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Taira no Kiyomori, Taiso Yoshitoshi - Ukiyo e print

Taira no Kiyomori, Taiso Yoshitoshi - Ukiyo e print

Print shows the warrior Taira no Kiyomori sitting, holding a sword, has a vision of a demon looking through a window. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print speciali... More

Tsuchigumo, Taiso Yoshitoshi - Public domain  drawing

Tsuchigumo, Taiso Yoshitoshi - Public domain drawing

Print shows a man with a sword about to fend off an attacking "earth spider." Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. From the series: Shinkei... More

Hitotsuya no tsuki, Taiso Yoshitoshi - Ukiyo e print

Hitotsuya no tsuki, Taiso Yoshitoshi - Ukiyo e print

Print shows an old woman holding a small firebrand or torch as she sneaks around the corner at the entrance to a room in a lonely, isolated house, with the moon shining in the background. Title and other descri... More

Daimotsu kaijō no tsuki - Public domain  drawing

Daimotsu kaijō no tsuki - Public domain drawing

Print shows a Musashibo Benkei praying to appease the gods and calm the rough seas so that his ship may cross Daimotsu Bay safely. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo p... More

[Kōshū inume-tōge], Katsushika Hokusai - Ukiyo e print

[Kōshū inume-tōge], Katsushika Hokusai - Ukiyo e print

Print shows travelers and porters with two horses climbing the Inume Pass, with view of Mount Fuji in the distance. Title from online source, other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo ... More

[Courtesan, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left, holding a scroll and chewing on the end of a brush]

[Courtesan, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left, holding a scroll...

Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Modern reproduction. Forms part of: Japanese prints and drawings (Library of Congress).

Fuji [mori]goe no ryū - Public domain  drawing

Fuji [mori]goe no ryū - Public domain drawing

Print shows a dragon, emerged from the sea, climbing Mount Fuji; sailing ships are about to get hit with rough seas. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialis... More

[Pictorial envelope for Hokusai's 36 views of Mount Fuji series]

[Pictorial envelope for Hokusai's 36 views of Mount Fuji series]

Print shows people on a raft and a person in a small boat with tall reeds in the background and a view of Mount Fuji in the distance. Title devised by Library staff, other descriptive information compiled by Ni... More

[Chinese Emperor(?) and Empress(?) seated on raised platform with musicians seated in front of them; the Emperor appears to have lost his nose and part of his right shoulder, the Empress part of her scalp]

[Chinese Emperor(?) and Empress(?) seated on raised platform with musi...

Signed on block by artist in lower right, includes chop. Includes extensive Japanese text. Descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. From the series: Nihon ban... More

Konen Uehara - Hatō zu - Public domain  drawing

Konen Uehara - Hatō zu - Public domain drawing

Print shows ocean waves. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: full color woodblock print. No. 437. Forms part of: Japanese prints a... More

Jōshū ushibori, Katsushika Hokusai - Ukiyo e print

Jōshū ushibori, Katsushika Hokusai - Ukiyo e print

Print shows an elderly man emptying a bucket over the side of a houseboat, with view of Mount Fuji in the background. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print speciali... More

Shoka no hana - Public domain scenic drawing

Shoka no hana - Public domain scenic drawing

Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: full color woodblock print. Attributed to: Rakutei. Forms part of: Japanese prints and drawing... More

The occupancy of Bunsuirei by Japanese

The occupancy of Bunsuirei by Japanese

Print shows Japanese soldiers overrunning the Russian line at Fen-shui Ling during the Russo-Japanese war.

Dreams of a Russian general - Public domain portrait drawing

Dreams of a Russian general - Public domain portrait drawing

Print shows a Russian general standing among ruined gabions dreaming of surrender to the Japanese and being disgraced. Descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06... More

Kuropatkin plays too roughly with his toys

Kuropatkin plays too roughly with his toys

Print shows the Russian general A.N. Kuropatkin playing with toy soldiers while a woman sitting on the floor watches. Descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06.... More

[Japanese and Russian cavalry troops clash near Chŏnju, North Pʻyŏngan Province, Korea]

[Japanese and Russian cavalry troops clash near Chŏnju, North Pʻyŏngan...

Title from accompanying material. From series: Memorial Pictures of the Russo-Japanese War. No. 9.

