6,008 History of japan Images: LOC's Public Domain Archive Public Domain Search

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Production. Airplane manufacture, general. After lucite (a shatter-pro...

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

Production. Airplane manufacture, general. Scrap aluminum at the Ingle...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a damaged, burned, or destroyed building, natural disaster, war destruction, ruins, 19th-century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Production. Airplane manufacture, general. Two skilled engineers discu...

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

Production. Airplane manufacture, general. Mrs. Lewis, women's counsel...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a political campaign, politician, office meeting, 1930s, mid-20th-century United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Japanese children at their desks in school they helped rebuild

Photograph shows girls seated at desks in newly rebuilt catholic school in Tokyo, Japan. (Signal Corps caption). Photo by Signal Corps photographer Hults. Signal Corps no. WPA-46-68145. U.S. Army Signal Corps ... More

Hollyhocks - Public domain Japanese woodblock print

Japanese woman and child looking at hollyhocks. F63566 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright stamp visible through paper.

Tsukiji kaigunshō..., Utagawa Hiroshige - Ukiyo e print

Japanese triptych print showing foreigners gathered around a hot air balloon surrounded by a crowd of spectators. Signature: Hiroshige ga. Similar triptych print reproduced in Yokohama : prints from nineteenth... More

Niwa Tokei - Nodate no dōgu - Public domain scan / drawing

Print shows the necessary equipment for celebrating a small tea ceremony at a picnic. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: full Obo... 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

Tachimi shōshō gōtan no zu - Public domain image related to music prfo...

Print shows Lieutenant-General Tachimi, a Japanese officer, taking a nap against a leaning tree as Japanese soldiers hold his horse and secure the area. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichi... More

Hashiba Hisakichi, Miaso Gozen, Buchi Gujiro, Buchi Mitsuhide

Japanese triptych print shows Hashiba Hisakichi, Mistress Miaso with Buchi Jujiro, and on the right, Buchi Mitsuhide. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print speciali... More

Views of the peace conference in session

Photograph shows Russian and Japanese diplomats seated at the negotiating table during the Portsmouth Peace Conference.

Keinen kachōgafu fuyu no bu. 19th century Japan. Public domain image.

Public domain image related to botany, botanical artwork, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Keinen kachōgafu fuyu no bu. 19th century Japan. Public domain image.

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

Keinen kachōgafu fuyu no bu. 19th century Japan. Public domain image.

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

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

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

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

[Russian officer talking to a Chinese or Korean bookseller]

Descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. From the series: Rokoku seibatsu senshō shōwa : Defeat of Russia: tales of laughter. Attributed to: Baidō Bōsai. Baid... 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

"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

Sagami shichirigahama, Andō Hiroshige - Ukiyo e print

Print shows a woman and two children walking along beach at Shichirigahama, and two women watching from a pavilion or porch, with a view of Mount Fuji in the background. Title and other descriptive information ... More

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

Yatsushi kuramayama, Utagawa Toyokuni - Ukiyo e print

Print shows a god or warrior appearing on a cloud before several women gathered in a wooded grove on Mount Kurama with view of Mount Fuji in the background. Title and other descriptive information compiled by N... More

Yatsushi kuramayama, Utagawa Toyokuni - Ukiyo e print

[Chinese soldier frightened by scarecrow or straw figure of 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

Travel views of Japan and Korea

Public domain photograph related to Arnold Genthe, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Ueno tōeizan hanazakari no zu - Public domain scan / drawing

Print shows women carrying umbrellas and offerings at the head of a procession during a cherry blossom festival. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists i... More

Kisoji no sansen - Drawing. Public domain image.

Print shows mountains and river along the Kiso Road during a winter snow storm.

[Humorous picture showing Chinese religious practices (Raijin, the Jap...

Hada kurabe hana no shōbuyu kurabe (hoso?), koshi yuki no ya

Print shows a scene in a women's public bath, with many women bathing, some washing children, and a small group are fighting among themselves. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-spo... More

Iwai kumesaburō ichikawa danjūrō iwai shijyaku

Print shows actors in a fight scene. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Triptych matted in 3 sections: left (1499a), center (1499b), righ... More

Sergei Witte in his room at the Wentworth Hotel, Portsmouth, N.H.

