3,030 Fine prints japanese pre 1915 Images: LOC's Public Domain Archive Public Domain Search

Shichifukujin - Public domain drawing

Drawing shows the seven lucky gods of Japan: Ebisu, Daikokuten, Bishamonten, Benzaiten, Fukurokuju, Hotei, and Jurōjin seated in a circle. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsor... More

[An old man, possibly a monk or scholar, seated a low table writing on...

Unsigned, possibly by Kano, 1878. From the "Education" series. Gift; Mrs. David Murray; 1909. Forms part of: David Murray collection. Forms part of: Japanese prints and drawings (Library of Congress).

Magatama[?], curved gems - kudatama, straight gems, worn by high off.

Drawing shows two long sets of gems suspended from cords, worn by high government officials. Japanese text appears on the right, outside the image box. Unsigned, possibly by Kano 1878. From the "Social life" s... More

Night lamp & hand lamp - Public domain drawing

Drawing shows a large upright lamp and a small lamp. Inscribed in pencil on lower left corner of paper mount: Kano Nov. 1878. From the "Social life" series. Gift; Mrs. David Murray; 1909. Forms part of: David ... More

Carpenter's chisels - Public domain drawing

Drawing shows eight types of wood chisels. Inscribed in pencil on lower left corner of paper mount: Kano Nov. 1878. From the "Construction" series. Gift; Mrs. David Murray; 1909. Forms part of: David Murray co... More

[Warrior, full-length, facing left, with bow drawn, about to shoot an ...

With accompanying text to the left of the image. Inscribed in pencil on lower left corner of paper mount: Kano Sep. 1878. From the "Military arts" series. Gift; Mrs. David Murray; 1909. Forms part of: David Mu... More

Tamausagi songokū, Taiso Yoshitoshi - Ukiyo e print

Print shows Son Goku, a monkey sometimes known as the Monkey King, holding a spiked sceptre and glaring at the Moon Rabbit, who apparently lives on the moon. Title and other descriptive information compiled by ... More

Konkai, Taiso Yoshitoshi - Public domain portrait drawing

Print shows a fox that has the ability to change its form, shown here disguised as an old priest, but now slowly transforming back to its original form. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichi... More

Enchū no tsuki, Taiso Yoshitoshi - Ukiyo e print

Print shows firemen standing on the rooftops of buildings, signaling to each other during a conflagration. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005... More

[Edo nihonbashi], Katsushika Hokusai - Ukiyo e print

Print shows pedestrians and porters crossing the Nihon Bridge with view from the bridge of a canal and a temple and Mount Fuji in the distance. Title from online source, other descriptive information compiled b... More

Chōyō, print by Utamaro Kitagawa - Ukiyo e print

Print shows two women looking at flowers, one is holding scissors. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. From the series: Beauties having fu... More

[Sanka hakū], Katsushika Hokusai - Ukiyo e print

Print shows lightning from a thunder storm below the summit of Mount Fuji. Title from online source, other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. From the se... More

Hasu ni shirasagi - Public domain drawing

Print shows a white heron in the water next to a water lily plant and lotus flower. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: full color... More

Nisshin sensō e - Public domain drawing

Print shows a cannon shell exploding against a tree in the midst of four warriors on horseback; possbily during the battle at Kaiping Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Ed... More

[Battle scene - soldiers storming a fort, engaging troops defending th...

Print shows a battle with soldiers storming a fort during the Nanjing Uprising which took place between Nov. 24 to Dec. 2, 1911. The Nanjing Uprising was part of the Xinhai Revolution also known as the Revolut... More

[Fūkeiga], Katsushika Hokusai, depicting Mount Fuji

Print shows two travelers, one on horseback, on a beach and a small boat offshore, with view of Mount Fuji in the background. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print ... More

General Kuropatkin & his staff joyfully leaving St. Petersburg for the...

