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Yokohama tetsudō jōki shussha no zu

Japanese triptych print showing a train full of passengers with city, cliff, mountains, and ships sailing on sea in the background. Signature: Baidō Kunimasa fude. Triptych matted in 3 separate sections: right... More

Ichi fuji ni taka san nasubi - Public domain drawing

Print shows five women, four men, and a child in a ferry; one man is poling the boat and one man is a porter seated at the back of the boat with baskets of eggplants, the women, child, and a man holding a falco... More

Ichi fuji ni taka san nasubi - Public domain drawing

Tōkaidō hidarifuji, depicting Mount Fuji - Ukiyo e print

Print shows a view of Mount Fuji to the left of the Tōkaidō Road, with travelers passing in the foreground and workers in rice paddies.

Hanaarashi, Utagawa Toyokuni - Public domain drawing

Print shows on the left, two women consoling a third woman, in the center, one woman lifting another woman so she can attach a slip of paper to tree branch, and on the right, a woman standing on a bucket and ho... More

Hanaarashi, Utagawa Toyokuni - Public domain drawing

Sanjō Kokaji no manebigoto zu - Public domain drawing

Print shows three actors as warrior/metalworkers hammering a sword. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Triptych matted in 3 sections: lef... More

Saru no hanaike ni biwa, Utamaro ii, 1800-1820

Print shows a monkey sitting on a bamboo mat with right hand raised, holding a flower pot containing a loquat plant laden with fruit. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Ed... More

Ikaiei hyakushaku gake hōdai secchū daikōgeki

Print shows a Japanese officer on horseback fighting with many Chinese soldiers near Weihaiwei during a snowstorm. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists... 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).

[Appearance of English people] - Public domain book illustration

Ukiyo-e print illustration and accompanying text describes English people and their customs, economy, and other practical matters from a Japanese perspective. Pages in: Gaiban yōbō zuga. [Japan] : Tōshundō Rōji... More

Ueno kōen naikoku kangyō daini hakurankai bijitsukan narabini [shojo] ...

Japanese triptych print showing people gathered at Ueno Park, most of them viewing a fountain with goldfish. Signature: Hiroshige ga. Engraver's name given as Andō Tokubei, an alternate form of the artist's na... More

Haru no akebono, Utagawa Kuniteru - Ukiyo e print

Print shows three women and two children outdoors, near building, with a large kite depicting two actors or warriors, and other kites flying in the background. Title and other descriptive information compiled b... More

Kingyo o ike ni suteru onna - Public domain scenic drawing

Print shows a young girl pouring a bucket of water with fish into a small garden pond, another girl is standing next to her. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print s... More

Zashiki no yūjo to kamuro - A painting of two women reading a book

Two girls in an interior, one seated reading a scroll, the other standing up looking into an insect cage.

Mukashigatari kuwana matsuri no furugoto - Ukiyo e print

Print shows two men, probably actors, and a woman with a shoulder pole carrying two buckets.

Ebisuko, print by Utamaro Kitagawa - Ukiyo e print

Print shows indoor scene with several women, two children, and two men, eating. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Triptych matted in 3 s... 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.

Sugawara no michizane, Shigemasa Kitao - Ukiyo e print

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

[Two kinds of pine needle flowers and a kind of anemone]

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

Ichi - Drawing. Public domain image. - Ukiyo e print

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

Geisha to hakoya, Shigemasa Kitao - Ukiyo e print

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

Moronobu Hishikawa - [Lovers in an autumn meadow]

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

[Male and female musk deer], Morikuni Tachibana

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

[Tiger near a cataract], Morikuni Tachibana

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

Yatsushi kusakari sanro, Toyomasa Ishikawa - Ukiyo e print

Print shows two boys riding on the back of a cow, one is playing a flute; another boy is holding a rope tied to the cow. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print speci... More

Uzuki - Public domain Japanese woodblock print

Print shows a man serenading, holding a flute in one hand, standing outside a window through which two women are visible.

