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Ryōgokubashi no sekisho, Harunobu Suzuki, Woodblock Print, Japan

Print shows two women on the Ryōgoku Bridge at sunset. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. From the series: Fūryū edo hakkei : Modern vers... More

Daikon - Public domain scan / drawing - Ukiyo e print

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

Tekkai sennin, Okumura Masanobu - Ukiyo e print

Print shows a woman holding her hands over a man's eyes and blowing a puff of air upon which a small male figure ascends; another woman is waving to the man on the puff of air and appears to be offering him a s... More

Taka no ha moyō no tachi bijin - Public domain drawing

Print shows a courtesan wearing feather-pattern kimono. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Adachi modern reprint (Showa). Purchase; H. Ir... More

Takenuki gorō, Kiyomasu Torii - Public domain drawing

Print shows a man, possibly Tokimune Soga (Gorō), uprooting bamboo. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Adachi modern reprint (Showa). Pur... More

Ichikawa danjūrō [to] ichikawa monnosuke - Ukiyo e print

Print shows the actor Ichikawa Monnosuke as a courtesan and Ichikawa Danjūrō as a merchant.

[Deer, two bucks fighting, next to a stream]

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

[Beauties of the three capitals triptych], Kiyomasu Torii

Print shows three courtesans, full-length, standing. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. From the series: Santo sanpukutsui. Adachi modern... More

[Two girls whispering], Okumura Masanobu - Ukiyo e print

Print shows a woman, sitting, embracing a young girl, and whispering to her. Adachi modern reprint (Showa). Forms part of: Japanese prints and drawings (Library of Congress).

Toyonobu Ishikawa - Kaki mogi[tori?] - Ukiyo e print

Print shows a young man holding a young woman on his shoulders as she reaches to pick persimmons from a branch above them. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print spe... More

Ito zukuri, Yoshifuji Utagawa - Public domain drawing

Print shows two women preparing silk thread. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. From the series: Hōnen kaiko yōiku : Sericulture. Forma... More

[Teapot with cherry or plum blossoms]

Title and date 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).

[Blossoms from two kinds of hydrangea], Yasukuni Tachibana

Title devised by Library staff, other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. From the series: Ehon noyamagusa : Illustrated book of mountain grasses. Format:... More

[A man carrying a large object]

Forms part of: Japanese prints and drawings (Library of Congress). Public domain photograph of Japanese art, 18th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Utagawa Toyoharu - Kennyuhsan no zu ni

Print of a painting in an ornate frame with feet for display on floor or other flat surface showing crowd outside vendor stalls around a large temple; most of the people are entering the temple. Title and other... More

Chōsui, Harunobu Suzuki, Woodblock Print, Japan

Print shows two women struggling over a poem or letter scroll. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. From the series: Fūryū goshikizumi : Mo... More

Utagawa Toyoharu - Ukie isedaijingū ryōsho daidaimikagura no zu

Print shows a perspective view in the shrine at Ise with a ceremony taking place before the royal throne. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-... More

Araihari, Harunobu Suzuki, Woodblock Print, Japan

Print shows two women with a large washtub and a hammock, washing cloth and laying it on the hammock to dry. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 20... More

Sawamura sōjūrō no kudō suketsune [to] ichikawa danzō no soga no gorō

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

Jūsan, Harunobu Suzuki, Woodblock Print, Japan

Print shows a woman offering a lighted pipe to her lover reclining on a bed nearby, also, from an adjoining room, a man (probably her husband) peeking from beneath a small table with a portion of a bird (rooste... More

Hibachi o kakomu gonin no otoko, Shunsh Katsukawa

Print shows five men relaxing around a hibachi; a shamisen rests on a platform in a room to the rear, and a standing screen with various symbols is in the foreground. Title and other descriptive information com... More

Fumiyomu onna. Book illustration from Library of Congress

Print shows a half-length portrait of a woman reading a letter. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. From the series: Fujo ninsō juppon : T... More

[Makura ehon no iichibu] - Public domain drawing

Print shows a man reclining. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Overpainted sheet from one of Utamaro's erotic books. Forms part of: Japa... More

Onoe matsusuke, Shunk Katsukawa - Ukiyo e print

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

Ouka no nibijin - Torii Kiyonaga

Print shows two women standing beneath a blossoming cherry tree. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. Format: Hashirae Nishikie. Forms pa... More

Yōkyū, Eishi Hosoda - Public domain drawing

Print shows three women amusing themselves shooting arrows. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: part of a vertical Oban Nishikie t... More

Yatsushi Manzai - Public domain Japanese woodblock print

Print shows two women, one sitting playing a drum, the other standing.