Print shows the Russian general A.N. Kuropatkin parting with difficulty from two grief-stricken women while his staff waits in the background. Descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo prin... More

Utagawa Hiroshige - Yamato hasedera

Print shows a bird's-eye view of the Hasedera temple in the Yamato Province. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. From the series: Shokoku ... More

Bushō no zu - miniature, medieval manuscript

Prints show paper samples of one before and two after illustrations; the before print shows a warrior wearing brightly colored garments, and the two after prints show this warrior and another warrior blending i... More

Bushō no zu - Public domain portrait drawing

Prints show paper samples of one before and two after illustrations; the before print shows a warrior wearing brightly colored garments, and the two after prints show this warrior and another warrior blending i... More

Utagawa Toyoharu - Kyōto sanjūsangendō no zu

Print shows a wooden building, Sanjūsangendō, a Buddhist temple housing 1001 statues of Kannon, a Buddhist goddess, with an archer kneeling at one end shooting an arrow into the bull's-eye of a target at the ot... 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

Kita-Amerika kyōwa seiji-shū jōkan shinzō no utsushi

Japanese print shows an American military officer (probably Captain Henry Adams). Annotation in pencil on mount: (1) Envoy plenipotentiary Navy Commodore Matthew C. Perry. (2) Actual portrait of an officer, Re... More

Fujiwara no hidesato no mukade taiji

Print shows Fujiwara Hidesato and another warrior on board a ship with a woman being attacked by a sea monster. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in... More

Wada yoshimori tomoe gozen yamabuki, Kuniyoshi Utagawa

Triptych matted in 3 sections: left (423a), center (423b), right (423c). Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. Format: vertical Oban Nishi... More

Iga goe norikake kappa - Public domain scan / drawing

Print shows several actors in a battle scene with one warrior defending himself against several attackers during an assault on a fortress, with bridge in the background. Title and other descriptive information ... More

Iga goe norikake kappa - Public domain drawing

Print shows several actors in a battle scene with one warrior defending himself against several attackers during an assault on a fortress, with bridge in the background. Title and other descriptive information ... More

Okamotoya uchi Shigeoka Sugataebiya uchi Sugatano : Tamaya uchi Hanamu...

Ukiyo-e triptych showing three courtesans (shin yoshiwara). Left section: Hanamurasak from Tamaya house on Edo Street. Center section: Sugatano from Ebiya house on Kyo Street. Right section: Shigeoka from Okamo... More

Shinshū zenkōji michi kusuri yama - Ukiyo e print

Print shows travelers on a steep mountain pass near the Zenkōji Temple and building cantilevered over the pathway on Kusuri Mountain. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Ed... 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

Hinamatsuri. Book illustration from Library of Congress

Japanese print from a book shows three richly dressed women or girls eating and drinking, probably celebrating Hina Matsuri (Girl's Day) with a doll ceremony showing dolls sitting at a table in the background. ... More

Kai outsuki no hara - Public domain scenic drawing

Print shows wild flowers and a small brook in a field, with mountains and a view of Mount Fuji in the background. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists ... More

Oumayagashi no zu, Kuniyoshi Utagawa - Ukiyo e print

Print shows people walking along the shoreline of a river during a rain storm. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. From the series: Tōto... More

Hachimantarō Yoshiie Abe Sadatō : Sadatō Tsuma Sodehagi.

Ukiyo-e triptych showing night scene lit by a lantern from a Kabuki play. Left section: Actor Hachiman Tarō Yoshiie, standing holding a parasol, with an unidentified actor dressed as a lion. Center section: Act... 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

Shinshū kawanakajima ōg[k?]assen - Ukiyo e print

Print shows battle scene (probably from the 4th battle in 1561) on the plains at the Chikuma River. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Po... More

Shinshū kawanakajima ōg[k?]assen - Ukiyo e print

Print shows battle scene (probably from the 4th battle in 1561) on the plains at the Chikuma River. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Po... More