Segawa kikunojō, Bunch Ippitsusai - Ukiyo e print

Print shows an actor portraying a woman holding an umbrella. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Adachi modern reprint (Showa). Purchase; ... More

Yatsushi kusazuribiki. Book illustration from Library of Congress

Print shows a man sitting on the floor clutching a long piece of cloth held by the woman standing next to him; she has her hand on a hairpin, perhaps getting ready to remove it. A screen painting behind the wom... More

Tachibana Minko - Motoyui - Public domain drawing

Print shows an old man working with strands of yarn. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. From the series: Iroe shokunin burui : A color il... More

Kōkan Shiba - Tamagiku dōrō, Harunobu Suzuki, Woodblock Print, Japan

Print shows a woman and a young girl; the woman is pointing with her right hand toward a view of a busy street in a city. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print spec... More

Shichifukujin takarabune, Shigemasa Kitao - Ukiyo e print

Print shows the seven Japanese gods of good fortune (Ebisu, Daikokuten, Bishamonten, Benzaiten, Fukurokuju, Hotei, and Jurōjin) in a dragon-headed treasure boat, accompanied by a heron and a turtle. Title and o... More

Utagawa Toyoharu - Yatsushi chūshingura shichidanme - Ukiyo e print

Print shows a man holding an unrolled scroll or letter, looking up at a woman standing on a balcony, holding a small picture and looking down at the man. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nich... More

Yūjo to sinzou, Isoda Koryūsai - Public domain portrait drawing

Print shows a courtesan, full-length, sitting, holding a brush for painting or writing, with an apprentice. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 200... More

Yodaime iwai hanshirō, Shunk Katsukawa - Ukiyo e print

Print shows the actor Iwai Hanshirō, full-length portrait, standing, portraying a female role. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format:... More

Kyōmachi nichōme kirihishiya uchi manyō - Torii Kiyonaga

Print shows the courtesan Manyō with another courtesan and two young female attendants. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. From the ser... More

Ueki fukujusō uri, print by Kiyonaga Torii

Print shows two women with male servant looking at bonsai trees on the platform of a shoulder pole with the plant seller sitting nearby. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored... More

Sanbashi no danjo, print by Kiyonaga Torii

Print shows two women standing at the end of a dock next to a young man sitting in a boat. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: ver... More

Chōjiya uchi hinazuru, print by Kiyonaga Torii

Print shows two courtesans and two young female attendants. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. From the series: Seirō shiki jūni no hanag... More

Yūjo to shinzō Sugegasa o kaburu onna. - Torii Kiyonaga

Prints show a courtesan standing with an attendant lying at her feet on the floor looking at a scroll, and a woman, standing, facing left, wearing hat and holding a fan. Title and other descriptive information ... More

Katsukawa Shunchō - Uchū sanbijin - Ukiyo e print

Print shows three women walking along the banks of a river during a rain storm. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: vertical Oban ... More

Yatsushi kōshohei - Public domain drawing

Print shows a Chinese sage as a woman holding a pipe, sitting in front of a screen. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. Format: Kogata N... More

Niwa no hanami, Eishi Hosoda - Public domain drawing

Print shows three women resting in a park while viewing cherry blossoms. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: part of a vertical Ob... More

Saruwaka - Public domain Japanese woodblock print

Print shows two Saruwaka actors. Public domain scan of Japanese woodblock print, Ukiyo-e, depicting male actor in kabuki theater scene, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Katsukawa Shunchō - Miyamoto misesaki - Ukiyo e print

Print shows several women and a waitress in the Miyamoto shop. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: central panel of a vertical Oba... More

Matsubaya uchi somenosuke, print by Utamaro Kitagawa

Print shows the courtesan Somenosuke with two young female attendants/apprentices. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. Format: vertical ... More

Sawamura sōjūrō [to] segawa kikunojō - Ukiyo e print

Print shows actors Sawamura Sōjūrō and Segawa Kikunogō, one in the role of a woman. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Adachi modern repr... More

Shinpan kameido tenmangū keidai no zu

Print shows many people crossing the bridge to, and on the grounds of, the Kameido Tenmangū Shrine. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. ... More

Kanjo zu, Eishi Hosoda - Public domain drawing

Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Part of an illustrated book (36 Poets?). Forms part of: R. Leicester Harmsworth collection. Forms part... More

Yanagi no kezuribana, Katsushika Hokusai - Ukiyo e print

Print shows the text of two poems. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: Kokonotsugiri-ban Nishikie Surimono. Forms part of: Japanes... More

Shishi, Eishōsai Chōki - Public domain drawing

Print shows four actors carrying a lion costume, fans, and a lantern. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. From the series: Seirō niwaka ... More

Yaoya oshichi koshō kichiza - Public domain drawing

Print shows a man and a woman looking at pictures(?). Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: Hashirae-ban Nishikie. Attributed to: Ko... More

Rokudanme, print by Utamaro Kitagawa, Forty Seven Rōnin

Print shows two men (one is probably Kampei) and a young woman (probably Okaru). Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. From the series: Ch... More

Hojo Katei - Tori awase - Public domain scan / drawing

Print shows a large section of text and two men holding roosters and a woman feeding a rooster. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. Form... More

Onagadori o motsu onna to kamuro

Print shows a woman holding a rooster to which a young female attendant offers a cup of water.