Bushō no zu - Public domain portrait drawing

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

Yokohama kōeki seiyōjin nimotsu unsō no zu, Sadahide Utagawa

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

Hyōgo chikutō hitobashira no zu - Ukiyo e print

Hyōgo chikutō hitobashira no zu - Ukiyo e print

Print shows a man presenting a city plan to the emperor at court with many ministers seated nearby. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Tr... More

Hanami no en - Public domain scan / drawing

Hanami no en - Public domain scan / 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

Karasaki no yau, Katsushika Hokusai - Ukiyo e print

Karasaki no yau, Katsushika Hokusai - Ukiyo e print

View of Lake Biwa and the Karasaki pine on a rainy night. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: vertical Chuban Nishikie. From the s... More

Gū no ne mo denpō - Public domain portrait print

Gū no ne mo denpō - Public domain portrait print

Print shows head-and-shoulders portraits of a Western couple, the man holding a large sheet of paper (the telegram) and looking distressed, the woman with tears in her eyes. Title and other descriptive informat... More

Yokohama kaigan kakkoku shōkan zu - Ukiyo e print

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

Shōkonsha keidai Furansu ōkyokuba [no] zu

Shōkonsha keidai Furansu ōkyokuba [no] zu

Japanese triptych print shows circus at Yasukuni Jinja, originally called Shokonsha, Tokyo, Japan, with acrobats, trapeze artists, and horseback stunt riders. Signature: Motome ni ōzu Hiroshige ga (by request)... More

Okamotoya uchi Shigeoka Sugataebiya uchi Sugatano : Tamaya uchi Hanamurasaki.

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

Haha to ko - Public domain  drawing

Haha to ko - Public domain drawing

A woman, holding an infant, and a young boy, both seated. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Alternate title from exhibit caption for ite... More

[Fūkeiga], Ando Hiroshige - Public domain image related to music prformance, drawing

[Fūkeiga], Ando Hiroshige - Public domain image related to music prfor...

Print shows a moonlight scene along a river with people fishing, in boats, and walking along the shore. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06... More

Yotsumeya Nishikigi, Isoda Koryūsai - Ukiyo e print

Yotsumeya Nishikigi, Isoda Koryūsai - Ukiyo e print

A woman, seated, holding a pipe, and another woman, standing on the left, holding a kimono. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: Ha... More

Tako no asirai. Japanese Empire. - Ukiyo e print

Tako no asirai. Japanese Empire. - Ukiyo e print

Print shows a Japanese officer sitting on the head of an octopus which has captured ships disguised as fish in its tentacles. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print ... More

Hakone shuku, depicting Mount Fuji - Ukiyo e print

Hakone shuku, depicting Mount Fuji - Ukiyo e print

Print shows a woman crawling from beneath mosquito netting near a postal box at the Hakone Station on the Tōkaidō Road, with view of Mount Fuji in the background. Title and other descriptive information compile... More

Tōto ryōgokubashi kawabiraki han'ei zu - Ukiyo e print

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

[Tsukiji hotel] - Public domain Japanese woodblock print

[Tsukiji hotel] - Public domain Japanese woodblock print

Japanese diptych (or possibly incomplete triptych) print showing large hotel building with Japanese and foreign people in the foreground. Signature: Kunishige ga. "Katada Hori Chō." Seal date is illegible. Dip... More

Tsubone iwafuji chūrō onoe meshitukai hatsu, Kuniyoshi Utagawa

Tsubone iwafuji chūrō onoe meshitukai hatsu, Kuniyoshi Utagawa

Triptych matted in 3 sections: left (424a), center (424b), right (424c). Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. Format: vertical Oban Nishi... More

[A Russian woman is having a nightmare showing disasterous defeats of the Russian army and navy on all fronts in the war against Japan; she is being attended to by a doctor who is taking her pulse, two maids, and a member of the clergy, possibly a bishop]

[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

Sōshu enoshima benzaiten kaichō sankei gunshū no zu

Sōshu enoshima benzaiten kaichō 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

Sōshu enoshima benzaiten kaichō sankei gunshū no zu

Sōshu enoshima benzaiten kaichō 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

Kumasaka Chōhan to Ushiwakamaru - Ukiyo e print

Kumasaka Chōhan to Ushiwakamaru - Ukiyo e print

Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Diptych matted in 2 sections: left (649a), right (649b). Format: Vertical Oban Nishikie Diptych. Forms... More

Tsuribune no fuji - Public domain  drawing

Tsuribune no fuji - Public domain drawing

Print shows wisteria plant and blossoms in a hanging pot made from a large piece of bamboo. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. Attribut... More

Tsuribune no fuji - Public domain  drawing

Tsuribune no fuji - Public domain drawing

Print shows wisteria plant and blossoms in a hanging pot made from a large piece of bamboo. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. Attribut... More

Fumi yomu onna to nozoku wakashū

Fumi yomu onna to nozoku wakashū

Seated woman reading a scroll as a young man emerges from behind a screen to read over her shoulder. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. F... More

American editor is greatly surprised at Japanese sharp-shooter as he hits Kiulencheng [sic], Hoojo, Kuichow, Motienluig, Haicheng, & next Liaoyang

American editor is greatly surprised at Japanese sharp-shooter as he h...

