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.
Toragaishi - Public domain drawing - Ukiyo e print
Print shows a woman standing and a warrior attempting to pick up a large rock. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: horizontal Chub... More
[Ram and autumn mallow], Morikuni Tachibana
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
[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
Kiyohiro Torii - Ichikawa danjūrō no sukeroku
Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: Hosoban Benizuri-e. Forms part of: Japanese prints and drawings (Library of Congress).
Shiohigari - Public domain scan / drawing - Ukiyo e print
Print shows five people gathering clams along the seashore next to a boat pulled up onto the beach. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Fo... More
Nakamura matsue no kyōmachi no oman to sawamura tanosuke no tsunewakam...
Public domain photo of Japanese woodblock print, Ukiyo-e, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Utagawa Toyoharu - Ukie on edo fukagawa sanjūsangendō no zu
Print shows a wooden building, Sanjūsangendō, a Buddhist temple housing 1001 statues of Kannon, a Buddhist goddess, with an archer kneeling at one end shooting an arrow into the bull's-eye of a target at the ot... More
Nowaki, Isoda Koryūsai (Genji Monogatari) - Ukiyo e print
Print shows two women in a room, startled by a sudden wind which has blown down a sliding panel. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. From ... More
Shigemasa Kitao - Ujigawa no senjin arasoi sasaki takatsuna
Print shows the warrior Sasaki no Takatsuna on horseback just offshore shooting an arrow during the Battle of the Uji River. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print s... More
Fumi o kaku onoe tamizō, Shunsh Katsukawa
Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: one of a set of Hosoban Nishikie. Forms part of: Japanese prints and drawings (Library of Congress).
Nakamura tomijurō, Shunsh Katsukawa - Ukiyo e print
Print shows the actor Nakamura Tomijurō portraying a woman performing a Noh dance. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: one of a se... More
Godaime ichikawa danjūrō, Shunk Katsukawa - Ukiyo e print
Print shows the actor Ichikawa Danjūrō V, full-length portrait, standing, facing left, with large hat and carrying a paper lantern. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo ... More
Kaze ni nayamu tōka no onna - Torii Kiyonaga
Print shows a woman huddled against the wind beneath wisteria blossoms. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Adachi modern reprint (Showa).... More
Nishikata mikuniyama heidayū edosaki genji, Shunsh Katsukawa
Print shows west side wrestlers Edosaki Genji (left) and Mikuniyama Heidayū. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: vertical Oban Nis... More
Utai, print by Kiyonaga Torii - Public domain portrait drawing
Print shows a young man sitting, holding a fan. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. From the series: Gogatsu(?) ningyō : Boy's day dolls. ... More
Gyokkashi eimo, print by Kiyonaga Torii
Print shows Gyokkashi Eimo, a young girl with a talent for calligraphy, and a young woman, her writing instructor, sitting next to a low table; fans and brushes hang in the background, more fans lie on the floo... More
Chōjiya uchi chōzan, print by Kiyonaga Torii
Print shows Chōzan, a courtesan, with two young female attendants. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. From the series: Hinagata wakana ... More
Sumida kahan no bijin - Public domain portrait print
Print shows a woman, full-length portrait, standing on the bank of the Sumida River, facing left, holding a fan.
Ukie momotarō mukashibanashi no zu - Ukiyo e print
Print showing a procession of men wearing animal masks and hats with horns, carrying a warrior on a litter along the shore of a lake, with a temple in the background.
Utagawa Toyokuni - Ouka no Oiran dōchū
Print shows a woman standing beneath a parasol with branches of cherry blossoms above. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: Hashira... More
Kashidori fukurō, print by Utamaro Kitagawa
Print shows an owl and a jay perched on branches in a tree. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. From the series: Momo chidori kyōka awase.... More
Tsubakura kiji, print by Utamaro Kitagawa
Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. From the series: Momo chidori kyōka awase. Format: full color illustrated Kyōkabon. Forms part of: Jap... More
[A man engaged in metalwork, appears to be melting statues to reuse th...
Title and date devised by Library staff; other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. Fake attributed to Katsushika Hokusai. Forms part of: Japanese prints... More
[Cucumber or squash and eggplant] - Ukiyo e print
Public domain reproduction of artwork, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Mitate rokkasen, Utagawa Toyokuni - Ukiyo e print
Print shows five men and one woman, variously dressed and some holding an item associated with them. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. F... More
Utagawa Toyokuni - Sanya karitaku no zu
Print shows two courtesans, full-length, standing, one leaning on a railing, facing right, the other holding a scroll, reading, facing left. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-spons... More
Nidaime sawamura yodogorō (no kawatsura hōgen to) bandō zenji (no oni ...
Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: vertical Oban Nishikie. Adachi modern reprint (Showa). Purchase; H. Irving Olds; 1938. Forms p... More
Sandaime ichikawa yaozō - Public domain portrait print
Print shows the actor Ichikawa Yaozō III, bust portrait, facing left. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: vertical Oban Nishikie. ... More
Henjō - Public domain Japanese woodblock print
Print shows the poet Henjō with two other women reading poetry.
[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 into the house. Title devised by Library staff, no information provided by Nichibunken-spon... More
[Grapes on a vine] - Public domain drawing
Two sheets fastened in the middle. 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).
Niwa Tokei - Shōgatsu kazari - Public domain drawing
Print shows a lobster, ribbon, and tree branches arranged on a box. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. Format: full Obosho Nishikie Sur... More
Yamauba no chichi o suh kintaro
Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. Format: vertical Oban Nishikie. Forms part of: Japanese prints and drawings (Library of Congress).
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
Kinuta no tamagawa, Katsushika Hokusai - Ukiyo e print
Print shows a woman daydreaming while leaning on a device for beating cloth; a young boy holding a cage is standing nearby. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print sp... More
Narumi, Katsushika Hokusai - Public domain drawing
Print shows a woman working with fabric as a child tries to look over her shoulder. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. From the series:... More
Shigenoi kowakare, Utagawa Toyokuni - Ukiyo e print
Print showing a woman holding a tray of rice cakes?, standing over a man sitting on the floor next to a gameboard. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists... More
Shinagawa, Katsushika Hokusai, depicting Mount Fuji
Print shows three women sorting clams by size, 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 s... More
Yanagi no sita no bijin - Public domain scan / drawing
Print shows two women, one wearing a large white hat, and a child standing beneath a willow tree. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. Fo... More
Yokkaichi, Katsushika Hokusai - Public domain drawing
Print shows two women travelers smoking pipes, sitting in baskets on a horse, with a male attendant, at a shrine. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists ... 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
Kira Yoshinaka - Jūnidanme, Katsushika Hokusai, Forty Seven Rōnin
Print shows the night attack on the villa and the capture of Moronō (Kira). Scene from act twelve of the play Chūshingura or revenge of the 47 Rōnin. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibun... More
Aikyo zumo, Utamaro ii, 1800-1820
Print shows two children wrestling. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: vertical Aiban Nishikie. Forms part of: Japanese prints an... More
Katsukawa Shunsen (勝川 春扇) - Kishibe no hagi
Print shows three women and two children playing on the banks of a river or lake. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. Format: Nishikie. ... More
Katsukawa Shunsen (勝川 春扇) - Hotaru gari
Print shows three women and two boys next to a small shrine along the shore, one of the women and one of boys have nets with which they are trying to catch fireflies; there is a small bridge leading to a small ... More
Matsu no hora no takasago no jō to uba
Print shows an elderly couple in a decayed hollow of a pine tree. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. Format: Shikishi Nishikie Surimono... 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
Kiichi hōgen to oumaya kisanta - Public domain drawing
Print shows two poets. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. From the series: Ushiwaka rokkasen : Six poets of Ushiwakamaru (Minamoto Yosh... More
[A man and a woman, seen from behind, are looking to where the man is ...
Public domain photo of Japanese woodblock print, Ukiyo-e, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Shibaura no seiran, Andō Hiroshige - Ukiyo e print
Print shows two boats anchored in the harbor at Shibaura, smaller boats and low buildings of the village in the background. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print sp... More
Tengu nado - Public domain drawing
Drawing shows five vignettes, warrior on horseback, man with sword, warrior with large ax, figure upside down with long staff, and old man sitting, beating drum, with a man kneeling before him. Title and other ... 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
[A monk reclining, holding a large conical hat in front of him, with v...
Public domain photo of Japanese woodblock print, Ukiyo-e, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Fujimusume no harukoma, Utagawa Toyokuni - Ukiyo e print
Print shows an actor, possibly wearing a mask, in the role of a maiden with a hobby horse hand puppet. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-200... More
Nakamura shikan no hyakusho yasaku - Ukiyo e print
Print shows the actor Nakamura Shikan portraying Yasaku, a farmer holding a rifle outside farm buildings. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-... 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
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
Kuwana, Andō Hiroshige - Public domain drawing
Print shows two sailboats, possibly ferries, near the sea walls at the Kuwana station on the Tōkaidō Road; also shows large palace building. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-spons... 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
Gyōtoku no kihan, Andō Hiroshige - Ukiyo e print
Print shows a ferry in the foreground transporting people and bundles, with two sailboats in the background. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 20... More
Zōgahana nadagorō - Public domain portrait print
Print shows Zōgahana Nadagorō, full-length portrait, standing, facing left, wearing striped robe.
