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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]

[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

Komekitte o motsu nakamura nakazō, Shunk Katsukawa

Print shows the actor Nakamura Nakazō, full-length, standing on the shore, facing slightly left, holding a rice coupon. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specia... More

Nakasu no geisha, Eishi Hosoda - Public domain drawing

Print shows a woman holding a fan, standing next to a young woman kneeling at a railing. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: Hashi... More

[Four women composing poetry, possibly as a competition, next to a scr...

Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. From the series: Genji : The tale of Genji. Format: probably the left panel of a vertical Oban Nishiki... More

Shodai arashi ryūzō (no yakko ukiyo matabei to) sandaime ōtani hiroji...

Print shows actors Arashi Ryuzo I and Otani Hiroji III. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: vertical Oban Nishikie. Adachi modern ... More

Ukie Edo nihonbashi odawarachō sakana ichi no su

Print shows a perspective view of a marketplace. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: Horizontal Oban Nishikie. Forms part of: Japa... More

Ōshibai ukie no zu, Shun Ei Katsukawa

Print shows interior view of a theater with seating in the foreground and along the sides, and the stage in the background. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print sp... More

Kikuzuki, print by Utamaro Kitagawa - Ukiyo e print

Print shows a woman forming rice cake balls(?) and a male servant carrying a vase of flowers. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: ... More

Utagawa Toyokuni - Ichikawa danzō dō danzaburō

Print shows two actors, full-length portrait, one as a woman holding branches with blossoms. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: v... More

Sandanme, print by Utamaro Kitagawa, Forty Seven Rōnin

Print shows a woman (possibly Okaru), a little man (possibly Moronô's servant Bannai), and another man (possibly Honzo or Kampei). Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo p... More

Kira Yoshinaka - Shodan, print by Utamaro Kitagawa, Forty Seven Rōnin

Print shows actors in the roles of Moronō (Kira Yoshinaka) propositioning Lady Kaoyo, Enya's wife, and Wakasanosuke (a noble offended by Moronō's behavior). Title and other descriptive information compiled by N... More

[Offering to the mountain spirits]

Drawing shows a person, cleric, shaman, or citizen, standing beneath a pine tree on the edge of a cliff, making an offering and burning incense for the mountain gods; an attendant stands behind holding a fan on... More

[Kyōgen play with two characters]

Drawing shows an actor on the left with short sword and holding a fan, on the right is an actor wearing a hat and standing on a bundle with his arms spread, as though about to fly. Signature or inscription in ... More

[Scallions with plant growing in the background]

Gift; Mrs. David Murray; 1909. Forms part of: David Murray collection. Forms part of: Japanese prints and drawings (Library of Congress).

[A man or monk seated at a table, leaning on his arms, possibly asleep...

Title devised by Library staff, no information provided by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. Forms part of: Japanese prints and drawings (Library of Congress).

Teisai Hokuba (蹄斎北馬) - Haru no noasobi

Print shows two women standing, one offering a pipe to a person squatting near a pillar. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: Kokon... More

Ōkarakuri, print by Utamaro Kitagawa - Ukiyo e print

Print shows a woman working a peepshow box for two children. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. From the series: Fūryū kodakara awase : A... More

Nagasaki no chizu Historic map, Library of Congress

Japanese print shows map of harbor area of Nagasaki. Nagasaki print. One corner is torn. Backed with sheet of paper covered with Japanese writing. Annotations, stamps, etc. on verso of print: 176; 47623a. Earl... More

Ryakuga ōji ebiya no zu, Tsukimaro Kitagawa

Print shows women exiting sedan chairs and entering a restaurant. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: right panel of a vertical Ob... More

Wakamatsuya uchi midorigi, print by Utamaro Kitagawa

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

Ishiyama no aki no tsuki - Public domain Japanese woodblock print

Print shows a temple(?) on a mountain on the coastline of Ishiyama in the Ōmi Province, with a shrine on the shore, pilgrims or travelers on stairway leading up the mountainside, and boats offshore.

Awazu no seiran, Katsushika Hokusai - Ukiyo e print

Print shows people walking along coastline under clearing skies outside a walled city. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. From the seri... More

Hiiragi ni iwashi ni ume - Public domain drawing

Print shows two fish and plums on holly branches. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: Kokonotsugiri-ban Nishikie Surimono. Forms p... More

Katsukawa Shunsen (勝川春扇) - Futamigaura

Print shows a woman in a sedan chair with porters and a male traveler stopping to admire the twin rock formations, also known as the Meoto-iwa or Wedded rocks, at Futamigaura in the Ise Province. Title and othe... More

Shirasuka - Public domain Japanese woodblock print

Print shows a man and a woman in domestic setting with bowl of fabric or clay.

