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Moronobu Hishikawa - [Two lovers embracing in front of a painted scree...

Print shows a young man sitting on the floor, embracing a young woman straddling him. Also attributed to: Sugimura Jihei, ca. 169-. Adachi modern reprint (Showa). Forms part of: Japanese prints and drawings (L... More

Engawa no wakashū to onna, Harunobu Suzuki, Woodblock Print, Japan

Print shows a young man and a young woman standing on a veranda, with a rooster and a hen standing nearby. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005... More

Satsuki ame, Harunobu Suzuki, Woodblock Print, Japan

Print shows two women walking beneath an umbrella and a young woman about to open an umbrella as it has started to rain. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print speci... More

Toyonobu Ishikawa - Onoe kikugorō [to] nakamura kiyosaburō

Print shows actors Onoe Kikugorō and Nakamura Kiyosaburō, wearing geta, portraying street musicians. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. A... More

Nami ni goshoguruma moyō no tachi bijin

Print shows a courtesan, facing left, wearing a waterwheel and waves pattern kimono.

Kage e. Book illustration from Library of Congress

Print shows two geishas entertaining a man, one is making shadow puppets and the other is playing a shamisen.

[A monk wearing mask(?) with horns, sitting on the ground, beating a d...

Title and date devised by Library staff, no information provided by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. Similar to FP 2 - JPD, no. 313. Forms part of: Japanese prints and drawings (Library... More

Sake zuki, print by Utamaro Kitagawa

Print shows a woman pouring sake into a saucer for a man. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. From the series: Tōsei kōbutsu hakkei : Eigh... More

Miya, Katsushika Hokusai - Public domain drawing

Print shows a large building on the corner of the seawall, possibly an inn or temple, and a large ship departing the Miya station on the Tōkaidō Road. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibu... More

Ryū ko niban, Yajima Gogaku - Public domain drawing

Print shows a woman playing a koto with a dragon curled around her. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. Format: double sheet Shikishi Ni... More

Shichidaime ichikawa danjūrō - Public domain portrait painting

Print shows the actor Ichikawa Danjūrō VII, full-length portrait, standing, facing right.

Sanka hakuu, Katsushika Hokusai - Ukiyo e print

Print shows flashes of lightning below the summit of Mount Fuji. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. From the series: Fugaku sanjūrokkei :... More

[Branch with leaves and berries] - 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

Sugawara no michizane no kakejiku - Ukiyo e print

Print shows Sugawara Michizane sitting on a braided mat on the sand at the beach or coastline. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. Forma... More

Yoshiwara, Ando Hiroshige, depicting Mount Fuji

Print shows travelers from behind on horseback on a narrow strip of land lined with pine trees near the Yoshiwara station on the Tōkaidō Road; with view of Mount Fuji in the distance. Title and other descriptiv... More

Totsuka, Andō Hiroshige - Public domain scan / drawing

Print shows travelers arriving at an inn or teahouse, one traveler mounting or dismounting a horse, another crossing a bridge; thatched roofs of houses in the village at the Totsuka station on the Tōkaidō Road.... More

Ageo shuku kamo no yashiro - Public domain scan / drawing

Print shows farmers at a mill getting their grain ground on a millstone in front of the miller's establishment; a traveler and a porter pass by, looking back at the operation. Title and other descriptive inform... More

Mishima, Andō Hiroshige - Public domain drawing

Print shows two women(?), one carrying a tray of rice or grain on her head and the other is holding a parasol from which wooden cooking utensils are hanging. Mishima is the 12th station on the Tōkaidō Road. Tit... More

Yui, Ando Hiroshige - Public domain scan / drawing

Print shows travelers on a street at the Yui station on the Tōkaidō Road, with cliffs and view of the sea in the background. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print s... More

Yoshiwara, Andō Hiroshige, depicting Mount Fuji

Print shows boats on a lake with trees and huts nearby, birds in flight and Mount Fuji in the background; at the Yoshiwara station on the Tōkaidō Road. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichib... More

Ōji takinogawa, Andō Hiroshige - Ukiyo e print

Print shows a bird's-eye view of the Takino River near the Ōji station with steep cliff, waterfall, walkway along the river with torii at entrance to shrine, a wooden bridge spanning the river leading to cherry... More

Minowa kanasugi mikawashima, Ando Hiroshige - Ukiyo e print

Print shows two red-crowned cranes, one about to land, in a marsh. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. From the series: Meisho edo hyakkei... More

Asakusa tanbo torinomachi mōde Andō Hiroshige

Print shows a cat sitting on a wall where the sliding panels have been opened, watching the festival procession in the rice paddies nearby, with view of Mount Fuji in the distance. Title and other descriptive i... More

Hakone no kosui, depicting Mount Fuji

Print shows the steep cliffs and rock formations in Lake Hakone, with a view of Mount Fuji in the background.