Shimada kanaya, Andō Hiroshige - Ukiyo e print
Print shows a long trail of travelers crossing the Oi River between the Shimada and Kanaya stations on the Tōkaidō Road. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print speci... 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
Futagawa - Public domain Japanese woodblock print
Print shows travelers with palanquins and approaching on foot, a shop with the merchant sitting on a bench in front, at the Futagawa station on the Tōkaidō Road.
Utagawa Hiroshige - Hara, Andō Hiroshige, depicting Mount Fuji
Print shows travelers, including a person riding in a basket on horseback, pass rice fields near the Hara station on the Tōkaidō Road, with view of Mount Fuji in the background. Title and other descriptive info... 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
Genji monogatari 54 Andō Hiroshige
Japanese print showing scene from Murasaki Shikibu's Tale of Genji with elaborately dressed woman and man separated by a screen. Signature: Hiroshige ga. Hiroshige I was alive in 1852. It is less likely that t... 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
Fujieda, Andō Hiroshige - Public domain drawing
Print shows a group of pilgrims crossing a shallow river, one being carried in a sedan chair, and three borne on the backs of others, at the 23rd station on the Tōkaidō Road. Title and other descriptive informa... 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
Chief interpreter Moryamo Yenoski and Tako Juro interpreter / dag. by ...
Print shows two Japanese men, Moryamo Yenoski and Tako Juro, full-length portrait, standing facing front, as interpreters for members of the Perry expedition in Japan. Plate from: Narrative of the expedition o... 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
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
Teppōzu inaribashi minato jinjya Andō Hiroshige
Print shows view from between the masts of a sailboat of the harbor with cargo boats, the Inari Bridge, a shrine, and Mount Fuji in the distance. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-... More
Ayasegawa kanegafuchi - Public domain Japanese woodblock print
Print shows a man poling a raft among reeds in marsh area of river with blossoming mimosa(?) tree in the foreground.
Yotsuya naitō shijuku, Andō Hiroshige - Ukiyo e print
Print shows rear view of horses with decorated hooves, a row of shops with shoppers. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. From the series: ... 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
Musashi noge Yokohama, depicting Mount Fuji
Print shows sailboats on lake or river with a view of Mount Fuji in the background.
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
Seiyō heishi zu - Public domain print
Print shows front, side, and rear views of soldiers holding rifles. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: light colors on paper. Wof... More
Chōhi (azana yokutoku) - Public domain portrait print
Print shows Zhang Fei, full-length portrait, facing left, carrying a staff, walking in snow. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. Format:... More
James McNeill Whistler - [The Japanese dress]
Title and other information from Beall. Signed with butterfly on plate and in pencil. Coll. mark: H. G. Whittemore (Lugt suppl. 1384a). Ex coll. : J. Caldwell. American prints in the Library of Congress : a cat... 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
Yokohama kyūjitsu - Oroshiyajin yūkō, Sadahide Utagawa
Japanese print shows two Russian men, one holding a telescope, and a child looking at the scenery along the shoreline in Yokohama, Japan; Russian ship in the background. Signature: Gountei Sadahide ga. Engravi... More
[Studio portraits of a Japanese officer, a girl in indoor dress, a bli...
Captions on front of item: "Japanese officer in gala costume" (upper left); "Japanese girl in indoor costume" (upper right); "Blind shampooer" (lower left); and "A Japanese officer (yaconin) in straw raincoat"... More
[Studio portraits of Japanese botanist's wife, a married woman, a woma...
Captions on front of item: "Japanese botanist's wife" (upper left); "Japanese married lady" (upper right); "A Japanese country girl" (lower left); and "A Japanese "nanso kow" or coolie" (lower right). Captions... More
[Outdoor portraits of a Japanese officers on horseback and studio port...
Captions on front of item: "Japanese officer on horseback" (upper left); "A Japanese mounted officer" (upper right); "Girl in everyday dress and Japanese spaniel" (lower left); and "Japanese singing girls" (lo... More
[Negotiations] - Public domain drawing - Ukiyo e print
Print shows a man wearing padded armor with a quiver full of arrows kneeling before a man sitting on a raised platform with members of his court sitting at the periphery of the mostly enclosed area; soldiers wi... More
Otōmyō - Public domain Japanese woodblock print
Print shows oil lamps on a tray and a ball. Public domain photograph of 19th-century woodblock print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
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).
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
[Nandina bush with berries] / Megata., engraving, Library of Congress
Public domain image related to botany, botanical artwork, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
[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).