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

[A Korean coolie carrying medical supplies from shore to hospital at C...

H43592 U.S. Copyright Office Title from copyright register. Copyright by Collier's Weekly, Mar. 22, 1904.

[Scenes related to the Soga family - two warriors praying in front of ...

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

Seijō kakkoku shaga teiō kagami - Public domain engraving

Two sections of a Japanese triptych print showing seated and standing world leaders gathered in a group. Signature: Yōshū Chikanobu fude. "Hori Kame," engraver. Seal date: Meiji, 12th month, 4th year. Incomple... More

Saitō go Kunitake Tada no kurando Yukitsuna : Naruto no mae : Akugenta...

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

Saitō go Kunitake Tada no kurando Yukitsuna : Naruto no mae : Akugenta...

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

[Sailors, probably American, and some civilians posed on a cruiser ber...

H68866 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright by Underwood & Underwood, Nov.20, 1905.

[Ladies in the country] - Public domain book illustration

Two facing pages from Japanese book show four richly dressed women walking in a garden. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06 and Richard Lan... More

[Portraits of actors, often playing roles]

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

[Humorous picture showing a Chinese man, kneeling, speaking to a woman...

[Geisha stepping into a boat] - Public domain dedication image

Ukiyo-e print illustration shows geisha being helped into a boat by a boatman. Pages in: Kakuchū en[pu]. [Japan : s.n., not before 1806]. Date from The floating world of Ukiyo-e ..., p. 108. Published in: The ... More

Japanese, Russian, French, German, American and English newspaper corr...

Reporters on steps of building during the Portsmouth Peace Conference. Public domain photograph - Portrait, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

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

Dōke hyakumanben - Public domain drawing

Print shows a procession of various figures holding a large rosary around a large octopus. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Triptych ma... More

Ichikawa Danjūrō, Iwai Hanshirō, Bandō Mitsugorō

Print shows the actors Ichikawa Danjuro, Iwai Hanshiro, and Bando Mitsugoro as two warriors about to attack an unarmed person, possibly a scene from the chushingura.

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

Utagawa Toyokuni - Fujibitai hana no gyōretsu

Print shows a procession of several women, some carrying a palanquin, with Mount Fuji in the background. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-0... More

Ichikawa monnosuke, Shunk Katsukawa - Ukiyo e print

Full-length depiction of actor Ichikawa Monnosuke with sword in the Thunder God pose. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: Hosoban ... More

Gasshukoku suishi teitoku kōjōgaki - Ukiyo e print

Japanese print shows three men, two seated and one standing, possibly Commander Anan, age 54; Perry, age 49; Captain Henry Adams, age 59. May be text of President Fillmore's letter to Emperor. Annotations, sta... More

[Sagamigawa] / Hiroshige ga., Andō Hiroshige - Ukiyo e print

Japanese print shows a view of Mount Fuji from the Sagami River, Province of Shoshu, with two men poling rafts and herons flying and diving. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-spons... 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

Fuefuki okina. Book illustration from Library of Congress

Print shows an old man kneeling on the ground playing a flute. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. Attributed to: Tsutsumi Tōrin III. Fo... More

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

[The shattered remains of Russian heroes who were killed near 203 Metr...

H63420 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Underwood & Underwood, July 18, 1905. Title from published stereograph, no. 7728.

String of pontoons in tow of stream launch, approaching landing stage,...

H43583 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright by Collier's Weekly, Mar. 22, 1904. Stamped on verso: R.L. Dunn.

Coaling the Pacific Mail S.S. "Siberia" at the fortified naval station...

Photographs shows young men and women on barges and scaffolding along side the ship, in a bucket brigade, passing coal from the barge by the bucket up the side of the ship during reloading in Nagasaki, Japan. H... More

Russian peace commission arrives at Portsmouth

Russian diplomats and American naval officers by the Armory, Portsmouth Navy Yard, during the Portsmouth Peace Conference. On the far right are Count Sergei Witte and Baron Rosen; a Russian military officer sta... More

[A Russian soldier protests as two Japanese soldiers interrupt his din...