Musashi honmoku no hana Andō Hiroshige

Print shows a sailboat near the cliffs of Honmoku with a view of Mount Fuji in the background. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. From th... More

Sanuki kubodani no hama - Public domain scan of drawing

Print shows torii gates offshore at the Kubodani beach, with many sailboats among the islands in the Sanuki Province. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print speciali... More

Ikoku kotoba - rango - Public domain engraving

Japanese print shows a French woman and a Dutch man seated near the waterfront; ships in background. Includes Japanese translation of foreign terms for meteorology, geography, and directions. Signature: Keisai... More

[French photographer in old Yokohama] - Ukiyo e print

Print shows a photographer wearing western clothing adjusting a camera beneath a shoud; a woman stands behind him, also wearing western clothing, holding a plate or a photograph, also, photographic supplies are... More

Gaikoku jinbutsu zukushi - Amerika, Nankin - Ukiyo e print

Japanese print shows a woman riding sidesaddle and a man and a woman talking together. Signature: Yoshitora ga. Seal date: Cock 1. From series entitled: Gaikoku jinbutsu zukushi (People from foreign lands). An... More

Tōkyō meishō zue: Kudanzaka Ushigabuchi - Ukiyo e print

Japanese print showing large area of grass surrounded by buildings; people walking, man riding horseback, and pool of water in foreground. Signature: Hiroshige fude. Seal date: Horse 3. From series entitled: T... More

[Plum branches with blossoms] - Public domain scenic drawing

Unsigned, but probably by Japanese artist Megata Morikaga. From "Flowers" series. Gift; Mrs. David Murray; 1909. Forms part of: David Murray collection. Forms part of: Japanese prints and drawings (Library of Congress).

Ashibune ni tori - Public domain drawing

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

Kobushi ni mimizuku - Public domain scan of drawing

Print shows an owl perched on a magnolia tree branch; the magnolia blossoms are embossed. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: Suri... More

[Two Japanese women, full-length studio portrait with backdrop, standi...

No. 815. Illus. in: Views & costumes of Japan by Stillfried & Andersen. Yokohama : Stillfried & Andersen, [ca. 1877, p. 6] In 1877 Stillfried & Andersen purchased Felice Beato's stock of photographs, some may ... More

Horn-rimmed spectacles - telescope

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

[Samurai, standing, facing left, wearing armor and holding a bow, also...

Lacks inscription in pencil on lower left corner of paper mount: Kano [month] 1878. From the "Military arts" series. Gift; Mrs. David Murray; 1909. Forms part of: David Murray collection. Forms part of: Japane... More

Shinkan no tsuki, Taiso Yoshitoshi - Ukiyo e print

Print shows two samurai warriors fighting among fallen weapons. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. From the series: Tsuki hyaku shi : 100... More

Secchū mimeguri - Drawing. Public domain image.

Print shows a torii with two trees in a winter landscape, also a bridge in the distance.

Konen Uehara - Nikkō no gojū no tō

Print shows a torii and a pagoda as seen through a grove of trees. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: full color woodblock print.... More

Flower drawing - Hanashōbu - 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: Yamagishi. Forms part of: Japanese prints and drawi... More

[Japanese sun parlor, the Homestead, Hot Springs, Virginia]

Picryl description: Public domain photo of Japanese painting, free to use art, no copyright restrictions image.

A Japanese sans souci. Arashiyama, Japan

Stereograph shows a Japanese woman having tea beneath blossoming cherry trees in a teahouse at Arashiyama, Kyoto, Japan. H25498 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by C.H. Graves. On mount: Universal Photo Art Co... More

A happy Japanese mother and babe

Picryl description: Public domain photo of Japanese painting, free to use art, no copyright restrictions image.

[Japanese troops landed at Chemulpo after naval battle on Feb. 9th]

H43596 U.S. Copyright Office Title from copyright register. Copyright by Collier's Weekly, Mar. 22, 1904. Stamped on verso: R.L. Dunn. Published in: A photographic record of the Russo-Japanese War / edited by J... More

Ryojun daikaisen rokan gōchin no zu

Print shows Japanese battleships bombarding Russian battleships in a surprise naval assault on the Russian fleet at Lüshun (Port Arthur). Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsore... More

Scenes and incidents, Russo-Japanese peace conference, Portsmouth, N.H...