Print shows an American journalist amazed at the marksmenship of a Japanese soldier at a shooting gallery. Signed on block by artist in lower left, includes chop. Descriptive information compiled by Nichibunke... More

Amerika nigiwai no zu - Public domain dedication image

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

[A Russian officer sitting at a table is about to eat, but a Japanese soldier is taking the meal away, indicating a Japanese victory over Russian forces]

[A Russian officer sitting at a table is about to eat, but a Japanese ...

Signed on block by artist in lower right, includes chop. Includes extensive Japanese text. Descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. From the series: Nihon ban... More

Kada hone o kezurite kan'u yakizu o ryōji suru zu

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

[Scenes related to the Soga family - a warrior on horseback with retainers leading and following him]

[Scenes related to the Soga family - a warrior on horseback with retai...

Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. From the series: Eiri soga monogatari : Illustrated tale of the Soga Clan. Format: one sheet of an Sum... More

Enshū akiba enkei fukuroi no tako

Enshū akiba enkei fukuroi no tako

People flying kites with open fields and mountains in the distance. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: vertical Oban Nishikie. Fr... More

Amerikajin yuko sakamori, Utagawa Yoshitora - Ukiyo e print

Amerikajin yuko sakamori, Utagawa Yoshitora - Ukiyo e print

Japanese print shows an American man holding a glass and a Japanese courtesan holding a bottle. Signature: Yoshitora ga. Engraving attributed to: Hori[-]ko Masa. Extensive unidentified writing on backing sheet.... More

Godanme, print by Utamaro Kitagawa - Ukiyo e print

Godanme, print by Utamaro Kitagawa - Ukiyo e print

Print for a scene from Act 5 of the Chūshingura which shows the robber Sadakurō holding a sword at the throat of Yoichibei, an elderly man, as he robs him and then kills him. In the background, Kampei, holding ... More

[Yokohama hatoba], depicting Mount Fuji - Ukiyo e print

[Yokohama hatoba], depicting Mount Fuji - Ukiyo e print

Japanese print shows three-masted ship in Yokohama harbor with Mount Fuji in the background. Single panel of a triptych. Annotations, stamps, etc. on verso of print: 184; 47623a; LC2585. Earlier control number... More

Nankin, Oroshiy, Utagawa Hiroshige - Ukiyo e print

Nankin, Oroshiy, Utagawa Hiroshige - Ukiyo e print

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

[Humorous pictures depicting the Chinese], Political Cartoon

[Humorous pictures depicting the Chinese], Political Cartoon

Signed on block by artist in lower left, includes chop. Descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. From the series: Nisshinsensō shōraku gakai : Comics of the S... More

Kanaya uchi ukifune, Isoda Koryūsai - Ukiyo e print

Kanaya uchi ukifune, Isoda Koryūsai - Ukiyo e print

A woman, full-length, with two attendants sitting or kneeling behind her. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: vertical Oban Nishik... More

Senju no oubashi, Andō Hiroshige - Ukiyo e print

Senju no oubashi, Andō Hiroshige - Ukiyo e print

View of the bridge of Senju crossing the Sumida River, with mountains in the background. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. From the seri... More

Roshia make tabako no kōfuku - Public domain portrait drawing

Roshia make tabako no kōfuku - Public domain portrait drawing

Print shows a Russian soldier seated at a table on which are tobacco products that he is trying to sell to Japanese soldiers. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print ... More

Gajō icchō, Andō Hiroshige - Public domain scan of drawing

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

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  drawing

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 prformance, drawing

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

Gajō icchō, Andō Hiroshige - Public domain city architecture drawing

Gajō icchō, Andō Hiroshige - Public domain city architecture 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]

[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]

[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

Meiyo migi ni tekinashi hidarijingorō, Kuniyoshi Utagawa

Meiyo migi ni tekinashi hidarijingorō, Kuniyoshi Utagawa

Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: vertical Oban Nishikie triptych. Forms part of: Japanese prints and drawings (Library of Congr... More