Ōshima shimajo, Ryūryūkyo Shinsai - Ukiyo e print

Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. Format: Saishikizuri Kyoka Ehon. Part of an illustrated Kyoka book. Forms part of: Japanese prints a... More

Yodaime Iwai Hanshirō, Utagawa Kunimasa - Ukiyo e print

Print shows actor Iwai Hanshirō IV, three-quarter length portrait, reclining, facing left. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Attributed ... More

Nidanme, print by Utamaro Kitagawa - Ukiyo e print

Print shows the young samurai Rikiya placing a gift in front of Konami with her mother standing behind her and Honzo observing from behind a screen, from act 2 of the chushingura. Title and other descriptive in... More

Kesaubumi uri - Public domain drawing

Print shows a man carrying love charms hanging from a tree branch over his shoulder, a child appears to dance in front of him, and depicted in a heart-shaped "valentine" in the upper right corner are a woman an... More

Shichidanme, Katsushika Hokusai, Forty Seven Rōnin

Print shows Yuranosuke reading a long letter without noticing that Okaru, Kampei's lover, seated on a railing above, and Kudayū, one of Moronō's retainers, hiding under the veranda, surreptitiously read the let... More

Ne no hi no komatsubiki - Public domain drawing

Print shows two women, one presenting pine boughs to a man holding a fan. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. Format: Kogata Nishikie Su... More

Gyōja Bushō, Shunman Kubo - Public domain drawing

Print shows a woman, wearing kimono with a tiger design identifying her as Gyōja Bushō, holding a toy on a string, playing with a cat. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored E... More

Toyohiro Utagawa: Mitsuke, depicting Mount Fuji

Print shows a man poling a boat filled with passengers on the Tenryu River at the Mitsuke station on the Tōkaidō Road, with Mount Fuji in the background. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nich... More

Ryōgoku, depicting Mount Fuji - Public domain city architecture drawin...

Print shows a bird's-eye view of the Ryōgoku section of Edo (Tokyo) with harbor, boats, and bridge. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. ... More

Fujikawa, Katsushika Hokusai - Public domain drawing

Print shows several pilgrims, two on horseback, and a porter crossing a small bridge near Fukikawa, the 38th station on the Tōkaidō Road. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsore... More

Nissaka, Katsushika Hokusai - Public domain drawing

Print shows a man standing on a large square of cloth spread on the ground, he is playing miniature drums suspended from his waist and is wearing a miniature torii over his shoulders; behind him, sitting on the... More

Yabase no kihan, Katsushika Hokusai - Ukiyo e print

Print shows a bird's-eye view of a village and coastline with the sails of returning ships visible through the clouds. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print special... More

Katada no rakugan, Katsushika Hokusai - Ukiyo e print

Print shows a bird's-eye view of a coastline with a thatch-roofed structure at the end of a long pier, pilgrims standing at the entrance to the pier, and in a boat near shore, and geese on the water in the dist... More

Daikoku to karako - Public domain Japanese woodblock print

Print shows Daikokuten, one of the seven lucky gods of Japan, sitting on baskets and holding his mallet in his right hand; a young boy sitting before him is holding up a toy boat with a rat sitting on it.