Scenes from the 1905 peace conference between the Russian and Japanese Governments, mediated by the U.S. Government at the invitation of President Theodore Roosevelt. Scenes of the dignitaries and celebrities w... More

Travel views of Japan and Korea

Public domain photograph of Japan, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Japan - Injecting pest bacillus into rats

Public domain photograph of laboratory, scientist, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Waseda University team from Japan (baseball)]

Public domain historical photo, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Mikuruma-gaeshi - Drawing. Public domain image.

Watercolor of mikuruma-gaeshi (cart turning back) cherry blossoms. Transfer; Asian Division; 2015; (DLC/PP-2015:130).

Flower drawing - Ichi-yō - Drawing. Public domain image.

Watercolor of ichi-yō (single leaf) cherry blossoms. Transfer; Asian Division; 2015; (DLC/PP-2015:130).

Blossoms. Japanese quince, Washington State region

Picryl description: Public domain photo of Japanese painting, free to use art, no copyright restrictions image.

Huge drop hammers work day and night forming sheet metal parts for Uni...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a bomber aircraft, military aviation, air forces, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Los Angeles, California. Street scene in Little Tokyo

Picryl description: Public domain image of bustling city downtown streets, commercial buildings, 20th-century, the 1930s, 1940s, 1950s architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Production. Airplane manufacture, general. Two Negro women employees i...

Public domain photograph of California in 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Production. Airplane manufacture, general. A squeeze riveted in operat...

Public domain photograph of California in 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Production. P-51 "Mustang" fighter planes. Utilizing as little space a...

Public domain photograph of California in 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Production. Airplane manufacture, general. On North American's "Sunshi...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a bomber aircraft, military aviation, air forces, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Production. Airplane manufacture, general. Two employees of the North ...

Public domain photograph of California in 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Production. P-51 ("Mustang) fighter planes. Two employees at North Ame...

Public domain photograph of California in 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

General panoramic view of Hiroshima after the bomb ... shows the devas...

Official U.S. Army photo. Date stamped on verso: Jun 26 1946. Forms part of: New York World-Telegram and the Sun Newspaper Photograph Collection (Library of Congress).

[Crowds lining the street as the procession of carriages carrying Admi...

H69080 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Underwood & Underwood, Nov. 23, 1905.

Tobae mitate ryūgen sennin - Public domain drawing

Print shows a man smoking a cigarette in a long holder, and a dragon ascending in a plume of smoke coming from a box on the ground next to him; a child(?) gestures toward the dragon. Title and other descriptive... More

Hanami no en - Public domain drawing

Ukiyo-e diptych showing richly-dressed man, two children, and two women in a richly-appointed interior. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06... More

Yamato Takeru no Mikoto - Public domain drawing

Print shows folk hero Yamato Takeru no Mikoto about to stab a man with a sword. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. From the series: Yos... More

[96 Cheyne Walk - Corner of a room with Japanese decoration]

Picryl description: Public domain photo of Japanese painting, free to use art, no copyright restrictions image.

Miyamoto musashi, Kuniyoshi Utagawa - Ukiyo e print

Man holding up a magnifying glass to look at the famous samurai swordsman Miyamoto Musashi. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: ve... More

Amerikakoku, Utagawa Yoshitora - Public domain engraving

Japanese triptych print shows the American consul and several women watching the Japanese navy test balloon aircraft in front of the American consulate in Tokyo, Japan. Signature: Yoshitora ga. Engraving attri... More

[A Russian civilian gets upset during a game of dai shogi, while his J...

Signed on block by artist in lower left, includes chop. Includes extensive Japanese text. Descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Idenitification of the game... More

Niōzō [ungyō] - Public domain portrait painting

Drawing shows Ungyō, the Buddhist niō protector or temple guard with mouth closed, full-length portrait, standing, facing front; (companion god to Agyō, the open-mouthed niō protector). Title and other descript... More

The Japanese Army occupied Vragaeschensk

The Japanese army marching through Blagoveshchensk, Russia, with airplanes overhead. Captions in Japanese and English. Forms part of: The Illustration of the Siberian War, no. 16.

Kameido umeyashiki zenzu - Drawing. Public domain image.