Saitōgo kunitake; kurando yukinaga; osada no tarō nagamune

Saitōgo kunitake; kurando yukinaga; osada no tarō nagamune

Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Triptych matted in 3 sections: left (2122a), center (2122b), right (2122c). Format: vertical Oban Nish... More

Saitōgo kunitake; kurando yukinaga; osada no tarō nagamune

Saitōgo kunitake; kurando yukinaga; osada no tarō nagamune

Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Triptych matted in 3 sections: left (2122a), center (2122b), right (2122c). Format: vertical Oban Nish... More

Kyō kudari osagawa tsuneyoshi [to] ichimura kamezō no soga no jūrō

Kyō kudari osagawa tsuneyoshi [to] ichimura kamezō no soga no jūrō

Print shows two actors, one portraying a woman and the other in the role of one of the Soga brothers. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. ... More

Gentoku uma o odorashite tankei o koeru zu

Gentoku uma o odorashite tankei o koeru zu

Print shows Liu Bei (Xuande) on horseback struggling to cross the swiftly flowing Caoqi river. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Triptyc... More

Taikenmon genpei kassen no zu - Public domain scan of drawing

Taikenmon genpei kassen no zu - Public domain scan of drawing

Print shows a battle scene involving mostly cavalry with some hand-to-hand combat. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Diptych matted in 2... More

Toso o nomu kanjo - Public domain  drawing

Toso o nomu kanjo - Public domain drawing

Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: horizontal Chuban Nishikie Surimono. Shunkyo Haikai Surimono. Calendar Print: Year of the Dog.... More

[Kazusa Kanōzan] / Hiroshige-ga.

[Kazusa Kanōzan] / Hiroshige-ga.

Japanese print shows a view of Mount Fuji across Yedo Bay seen from Rokusozan, Kazusa, with a rural landscape including a large evergreen tree, cherry blossoms, a torii, people, and a horse in the foreground. (... More

Godaime matsumoto kōshirō no kudō saemon no suke

Godaime matsumoto kōshirō no kudō saemon no suke

Print shows actor Matsumoto Kōshirō V, full-length portrait, facing slightly left, wearing geta, standing in a courtyard. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print spec... More

Kusunoki rōjō no zu, Shunk Katsukawa

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

Koishikawa yuki no ashita - Public domain scan / drawing

Koishikawa yuki no ashita - Public domain scan / drawing

Print shows several women and a man viewing a snowy landscape with Mount Fuji in the background. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. Fro... More

[Modern illustrated sheets with pictorial envelope]

[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

[Russian soldier on horseback, carrying a sword in right hand, a spear in left hand, and a rifle mounted on his chest with a string extending from the trigger to his mouth]

[Russian soldier on horseback, carrying a sword in right hand, a spear...

Signed on block by artist in lower right, includes chop. Includes extensive Japanese text. Descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. From the series: Nihon ban... More

[Kabuki scene of early photography] / Yoshiiku.

[Kabuki scene of early photography] / Yoshiiku.

Triptych shows four actors: two men on the left, a man in the center holding a book and some prints or photographs, and a woman on the right standing with a large camera behind her. Triptych matted in 3 sectio... More

Igami no gonta gonta nyōbō kosen shūme kokingo

Igami no gonta gonta nyōbō kosen shūme kokingo

Print shows a scene from the play Yoshitsune Senbon Zakura, with actors playing Igami no Gonta, his wife Kosen, the servant Kokingo, and another person. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichi... More

Gokakoku ... gankirō ni oite sakamori no zu

Gokakoku ... gankirō ni oite sakamori no zu

Japanese triptych print shows visitors from several nations enjoying a party in the Fan Room of the Gankirō. Signature: Ikkeisai Yoshiiku ga. Engraving attributed to: Hori Take. Seal date: Monkey 12. Triptych ... More

Buruburu taishō - Public domain  drawing

Buruburu taishō - Public domain drawing

Print shows a jagged-edged depiction of a man on horseback, holding raised sword. Verbal puns. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. From ... More

Tōkyō Ueno yama shita yori Nakasendō ōfuku jōkitetsudō no zu

Tōkyō Ueno yama shita yori Nakasendō ōfuku jōkitetsudō no zu

Japanese triptych print shows trains at station and traveling along tracks through the city and landscape. Triptych matted separately in 3 sections: right (23a), center (23b), left (23c). Annotations, stamps, ... More

Hanaarashi, Utagawa Toyokuni - Public domain  drawing

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

Kawanakajima no kassen - Public domain image related to music prformance, drawing