Hachidaime ichikawa danjūrō kaja yoshitaka - Ukiyo e print

Full-length portrait of the actor Ichikawa Danj-ro VIII in a scene from the play Raigō ajari kaisoden. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06.... More

Soga no adauchi - Public domain city architecture drawing

Print shows actors portraying the two Soga brothers and other warriors in a Soga kabuki play. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Diptych ... 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

Amerika nigiwai no zu - Drawing. Public domain 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

Sugawara no michizane - Public domain portrait print

Drawing shows Sugawara Michizane, full-length portrait, facing left; later copy of no. 17. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. Forms pa... More

Suruga miho no matsubara / Hiroshige-ga.

Japanese print shows a view of Mount Fuji with a pine grove on a promontory in the Suruga Bay surrounded by sailboats. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print special... More

Yamauba to kaidōmaru, Utagawa Kunisada, Japan

Print shows actors portraying the old woman of the mountain, Yamauba, and the wild boy, Kaidomaru. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Dip... 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

Ghyakurakan segaki, Utagawa Kunisada, Japan - Ukiyo e print

Print shows a "parody of words (mother breast feeding her child beneath a mosquito net and the words for the demons being cast out during the festival)." Source: Nichibunken. Title and other descriptive informa... 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

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

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

Gajō icchō, Andō Hiroshige - Public domain image related to music prfo...

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 three printed sheets. Gift; Oliver Wendell Holmes; 1935.... 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 three printed sheets. Gift; Oliver Wendell Holmes; 1935.... More

Dōguya jinza hōkaibō bōkon shimobe gunsuke, Kuniyoshi Utagawa

Print shows three actors, two with swords and one who appears to be an evil spirit. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Triptych matted in... More

Fūryū genji yuki no nagame, Japan Andō Hiroshige

Ukiyo-e triptych print showing a snowy landscape with a woman brandishing a broom and a man holding an umbrella. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists i... More

Kasamori osen to kyaku, Shunsh Katsukawa

Print shows a man, holding a mirror, sitting on a bench and a woman standing behind him on the bench, fixing her hair. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print special... More

Tōkyō meishō Takanawa no shinkei - Ukiyo e print

Japanese triptych print showing a busy street with people walking; riding in carriages, on horseback, and in a litter; many small and large boats sail in a sea; the sun rises in the background. Signature: Hiro... More

Tōkyō meishō Takanawa no shinkei - Ukiyo e print

Japanese triptych print showing a busy street with people walking; riding in carriages, on horseback, and in a litter; many small and large boats sail in a sea; the sun rises in the background. Signature: Hiro... More

Tōkyō meishō Takanawa no shinkei - Ukiyo e print

Japanese triptych print showing a busy street with people walking; riding in carriages, on horseback, and in a litter; many small and large boats sail in a sea; the sun rises in the background. Signature: Hiro... More

Tamashima ittō tenjiku tokubei tsukimoto inabanosuke, Kuniyoshi Utagaw...

Print shows three actors portraying the roles of Tamashima Itto, possibly from the popular play known as Benten Kozō, Tenjuku Tokubei, perhaps the adventurer/magician, and Tsukimoto Inabanosuke. Title and other... More

Shi-yosiwara edochō Kinpeirō - Public domain image related to music pr...

Print shows several women, in a large room, playing shamisens and a koto. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Triptych matted in 3 section... 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 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

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

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

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

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).

[Two birds perched on grapevines]

Gift; Crosby Stuart Noyes; 1906. Forms part of: Crosby Stuart Noyes collection (Library of Congress). Forms part of: Japanese prints and drawings (Library of Congress).

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

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

Himegimi no gaishutsu, print by Kiyonaga Torii

Print shows two women and two children walking with a female attendant holding a large parasol; one of the children is carrying a doll. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored ... More

[Kara nishiki (Chinese brocade) with red background] [Kinran (gold bro...