Daikagura, print by Utamaro Kitagawa - Ukiyo e print

Print shows actors in lion costume dancing in front of women and children gathered at a window, and children and adults outside the building. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-spon... More

Shinpan shiba sanenzan zoujōji shōmen no zu

Print shows travelers and pedestrians walking on a promenade that passes a temple and a grove of trees. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06... More

Itsutomi, Eishi Hosoda - Public domain portrait drawing

Print shows a woman, full-length, standing, turned slightly to the left, a shamisen at her feet. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. From ... More

Yodaime matsumoto kōshirō [no yamato no yabodaijin to] shodai nakayama...

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

Inu no koku, print by Utamaro Kitagawa

Print shows a young woman sitting on a mat, holding a long scroll and writing materials, she has turned to the left to speak with a young servant or apprentice kneeling behind her. Title and other descriptive i... More

Shinozuka uraemon no (miyako za) kōjō zu

Ushiromuki no kanjo zu, Eishi Hosoda

Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Part of an illustrated book (36 Poets?). Forms part of: R. Leicester Harmsworth collection. Forms part... More

Ase o fuku onna, Head and Shoulders Portrait

Print shows a head-and-shoulders portrait of a young woman wiping her face. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Adachi modern reprint (Sho... More

Baiju, Shunman Kubo - Public domain architecture drawing

Print shows blossoms on a plum tree. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. Format: satin Nishikie Surimono. Forms part of: Japanese prints... More

Tamaya uchi wakamurasaki komurasaki, Tsukimaro Kitagawa

Print shows two courtesans, bust portraits, facing right. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: Hashirae-ban Nishikie. Forms part of... More

Utagawa Toyokuni - Yatsushi ide no tamagawa

Print shows two women crossing a stream, one woman is holding a long piece of paper, the other woman is carrying shoes on a small tray. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored ... More

[Man with a broom, wearing geta; woman with spinning wheel; man with a...

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).

[Red peppers 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).

[Jūichidanme - act eleven of the Chūshingura - searching the house], F...

Print shows a scene during the attack on Kira Yoshinaka's home by the 47 rōnin, with two men about to engage in combat inside a dwelling, disrupting a woman playing the koto and knocking down partitions. Title ... More

[Demon with sword in his mouth upsets tea ceremony]

Print shows a man or demon, holding sword in his mouth, struggling with two women at a tea party beneath a tree. Gift; Crosby Stuart Noyes; 1906. Forms part of: Crosby Stuart Noyes collection (Library of Congr... More

Bijin to otafuku, Head and Shoulders Portrait

Print shows two actors, one wearing an otafuku mask and drinking from a cup, head-and-shoulders portrait. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-... More

Gotenyama no umemi - Public domain scan / drawing

Print shows two women and a child with a telescope viewing plum blossoms from the edge of a cliff on the coast. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in... More

Kasanui, Katsushika Hokusai - Public domain drawing

Print shows a woman sitting with a man who is sewing an umbrella. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. From the series: Shokunin sanjū roku... More

Giga shinnen no iwai - Public domain drawing

Print shows a man kneeling, holding a saucer overhead with outstretched arms and a servant standing on her toes, pouring tea into the saucer. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-spon... More

Hachidanme, depicting Mount Fuji, Forty Seven Rōnin

Print shows Tonase, Honzō's wife, and her stepdaughter Konami passing Mount Fuji on Konami's bridal journey to find Rikiya; many pilgrims are visible behind them traveling on the Tōkaidō Road. Scene from act ei... More

Ōtomo no kuronushi, Katsushika Hokusai - Ukiyo e print

Print shows Otomo Kuronushi, a poet, sitting, facing right. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. From the series: Rokkasen : Six poets. For... More

Arai, Katsushika Hokusai - Public domain drawing

Print shows pilgrims and a porter with shoulder pole on the Tōkaidō Road. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. From the series: Tōkaidō R... More

Ushjiwakamaru no takageta naoshi - Ukiyo e print

Print shows a cobbler repairing the young warrior Ushiwakamaru's geta. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: vertical Koban Nishikie... More

Kuwana, Katsushika Hokusai - Public domain drawing

Print shows two woman and a child with baskets of eggs or colored stones. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. From the series: Tōkaidō R... More

Mitsuke - Public domain Japanese woodblock print

Print shows an elderly traveler sitting on a low platform, his hat and bundles next to him, eating noodles, with another traveler seated behind him, at a rest stop on the Tōkaidō Road.