Print shows a bird's-eye view of a walkway through plum trees on an estate open to the public, with many sightseers entering at the gate and walking through the orchard.

Sawamura sōjūrō no honda - Public domain drawing

Print shows the actor Sawamura Sōjūrō, full-length portrait, standing, front view with head turned to the right, holding sword, in the role of Honda. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibun... More

Akugenta yoshihira, Utagawa Kunisada, Japan - 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

[Russian soldiers frightened by toy figures of Japanese soldiers hangi...

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

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

Kawachirō / Hiroshige-ga. - Public domain Japanese woodblock print

Japanese print shows women dancing and playing musical instruments for two men in a teahouse.

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

[A Russian general, shaking with fear, telephones the Czar(?) who is a...

Toykyō tetsudō basha zu sensōji kei

Print shows a western-style horsedrawn railroad passenger car with passengers. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Attributed to: Utagawa ... More

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

Nagasaki, Japan under atomic bomb attack / U.S. Army A.A.F. photo.

Photograph shows atomic bomb mushroom cloud over Nagasaki. No. A-58450 AC.

Igagoe dōchū sugoroku, Katsukawa Shuntei - Ukiyo e print

Print shows a fight scene from the play Igagoe Dōchū Sugoroku, with Watanabe Shizuma and Araki Mataemon fighting with Kawai Matagorō and many other men armed with pikes or halbreds at Iga Ueno. Title and other ... More

Narutonomae; taira no munemori kyō; akugenta yoshihira

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

Moronobu Hishikawa - Sumō, 16th century - Ukiyo e print

Print showing scenes related to the Soga family. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. From the series: Eiri soga monogatari : Illustrated t... More

[Jūichidanme - act eleven of the Chūshingura - assualt on Kira Yoshina...

Print shows a scene during the attack on Kira Yoshinaka's home by the 47 rōnin, with the samurai chasing Kira's guards and searching the grounds. Title devised by Library staff, no information provided by Nichi... More

[Two old men, possibly actors, one standing, holding an umbrella, the ...

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).

Sangatsu[yayoi?] hanazumō shigatsu[uduki?] shaka tanjō

Print shows three women dancing. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. From the series: Yoshiwara niwaka : Blossoms of the yoshiwara. Form... More

Benkei to kodomo (ataka no matsu)

Print shows the legendary monk warrior Benkei offering gifts to two children who have been gathering pine needles.

Toyonobu Ishikawa - [Passing a love letter]

Print shows a young man discretely passing a love letter from beneath the folds of his kimono. Adachi modern reprint (Showa). Forms part of: Japanese prints and drawings (Library of Congress).

Ōkawabata yūryō, print by Kiyonaga Torii

Print shows three women strolling next to the Sumida(?) River, enjoying the cool evening air. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: ... More

Michinoku, print by Utamaro Kitagawa - Ukiyo e print

Print shows the courtesan Michinoku with a female attendant and a boy carrying an umbrella over his shoulder. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2... More

[Coastal view with village and pine trees along the waterfront]

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).

Ide no tamagawa - Drawing. Public domain image.

Print shows a woman standing with a young boy; view of the Tama River in upper left corner.

Hōjō Yasutoki, Yajima Gogaku - Public domain drawing

Print shows the warrior Hōjō, Yasutoki sitting on a raised platform with three warriors seated before him; a servant presents a raised tray to the three warriors. Title and other descriptive information compile... More

Sakura ni tsunagizaru, Ando Hiroshige - Ukiyo e print

Print shows a monkey sitting on a post with cherry blossoms falling around it. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: Otanzaku-ban Ni... More

Mino no kuni yōrō no taki - Drawing. Public domain image.

Print shows two pilgrims looking at waterfall while other pilgrims rest in nearby shelter.

Jūgo, Utagawa Kunisada, Japan - Public domain image related to music p...

Print shows a man and a woman walking along a roadway illuminated by lanterns, at night under a full moon; on the left is a male servant carrying a sword. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nic... More

Ajisai ni shōkin - Public domain drawing

Print shows a small bird perched on a branch of a hydrangea plant. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. Format: Kogata Nishikie. Forms pa... More

[Ronin, or masterless Samurai, in doorway]

Ukiyo-e print illustration showing Ronin emerging from between curtains with sword drawn. Illus. in: Seichū gishi meimei gaden / Tsukioka (Utagawa) Yoshitoshi, 1869. Published in: The floating world of Ukiyo-e... More

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