Daikoku, Utamaro ii, 1800-1820 - Public domain drawing

Print shows Daikokuten, one of the seven lucky gods of Japan, holding a mallet, about to strike a rat attempting to get into a grain basket. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-spons... More

Watōnai, Zheng Chenggong - Public domain drawing

Print shows a man, Watōnai (Coxinga), riding on a tiger with group of musicians following. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. Format: h... More

Miyamōde suru bijin - Public domain Japanese woodblock print

Print shows two women and a young male attendant. Public domain photograph of 19th-century woodblock print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Matsubaya uchi Yachiyo, Eizan Kikukawa - Ukiyo e print

Print shows Yachiyo, a courtesan, full-length portrait, walking beneath blossoms with an attendant; she has several hairpins and her kimono has a design on the back showing writing equipment. Title and other de... More

Katsukawa Shunsen (勝川春扇) - Hotaru gari

Print shows three women and two children at the edge of a pond, near a small shrine, catching fireflies. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-0... More

Utagawa Toyokuni - Iwai Hanshirō no Sagoemon musume Oyone

Print shows the actor Iwai, Hanshiro in the role of Oyone, Sagoemon's daughter, full-length, standing, facing left. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialist... More

Shinpan ukie shin yoshiwara ōmonuchi no zu

Print shows a bird's-eye view of men and women passing through the gate between buildings in the New Yoshiwara. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in... More

Mi ikenohata, Yajima Gogaku - Public domain drawing

Print shows a woman, full-length portrait, standing outside a building, wearing kimono and geta, with view of village connected by a bridge in the background; page patterned with blossoms. Title and other descr... More

Genpuku yoshi, Hokkei Totoya - Public domain scan / drawing

Print shows a woman on a lucky day for shaving her eyebrows. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. From the series: Hanazono bantsuduki : A ... More

Iwai hanshirō no ōiso no onna umakata tragauishi no ofumi

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

Kyōka hassen sono ni - Public domain drawing

Print shows three men and a woman (poets); one man is standing behind a low screen, reading; another is sitting on the floor in front of the screen, feeding a turtle from a bowl; the third man and the woman are... More

Hiōgi, Katsushika Hokusai - Public domain drawing

Print shows a woman examining a garment; a wooden fan is on the ground at her feet. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. From the series:... More

Baika saru hiku musume - Public domain Japanese woodblock print

Print shows two women walking a monkey with a plum tree and mountains in the background.

Yoshidaya, Utagawa Kunisada, Japan - Ukiyo e print

Print shows a full-length portrait of a courtesan, standing, facing right, with diamond-shaped picture hanging on the wall in the background. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-spon... More

Hagatame yoshi, Hokkei Totoya - Public domain drawing

Print shows a woman cutting food on a low table. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. From the series: Hanazono bantsuzuki : Hanazono ser... More

[Mouse, facing front, sitting on a mallet with red ribbon through a ho...

Print shows a mouse, facing front, sitting on a mallet with red ribbon through a hole in the handle. Formerly attributed to a group of drawings referred to as the "Hokusai School sketchbook." Forms part of: Ja... More

[A bird flying to the left, seen from above]

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

Ryōri o hakobu nakai - 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. There is a series title on one of the other pa... More

Kiseru o motsu onna - Public domain Japanese woodblock print

Print shows a woman holding a pipe (kiseru). Public domain photograph of 19th-century woodblock print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Kawarayane ni tora no okimono - Public domain scan / drawing

Print shows a statue of a tiger mounted at the edge of the peak of a roof. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. Format: Shikishi Nishikie... More

[Two men playing a game or gambling, possibly involving dice of some s...

Kameido umeyashiki - Public domain drawing

Print shows a family within the bamboo walls of a riverside villa. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. Format: horizontal Oban Nishikie.... More

[Woman, full-length portrait, standing, facing left, holding fan in ri...

Attributed to a group of drawings 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 part of: Japanese... More

[A person in a small boat on a river with Mount Fuji in the background...

[Two bats flying], Katsushika Hokusai - Ukiyo e print

[A man, wearing a large conical hat and a straw or feather garment, at...

Bushū tamagawa, Katsushika Hokusai - Ukiyo e print

Print shows a man with a pack horse walking along coast, men in a boat just off shore, and Mount Fuji in the distance. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print special... More

Sōshū umezawa zai, Katsushika Hokusai - Ukiyo e print

Print shows cranes on the ground and in flight with Mount Fuji in the background. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. From the series: F... More

Hōshū misaka suimen, depicting Mount Fuji

Print shows the mirror surface of Lake Misaka with the reflection of Mount Fuji.

Sō̄shū ōyama rōben no taki - Public domain portrait drawing

Print shows male bathers standing beneath mountain waterfall, with bathhouse on the right. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. From the ... More

Mishima, Andō Hiroshige - Public domain scan of drawing

Print shows travelers in sedan chairs, on horseback, and on foot passing a torii at Mishima shrine near the Mishima station on the Tōkaidō Road. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-s... More

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