Segawa Kikunojō, Utagawa Toyokuni - Ukiyo e print

Print showing the actor Segawa Kikunojō, full-length portrait, standing, facing left, on a low pier with flowers growing around it. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo ... More

Miura ōsuke yoshiaki [to] miurabettō yoshizumi

Print shows two warriors, one on horseback about to strike the other who is holding the reins of the horse and a pike with long blade. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored E... More

Gotenyama no hanami migi - Public domain drawing

Print shows two women, one seated, holding a box and one holding onto the sedan chair (see FP 2 - JPD, no. 2289), also, a young girl holding an infant (or doll), with cherry blossoms above and sailboats in the ... More

Matsubaya uchi yosooi, Utamaro ii, 1800-1820

Print shows Yosoi of Matsuba-ya, a courtesan, walking with a young female attendant and a male servant carrying a large parasol. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo pri... More

Hagi, Utagawa Toyokuni - Public domain drawing

Print shows a woman, full-length, standing next to a large bush. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. From the series: Imayō rokkasen : Mod... More

Tsuruya uchi kashiku - Public domain portrait painting

Print shows the courtesan Kashiku, full-length portrait, standing in front of a tree in blossom, facing slightly right, with young female attendant, both wearing numerous hairpins.

Amezaiku, Shunman Kubo - Public domain drawing

Print shows an illustration of a bird on a stick with flowers and an unopened blossom. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: Shikish... More

Kataoka nizaemon no sasaki ganryū, Hokushū Shunkōsai

Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: vertical Oban Nishikie, Osaka-e print. Formerly attributed to: Katsukawa, Shunsen, 1762-ca. 18... More

[Stag looking for its mate] - Public domain book illustration

Ukiyo-e print illustration shows a stag based on the Rinpa style of Ogata Kōrin. Page in: Kōrin hyakuzu. Kyōto : Hosokawa Kaiekidō, [not before 1815]. Exhibited: "The Floating world of Ukiyo-e: shadows, dreams... More

Rokudanme, Utagawa Kuniyasu, Forty Seven Rōnin

Print shows a woman, Osai, owner of a brothel, in a palanquin with porters at the front and back. She has come to Yoichibei's cottage to make the final payment for Okaru, Yoichibei's daughter. She is confronted... More

Tamaya uchi koshikibu - Public domain Japanese woodblock print

Print shows Koshikibu, a courtesan, full-length, walking with two attendants.

Shiba atagoyama no zu - Public domain scan / drawing

Print shows wide promenade and shrine buildings at the base of Mount Atago. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. Format: horizontal Chuba... More

Shinshō, Shunkōsai Hokushū - Public domain drawing

Print shows a warrior climbing through a hole busted through a wall; above is a poem by Shunkosai, Hokushū. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 200... More

Onoe kikugorō no hayano kanpei, Forty Seven Rōnin

Print shows the actor Onoe Kikugorō, full-length portrait, standing, facing slightly left, in the role of Hayano Kampei (Kayano Sanpei), a retainer of Enya Hangan from the Chūshingura. Title and other descripti... More

Tokei to takarabune no kakejiku - Ukiyo e print

Print shows a painting of a ship on a scroll or wall hanging and the face of a clock on a wooden box. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006... More

Mitōshi no aki no tsuki, Eizan Kikukawa

Print shows a woman, full-length portrait, standing on a wooden walkway, facing right with both hands on her forehead, possibly looking at the moon. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunk... More

Katsukawa Shunsen (勝川春扇) - Nakamura utaemon no katō masakiyo [kiyomas...

Print shows the actor Nakamura Utaemon, head-and-shoulders portrait, as a warrior in the role of Katō Kiyomasa (Masakiyo). Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print spe... More

Yometori yoshi, Hokkei Totoya - Public domain scenic drawing

Print shows a woman with long hair standing next to a lute with ribbons on it and a low table with a bonsai tree . Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists... More

Heike monogatari to biwa to tsuitate

Print shows a lute, the Tale of Keike, an article of clothing, and a painted screen with natural scene of bushes and mountains. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo prin... More

Geisha zu - Public domain drawing

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).