Drawings show stylized floral designs for kimonos. Title and date devised by Library staff, no information provided by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. Forms part of: Japanese prints an... More

Ukie itsukushima jinjya no zu - Public domain scan / drawing

Print shows a perspective view of the Itsukushima Shrine built over the water. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: horizontal Oban... More

Kaya no uchisoto, Kiyomasu Torii - Ukiyo e print

Print shows a man, woman, and a child resting outside mosquito netting. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Adachi modern reprint (Showa).... More

[Wild horses running in water, across a river or in surf]

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

[Wild boars running, on cliffs, and near pine trees]

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

[Rinzu (figured satin)] - Public domain textile drawing

Drawing shows stylized floral designs for kimonos. Title and date devised by Library staff, no information provided by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. Forms part of: David Murray colle... More

[Momoiro shusu (pink satin)] [Shima shusu (striped satin)].

Drawings show solid and striped designs for kimonos. Title and date devised by Library staff, no information provided by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. Forms part of: David Murray col... More

Chatsumi, Harunobu Suzuki, Woodblock Print, Japan

Print shows two women with short benches and small baskets, and a young boy; one of the women is picking tea leaves, the other has finished her task and is departing with the young boy. Title and other descript... More

Nakamura nakazō, Shunsh Katsukawa - Ukiyo e print

Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: Hosoban Nishikie. Adachi modern reprint (Showa). Purchase; H. Irving Olds; 1938. Forms part of... More

Onoe matsusuke no odamakihime to ōtani hiroji no okabe no ro

Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: Hosoban Benizuri-e. Forms part of: R. Leicester Harmsworth collection. Forms part of: Japanese... More

Engawa no mushikiki, Harunobu Suzuki, Woodblock Print, Japan

Print shows a woman sitting on a veranda listening to a cricket in a cage. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: Hashirae-ban Nishik... More

Ueno no banshō, Harunobu Suzuki, Woodblock Print, Japan

Print shows a woman with two young sons standing on a veranda or balcony of a temple. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. From the series:... More

Mitate rajōmon, Harunobu Suzuki, Woodblock Print, Japan

Print shows a man departing, holding a closed umbrella over his right shoulder, looking back at a young woman standing on a veranda, leaning against a post. Title and other descriptive information compiled by N... More

Kujibiki, Isoda Koryūsai - Public domain drawing

Print shows five courtesans attending to two men to determine who will serve each client; screen painting in the background shows a heron flying above waves. Title and other descriptive information compiled by ... More

Shigemasa Kitao - Yayoi asukayama hanami

Print shows three women and a man having a small tea party beneath blossoming cherry trees. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. From the s... More

Yukata no tachi bijin, Shunsh Katsukawa

Print shows a young woman standing, holding a fan, wearing a loose-fitting gown. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: wide Hashira-... More

Danjo no manzai, Isoda Koryūsai - Ukiyo e print

Print shows a man playing a drum and a woman holding a fan, dancing. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: Hashirae-ban Nishikie. Fo... More

Ōkanaya uchi suminoto, Isoda Koryūsai - Ukiyo e print

Print shows Suminoto of the Okana-ya, a courtesan, full-length, seated, facing left, with two apprentices combing her hair. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print sp... More

Iwai hanshirō, Shunsh Katsukawa - Ukiyo e print

Print shows Iwai Hanshirō, full-length portrait, standing beneath umbrella, facing left. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. Format: one... More

Chidori no tamagawa, Shunman Kubo - Ukiyo e print

Print shows three women(?) watching plovers dive over the Tama River. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. From the series: Mu tamagawa : S... More

Go, print by Kiyonaga Torii - Public domain drawing

Print shows several children fighting during a game of "go." Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. From the series: Karako asobi : Chinese... More

Segawa Kikunojō. Book illustration from Library of Congress

Print shows the actor Segawa Kikunojō III, full-length portrait, standing, facing right, in the role of a geisha. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists ... More

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