with nets. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. From the series: Tōkaidō gojū santsugi : 53 station... More
Utagawa Toyokuni - Sawamura Tanosuke no Oshichi
Print shows the actor Sawamura Tanosuke in the role of Yaoya Oshichi as she rings the bell at the top of the fire tower. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print speci... More
Ōmu, Ryūryūkyo Shinsai - Public domain scenic drawing
Print shows a parrot sitting on a drying rack. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. From the series: Garyōbai sanban tsuzuki : Three view... More
Sakakiyama shirōtarō no tōgokuya sentarō - Ukiyo e print
Print shows the actor Sakakiyama Shirōtarō, full-length portrait, standing, facing left, holding a paper lantern on the end of a stick, in the role of Tōgokuya Sentarō. Title and other descriptive information c... More
[Pattern designs for cotton summer kimonos]
Ukiyo-e print illustration shows six different textile design patterns based on the Rinpa style of Ogata Kōrin. Page in: Kōrin hyakuzu. Kyōto : Hosokawa Kaiekidō, [not before 1815]. Exhibited: "The Floating wo... More
Agebōshi o naosu musume - Public domain portrait print
Print shows a woman, full-length portrait, standing, facing left, adjusting her hat, holding folded fan in her mouth.
[A man, facing left, wearing several layers of clothing, sitting with ...
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
Chūgoku jinbutsu [kenjin zu?] - Public domain drawing
Print shows a rear view of a mouse next to the handle of a mallet. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Formerly attributed to a group of d... More
Higashi no kata Ichiriki - Public domain portrait print
Print shows sumo wrestler Ichiriki, full-length portrait, standing, facing left. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. From the series: Su... More
Nissaka, Andō Hiroshige - Public domain scenic drawing
Print shows travelers standing around large rock with writing on it at the Nissaka station on the Tōkaidō Road. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in... More
Utagawa Hiroshige - Kanbara, Andō Hiroshige, depicting Mount Fuji
Print shows travelers walking along shore of a river, possibly engaging boats to ferry them across, near the Kanbara station on the Tōkaidō Road; view of Mount Fuji in the background. Title and other descriptiv... More
Maisaka, Andō Hiroshige - Public domain drawing
Print shows a bird's-eye view of ships offshore with small peninsula and large mountain; station 31 on the Tōkaidō Road. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print speci... More
Bakuro-chō hatsune no baba - Public domain Japanese woodblock print
Print shows willow trees, tower, and long sections of fabric suspended between poles, possibly to provide shade, at the Hatsune riding grounds at Bakurochō.
Asakusagawa shubi no matsu oumayagashi Andō Hiroshige
Print shows night on the Asakusa river with houseboat in the foreground beneath an overhanging pine tree and ferry boats nearby. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo pri... More
Utagawa Hiroshige - Okuramae no yuki - Ukiyo e print
Print shows a man stooping to tie a knot in his geta in front of a large snow sculpture, a shovel leans against one side and a dog is trying to reach items placed on top of the other side; a large parasol rests... More
[Ronin, or masterless Samurai, lunging forward]
Ukiyo-e print illustration showing Ronin, sword in hand, moving towards long-handled sword. Illus. in: Seichū gishi meimei gaden / Tsukioka (Utagawa) Yoshitoshi, 1869. Exhibited: "The Floating world of Ukiyo-e... More
Kinhyōshi yōrin, hero of the Suikoden
Kinhyōshi yōrin, hero of the Suikoden. Public domain photograph of 19th-century woodblock print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Keinen kachōgafu fuyu no bu. 19th century Japan. Public domain image.
Picryl description: Public domain photo of Japanese painting, free to use art, no copyright restrictions image.
Keinen kachōgafu fuyu no bu. 19th century Japan. Public domain image.
Picryl description: Public domain photo of Japanese painting, free to use art, no copyright restrictions image.
Keinen kachōgafu fuyu no bu. 19th century Japan. Public domain image.
Picryl description: Public domain photo of Japanese painting, free to use art, no copyright restrictions image.
Keinen kachōgafu fuyu no bu. 19th century Japan. Public domain image.
Picryl description: Public domain photo of Japanese painting, free to use art, no copyright restrictions image.
Yokohama kaigan kakkoku shōkan zu - Ukiyo e print
Japanese triptych print showing foreign and Japanese people walking and talking on a street; some people ride in carriages and on horseback; ships in the harbor in background. Signature: Hiroshige ga. Seal dat... More
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
Hakata kojorō kezori kuemon komachiya sōshichi
Print shows two actors on board a ship and one in the water; portraying Hakata Kojurō, the smuggler or pirate, Kezori Kuemon, and the merchant, Komachiya Sōshichi. Title and other descriptive information compil... More
Shi, print by Utamaro Kitagawa - Public domain drawing
Print shows three young women with trays of silkworm cocoons. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. From the series: Joshoku kaiko tewaza gu... More
Ichikawa Ebizō, Kiyomasu Torii - Public domain drawing
The actor Ichikawa Ebizō, full-length, standing on stage, holding a cannon. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: Hosoban Urushie. F... More
Unohana zuki, Utagawa Kunisada, Japan - Ukiyo e print
Print shows two women at the entrance to a building, both are wearing geta, one is carrying a large bowl. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-... More
Sōshū enoshima benzaiten kaicyō sankei gunshū no zu
Japanese triptych print shows large groups of women pilgrims visiting Enoshima shrine to worship an image of Benzaiten, the Goddess of Good Fortune. They are walking towards an island on a causeway with sailboa... More
[Portraits of actors, often playing roles]
Public domain photo of Japanese woodblock print (Ukiyo-e), free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
[Portraits of actors, often playing roles]
Public domain photo of Japanese woodblock print (Ukiyo-e), free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
[Portraits of actors, often playing roles]
Public domain photo of Japanese woodblock print (Ukiyo-e), free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
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.
Tōkyō ōrai kuruma zukushi - Drawing. Public domain image.
Japanese triptych print shows various modes of transportation, including a steamboat, steam vehicle, a velocipede, and a cannon being pushed into position by two men, Tokyo, Japan. Signature: Ichimōsai Yoshito... More
Gajō icchō, Andō Hiroshige - Public domain drawing
Prints show views of Edo, Japan. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. From the series: Meisho edo hyakkei : 100 famous views of Edo. Format... More
Zoushigaya fujimi chaya, Andō Hiroshige - Ukiyo e print
Two women at an outdoor teahouse stall at Zōshigaya with Mount Fuji in the distance. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. From the series: ... More
Kusunoki rōjō no zu, Shunk Katsukawa
Print shows the samurai Kusunoki and followers defending the castle at Akasaka. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Triptych matted in 3 s... More