Iwai Hanshirō, Utagawa Toyokuni - Ukiyo e print

Print showing the actor Iwai Hanshirō, full-length, sitting on the floor, playing the role of a woman. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06.... More

Utagawa Toyokuni - Bandō, Mitsugorō no Ukiyo Tōei

Print showing the actor Bandō, Mitsugorō, full-length portrait, standing, facing right, in the role of Ukiyo Tōei. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists... More

Yoshiwara, depicting Mount Fuji - Ukiyo e print

Print shows bird's-eye view of a yoshiwara with view of Mount Fuji in the background. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. From the serie... More

Shimada, Katsushika Hokusai - Public domain drawing

Print shows porters carrying a large sedan chair, pilgrims, and packages across a wide stream. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. From ... More

Rokudanme, Katsushika Hokusai, Forty Seven Rōnin

Print shows Kampei in the act of seppuku; a woman, probably Osai, the brothel-keeper who has come with the final payment for Okaru, is standing near Kampei, as a porter waits next to her sedan chair. Scene from... More

Azumabashi o wataru ichikawa omezō to sawamura gennosuke

Print shows the actors Ichikawa Omezo and Sawamura Gennosuke walking across the Azuma Bridge, with two porters nearby.

Sakadaru o sashiageru otoko - Public domain portrait drawing

Print shows a man from behind lifting a sake barrel and holding it aloft with one arm. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. Format: verti... More

Gotenyama no hanami, print by Utamaro Kitagawa

Print shows a woman helping another woman get out of a sedan chair, and another woman standing behind the chair, with cherry blossoms above and sailboats in the background. Title and other descriptive informati... More

Utagawa Toyokuni - Odori [enbu?] no zu

Print shows a design on a fan with several figures, male(?) and female, dancing. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: Uchiwae Nishi... More

Mezashi to tatamiiwashi - Public domain Japanese woodblock print

Print shows sardines on a short rod. Public domain photograph of 19th-century woodblock print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Katsukawa Shunsen (勝川春扇) - Chūshun

Print shows a woman walking and holding the hand of a young boy who is carrying a small doll. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: ... More

Hinamatsuri no sirozake, Shunman Kubo - Ukiyo e print

Print shows three women preparing bottles of rice wine for the festival of dolls. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. Format: Nishikie S... More

Kaidan o noboru yūjo, Eizan Kikukawa

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

Kawa de no sentaku - Public domain drawing

Print shows four women at river's edge washing clothes; one woman has pulled out a piece of cloth which a crab has caught hold of, attracting the attention of a young child who dashes toward the water. Title an... More

Hagoita to takarabune - Public domain drawing

Print shows two boys towing a wagon carrying a model ship filled with toys and/or treasures past a woman standing nearby. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print spec... More

Fugu no bijin to kurage no tomo, Shigenobu Yanagawa

Print shows a courtesan followed by a suitor offering her a gift. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. Format: Shikishi Nishikie Surimono... More

Ume saku(?) niwa, Yajima Gogaku - Ukiyo e print

Print shows several people walking in a garden among blossoming plum trees, also, on the left, a building with thatched-roof. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print ... More

Nihonzutsumi no rakugan tamaya uchi Tamagushi

Print shows Tamagushi, a courtesan, full-length portrait, with several hairpins, seated, reading a scroll; picture hanging on the wall above her shows geese descending on the Nihon embankment. Title and other d... More

Onoe kikugoro no ōboshi yuranosuke - Ukiyo e print

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

Oiran, portrait - Public domain portrait print

Print shows an oiran, a high-class courtesan, full-length portrait, standing, facing left. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. Format: S... More

Kayoikomachi no mitate - Public domain portrait print

Print shows Komachi, full-length, standing, facing right, with another woman standing behind her carrying a long box or portfolio. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo p... More

Utagawa Toyokuni - Yuki mitate shūka kasugaya tokijirō

Print shows Kasuga-ya Tokijirō, full-length portrait, standing in the snow, as a warrior. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. From the ser... More

Utagawa Toyokuni - Nakamura shikan no kitsune kuzunoha

Print shows actor Nakamura Shikan, full-length portrait, standing, in the role of the fox Kitsune Kuzunoha in human form. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print spec... More

Azuma no mori no yau Andō Hiroshige

Print shows two travelers on a roadway in the rain at night. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. Format: horizontal Oban Nishikie. Moder... More

[Kohada Koheiji]. 19th century Japan. Public domain image.

Ukiyo-e print illustration showing a scene from a Japanese legend about a man who was killed by his wife and her lover and who returns to haunt them as revenge; print depicts a skeletal ghost at a burning mosquito net.

[Bamboo shoots], Katsushika Hokusai - Ukiyo e print

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

[Hotei, the god of good fortune, one of the seven lucky gods, seated, ...

Formerly attributed to a group of drawings referred to as the "Hokusai School sketchbook." Forms part of: Japanese prints and drawings (Library of Congress).