Kankan odori no uta - Public domain Japanese woodblock print

Print shows three dancers and four musicians. Public domain photograph of 19th-century woodblock print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Issei ichidai nakamura utaemon no shunkan

Print shows the actor Nakamura Utaemon as a priest holding a mirror in a snowy landscape. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: vert... More

Kanagawa oki nami ura - Public domain drawing

Print shows a huge wave bearing down on boats 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 the se... More

Ume ni kabuto - Drawing. Public domain image.

Print shows the helmet of Kajiwara Genda Kagesue, a master horseman and samurai of the Minamoto clan, on a plum tree.

Tamaya uchi Usugumo, Kuniyoshi Utagawa - Ukiyo e print

Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. Format: one panel of vertical Oban Nishikie triptych. Aizuri ; triptych. Forms part of: Japanese pri... More

Sō, portrait - Public domain portrait print

Drawing showing a monk seated, facing right. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. Attributed to: Hokusai School. Forms part of: Japanese ... More

[Two mice, one lying on the ground with head resting on forepaws, the ...

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

[A traveler, seated, wearing a robe, boots, and rounded-top conical ha...

Attributed to a group of drawings 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 part of: Japanese... More

Ume ni uguisu o nagameru kanjo - Public domain drawing

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

[A man walking to the left, wearing a large conical hat and a straw or...

[Butterfly and moth], Katsushika Hokusai - Ukiyo e print

Washū yoshino yoshitsune uma arai no taki

Print shows two men standing in a stream washing a horse next to a waterfall. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. From the series: Shoko... More

Yoshida, Andō Hiroshige - Public domain scan / drawing

Print shows scaffolding around a temple building on the right and on the left people walking across a bridge spanning a river at the Yoshida station on the Tōkaidō Road. Title and other descriptive information ... More

Nakamura utaemon no denkaibō - Public domain portrait drawing

Print shows the actor Nakamura Utaemon portraying Den Kaibō dancing with a fan. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: vertical Oban ... More

Eitaibashi tsukuda oki isaribune Andō Hiroshige

Print shows pedestrians with palanquin crossing bridge with large boats moored in the background. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. Fr... More

Utagawa Hiroshige - Kanbara, Ando Hiroshige - Ukiyo e print

Print shows people walking during an evening snowfall at the Kanbara station on the Tōkaidō Road. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. From... More

Minamoto no muneyuki ason - Public domain scenic drawing

Print shows five men warming themselves by a fire outside a hut covered with snow. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. From the series: Hy... More

Kyōto no zu, Utagawa Kunisada, Japan

Print shows a woman sitting on a cloud overlooking Kyōto, the final station on the Tōkaidō Road. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. Fro... More

Futomi fuji, Katsushika Hokusai - Ukiyo e print

Print shows three travelers looking at Mount Fuji through an opening in a wall. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. From the series: Fug... More

Yui no zu, Utagawa Kunisada, Japan

Print shows a man, on a mountain pass at the Yui station on the Tōkaidō Road, carrying a long box over his shoulder, looking back through clouds at travelers standing on a cliff above the sea with sailboats and... More

Asukayama no bosetsu, Ando Hiroshige - Ukiyo e print

Print shows people walking in the snow, one leading a horse, past a hillside with snow-covered trees and several small shrines, low buildings on the left. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nic... More

Takanawa no kihan, Ando Hiroshige - Ukiyo e print

Print shows sailboats, some anchored and some under sail. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. From the series: Tōto hakkei : Eight views i... More

Tamaya yoji, Kuniyoshi Utagawa - Public domain image related to music ...

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

Momijigari no himegimi, Utagawa Kunisada, Japan

Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. Format: one panel of a vertical Oban Nishikie triptypch. Forms part of: Japanese prints and drawings... More

Hamamatsu, Andō Hiroshige - Public domain scenic drawing

Print shows travelers warming themselves at a large fire on the Tōkaidō Road near the Hamamatsu station. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2... More

Totsuka, Andō Hiroshige - Public domain scenic drawing

Print shows travelers, including two carrying a litter with passenger, on the Tōkaidō Road at the Totsuka station. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists... More

[Lotus plants in various stages of development], Yasukuni Tachibana

[Thomas Carlyle, author] - Public domain print

Japanese print shows Carlyle horrified to see his manuscript burn after his dog upsets a lamp. Annotations, stamps, etc. on verso of print: 181; 47623a (white label); LC2585; 43. Earlier control number: 236.3-... More

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