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

Sanjō Kokaji no manebigoto zu - 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

Genji Monogatari Emaki - Yume no ukihashi, Utagawa Kunisada, Japan

Genji Monogatari Emaki - Yume no ukihashi, Utagawa Kunisada, Japan

Floating bridge of dreams. The poem in the image is a pun on the last chapter of Genji. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. From the serie... More

Yokohama ijin yashiki no zu - Public domain  engraving

Yokohama ijin yashiki no zu - Public domain engraving

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

Ebisuko, print by Utamaro Kitagawa - Ukiyo e print

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

Ikaiei kōgeki - Public domain  drawing

Ikaiei kōgeki - Public domain drawing

Print shows Japanese troops surprising Chinese soldiers at Weihaiwei and the death of a Chinese officer on horseback leading his troops into battle during a snowstorm. Title and other descriptive information co... More

Oyone magoshichi taheiji, Kuniyoshi Utagawa - Ukiyo e print

Oyone magoshichi taheiji, Kuniyoshi Utagawa - Ukiyo e print

Print shows two warriors and a woman around a fire, one warrior appears to be protecting the woman from the other warrior. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print spe... More

Matsumoto kōshirō, iwaya hanshirō, nakamura shikan

Matsumoto kōshirō, iwaya hanshirō, nakamura shikan

Print shows two actors on the shoulders of a giant and the third actor leaping onto the giant. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. Forma... More

Dewa chōkaisan, Utagawa Hiroshige - Ukiyo e print

Dewa chōkaisan, Utagawa Hiroshige - Ukiyo e print

Print shows snowcapped mountains above an inlet where boats are moored. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. From the series: Shokoku meish... More

Rakuda no zu, Utagawa Kuniyasu - Public domain portrait drawing

Rakuda no zu, Utagawa Kuniyasu - Public domain portrait drawing

Print shows musicians with two camels. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Diptych matted in 2 sections: left (1511a), right (1511b). Form... More

Rakuda no zu, Utagawa Kuniyasu - Public domain scan of drawing

Rakuda no zu, Utagawa Kuniyasu - Public domain scan of drawing

Print shows musicians with two camels. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Diptych matted in 2 sections: left (1511a), right (1511b). Form... More

Chotto hitokuchi hauta no ateburi - Ukiyo e print

Chotto hitokuchi hauta no ateburi - Ukiyo e print

Print shows several actors in various costume, posture, and roles. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Triptych matted in 3 sections: left... More

Kuruma zukushi - Public domain carriage drawing

Kuruma zukushi - Public domain carriage drawing

Japanese print shows various forms of transportation employed by people, including a train, horse-drawn carriage, horse-drawn trolley, rickshaw, bicycle, hand-drawn carts. Man drawing water from a well, woman w... More

Mitanoshi to Yamauba, Utagawa Kunisada, Japan

Mitanoshi to Yamauba, Utagawa Kunisada, Japan

Print shows the characters of Yamauba, an old woman who lives in the mountains, and Mitanoshi, who appears to be an old priest or monk, in a shosagoto dance routine with a rabbit and a deer competing in a feat ... More

Bankoku nyūsen sugoroku, Utagawa Hiroshige - Ukiyo e print

Bankoku nyūsen sugoroku, Utagawa Hiroshige - Ukiyo e print

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

Bankoku nyūsen sugoroku, Utagawa Hiroshige - Ukiyo e print

Bankoku nyūsen sugoroku, Utagawa Hiroshige - Ukiyo e print

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

Dai nijūichi zu, Harunobu Suzuki, Woodblock Print, Japan

Dai nijūichi zu, Harunobu Suzuki, Woodblock Print, Japan

Print shows a woman using a long (opium?) pipe to beat a man who has been spying on her. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. From the seri... More

Utagawa Toyoharu - Ukie naniwa tenmatenjin yomatsuri no zu

Utagawa Toyoharu - Ukie naniwa tenmatenjin yomatsuri no zu

Print shows a festival in honor of Sugawara Michizane taking place at night at the Tenman Tenjin shrine in Osaka; many people crossing a high wooden bridge lined with lanterns over a river filled with boats of ... More

[Elder samurai observing a young warrior with bow and arrows]

[Elder samurai observing a young warrior with bow and arrows]

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).

Tōjin gyōretsu no ezu ichi - Public domain  drawing

Tōjin gyōretsu no ezu ichi - Public domain drawing

Print shows a procession of Chinese men on horseback and on foot, some carrying a palanquin. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: h... More

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