Tōto asakusa honganji, Katsushika Hokusai - Ukiyo e print

Print shows the peak of the roof of the Hongan-ji Temple at Asakusa with a kite flying through the clouds and a view of Mount Fuji in the distance. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunke... More

Fujo yamato sugata, Utagawa Kunisada, Japan

Print showing a woman standing, holding a fan. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Forms part of: Japanese prints and drawings (Library of... More

Naritaya hakuen musashi meisho cyōfu no tamagawa

Print shows Naritaya Hakuen, an actor, full-length, facing right, wearing flowing kimono and geta, standing, holding a fan in his right hand; in the background, two women doing laundry next to a river and a tra... More

Musume Dōjōji - Public domain Japanese woodblock print

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

Ōgiya uchi hanaōgi, Kuniyoshi Utagawa - Ukiyo e print

Print shows Hanao of Ōgi-ya, full-length portrait, standing, facing left, with attendant. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. Format: on... More

[Portly man walking with arms outstretched]

Illustration shows a depiction of the Japanese saying "the person who fills the Great Way," which refers to a person of great virtue who has nothing to hide, although it shows a corrupt man who carries money in... More

[A woman, possibly a courtesan, seated, facing right, with her head tu...

[Side view of a monk, full-length portrait, facing left, wearing gown ...

Aoyama enza no matsu - Public domain scenic drawing

Print shows travelers sitting on a bluff above a grove of pines with Mount Fuji in the distance. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. Fro... More

Nihonbashi no hakuu, Andō Hiroshige - Ukiyo e print

Print shows pedestrians crossing the Nihon bridge over the Nihonbashi River during a rain storm; view of Mount Fuji in the distance. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo... More

Kōshū kajikazawa, Katsushika Hokusai - Ukiyo e print

Print shows a man fishing from an outcrop of rock shaped like a wave; Mount Fuji in the background. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. ... More

Kakegawa, Andō Hiroshige - Public domain drawing

Print shows elderly people walking across the bridge at the Kakegawa station on the Tōkaidō Road. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. From... More

Hiratsuka, Andō Hiroshige, depicting Mount Fuji

Print shows porters ladened with bundles walking past a small shrine near the Hiratsuka station on the Tōkaidō Road with view of Mount Fuji in the background. Title and other descriptive information compiled by... More

Utagawa Hiroshige - Tsuchiyama, Ando Hiroshige - Ukiyo e print

Print shows travelers crossing a bridge spanning a raging river, during a rain storm near the Tsuchiyama station on the Tōkaidō Road. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Ed... More

Goyu, Andō Hiroshige - Public domain scan / drawing

Print shows travelers walking down street between many stores, shops, and inns at the Goyu station on the Tōkaidō Road. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specia... More

Okazaki, Andō Hiroshige - Public domain scan of drawing

Print shows porters and retainers carrying bundles and a sedan chair across the bridge at the Okazaki station on the Tōkaidō Road. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo p... More

Fujisawa zu, Utagawa Kunisada, Japan - Ukiyo e print

Print shows a woman standing on a cloud, watching pilgrims near a bridge and a torii at the 7th station on the Tōkaidō Road. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print s... More

Azuma no mori no yau Andō Hiroshige

Print shows travelers on roadway near the entrance to the Azuma Shrine during a rainstorm. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. From the se... More

Haneda no rakugan, Andō Hiroshige - Ukiyo e print

Print shows a narrow strip of land leading to a larger piece of land with a torii and buildings, ships in the large expanse of water around the peninsula, and geese descending toward land. Title and other descr... More

Neko o idaku musume - Public domain portrait drawing

Print shows a young woman holding a cat against her shoulder. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: vertical Oban Nishikie diptych. ... More

Satsuki, Utagawa Kunisada, Japan - Ukiyo e print

Print shows a woman holding up a child's coat. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. From the series: Gosseku : The five festivals. Format: ... More

Saga gorō mitsutoki, Kuniyoshi Utagawa

Print shows Mitsutoki wearing protective padded armor from which several arrows are protruding, prostrating himself onboard a Taira ship. He is reporting to "Tomomori", "Emperor Antoku", and others during the ... More

Gotobain, Kuniyoshi Utagawa - Public domain drawing

Print shows Emperor Gotoba and another man forging a sword. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. From the series: Hyakuninisshu no uchi : A... More

Shiro, Utagawa Kunisada, Japan - Public domain drawing

Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. From the series: Ukiyo goshiki awase : Set of five colors of the floating world. Format: vertical Ob... More

Kaidō ni shōkin, Andō Hiroshige - Ukiyo e print

Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. Format: Hosoban Nishikie. Forms part of: Japanese prints and drawings (Library of Congress).

Mariko, Andō Hiroshige - Public domain scan / drawing

Print shows the snow-covered village of Mariko during winter on the Tōkaidō Road. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. From the series: T... More

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