Shi-yosiwara edochō Kinpeirō - Public domain drawing

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

[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

Tehidoi tsubushigata - Public domain scenic drawing

A large Japanese hand crushing Port Arthur, July 25, 1904, a reference to the Russo-Japanese war of 1904-1905. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in ... More

The Far East in America - stately pagoda-roofed gateway to "Fair Japan...

H53717 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Underwood & Underwood. Public domain photograph of stereoscopic card, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Commo. Perry meeting the imperial Commissioners at Yokuhama / from nat...

Plate from: Narrative of the expedition of an American squadron to the China Seas and Japan... in... 1852, 1853, and 1854, under...M.C. Perry / Matthew C. Perry; Francis L. Hawks, comp. Washington : Nicholson P... More

Daiichi no maki, Utagawa Kunisada, Japan

Print shows a person, possibly Kiritsubo, holding a lantern in right hand and a blanket over left shoulder. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 200... More

Yamashiro ōtani meganebashi, Utagawa Hiroshige - Ukiyo e print

Print shows the Megane Bridge spanning a river at Ōtani Temple, with blossoming trees, in the Yamashiro Province. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists ... More

Azumabashi kinryūzan enbō, Andō Hiroshige - Ukiyo e print

View of the Azuma Bridge, Kinryūzan Temple and the surrounding city, and Mount Fuji, seen from a boat. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06.... 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

[Humorous pictures showing damaged Chinese battleships receiving first...

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

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).

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).

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).

Haran rikkazu, Tsukimaro Kitagawa - Ukiyo e print

Print shows plant in a pot. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. Attributed to: Kitagawa Kikumaro. Format: Koban Nishikie. Forms part of:... More

Tamanoi - Public domain drawing - Ukiyo e print

The Dragon King and two princesses in a scene from the play "The Jewelled Well." Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: Shikishiban N... More

Ōya tarō mitsukuni - Public domain Japanese woodblock print

Print shows Ōya Tarō Mitsukuni watching a battle scene between armies of skeletons.

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

Igagoe dōchū sugoroku, Katsukawa Shuntei - Ukiyo e print

Sawamura Sōjūrō no Ichihōshi Ōtomo Hitatinosuke Yamatogawa Tomigorō no...

Sawamura Sojurō and Yamatogawa Tomigoro in the role of a samurai and his page who is offering him a cup of tea. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in... More

The Japanese cavalry taken possession of Khobarovsk pursueing[sic] and...

Captions in Japanese and English. Forms part of: The Illustration of the Siberian War, no. 7.

The Japanese cavalry taken possession of Khobarovsk pursueing[sic] and...

Captions in Japanese and English. Forms part of: The Illustration of the Siberian War, no. 7.

Yokohama ijin shōka shuen no zu, Sadahide Utagawa

Japanese print shows an English merchant seated at a table and being waited on by a Chinese man and a Thai cook during a banquet at a mercantile house in Yokohama, Japan. Signature: Gountei Sadahide ga. Engrav... More

Uyōkanazawa hashōyakei - Public domain Japanese woodblock print

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

Russian plenipotentiaries on an outing

Public domain photograph of a car, automobile, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Portrait photo of Komura and Takahira, with newspapermen

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

Mukashigatari kuwana matsuri no furugoto - Ukiyo e print

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

Mukashigatari kuwana matsuri no furugoto - Ukiyo e print

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

Raikō shitennō to tsuchigumo - Public domain drawing

Print shows an interior view of room with Minamoto Yorimitsu and another man at a Go gameboard as a demon crashes through the roof. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo ... More

Oshichi, Utagawa Kuniteru - Public domain portrait drawing

Image of the young maiden, Oshichi, who attempted arson out of love and was burned at the stake in 1683. She became a figure in plays with different story lines. Includes vignette image (koma-e) above her head ... More

Blocking - shutting the mouth of Port Arthur

Print shows two Japanese sailors driving battleships like spikes through the lips of the mouth of the harbor at Lüshun (Port Arthur), China. Signed on block by artist in lower right, includes chop. Descriptive... 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

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

Kiyonobu Torii - [A popular beauty] - Ukiyo e print

Print shows a woman, full-length, standing, facing left. Adachi modern reprint (Showa). Forms part of: Japanese prints and drawings (Library of Congress).