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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

Kōkan Shiba - Chikyū zenzu - Public domain old map

Relief shown pictorially. Hand drawn copy of first map on copperplate in Japan. The paper has been authenticated by the Metropolitan Museum as 18th century Japanese paper. Originally published Tōto Shibamon, [J... 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

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

Goten-yama hill, Shinagawa on the Tōkaidō

Print shows people having a picnic as others stroll along paths through grove of cherry trees at blossom time at the Shinagawa station on the Tōkaidō Road, with view of Mount Fuji in the distance. Title from on... 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

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.

Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. USS West Virginia aflame. Disregarding the dang...

Picryl description: Public domain historical photo of Second World War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

USS Arizona, at height of fire, following Japanese aerial attack on Pe...

Official U.S. Navy photograph. W-Ph-30-8981. Public domain photograph of Imperial Japan, Japanese empire, during World War Two, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description Public domain ... More

Los Angeles County, California. The evacuation of Japanese-Americans f...

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

Twin Falls, Idaho. FSA (Farm Security Administration) farm workers' ca...

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

Los Angeles County, California. The evacuation of Japanese and Japanes...

Picryl description: Public domain historical photo of Second World War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Civilian exclusion order #5, posted at First and Front streets, direct...

Title and other information transcribed from caption card and photo mount. Photo attributed to Dorothea Lange. Photograph from U.S. War Relocation Authority. No. A-40. "OWI V 76." Forms part of: Farm Security A... More

Pearl Harbor bombing. Stricken from the air. Testifying to the extent ...

Picryl description: Public domain historical photo of Second World War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Shelley, Idaho. FSA (Farm Security Administration) mobile camp. Dishin...

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

Santa Anita reception center, Los Angeles County, California. The evac...

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

[Japanese American soldiers of the 442nd Combat Team at dance, Camp Sh...

Photograph by Bureau of Public Relations, War Department. Public domain photograph of Imperial Japan, Japanese empire during World War Two, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Victory Day celebration, July 14, 1919, Arch of Triumph, Paris

Stereograph title from item. Series title and number from accompanying guide book (call number: D521.H32). Keystone catalog no. 18775. Copyright by The Keystone View Company. Purchase; Jeffrey Kraus; 2009; (DLC... More

Hāto Maunten senchineru : Japanese edition of Heart Mountain sentinel ...

Weekly Vol. 1, no. 1 (Oct. 24, 1942)-vol. IV, no. 31 (July 28, 1945). Title from masthead. Published for the Heart Mountain Relocation Center established by the War Relocation Authority for Civilians of Japanes... More

Poston chronicle (Poston, Ariz.), October 7, 1944

Weekly, Sept. 19-Oct. 23, 1945 Vol. 8, no. 8 (Dec. 22, 1942)-v. 27, no. 18 (Oct. 23, 1945). Collected in Japanese camp papers. Available on microfilm from the Library of Congress, Photoduplication Service. Also... More

Japanese pre-war colonization - Public domain map

Cover title. English and Japanese, with ms. Spanish translations of Japanese captions. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. 南洋二於ケル邦人拓殖事業状況圖 --Japanese Enterprises in the S... More

Rokkī shimpō = Rocky shimpo (Denver, Colo.), September 18, 1944

Daily (except Sunday and holidays), Dec. 10, 1945-<June 6, 1951> Began in Apr. 1943. Ceased June 6, 1961. Extra editions accompany some numbers. Collected in Japanese camp papers. "Issued for benefit of the Nis... More

The Rohwer outpost (Rohwer i.e. McGehee Ark.), August 2, 1944

Vol. 1, no. 1 (Oct. 24, 1942)- Ceased in 1945. English section published weekly, July 7-21, 1945. Bound with a preliminary issue dated October 9, 1942 with title: Bulletin. Has supplements. Also issued on micro... More

Granada pioneer (Amache, Colo.), January 22, 1944

Semiweekly, Mar. 3, 1943-Sept. 15, 1945 Vol. 1, no. 1 (Oct. 28, 1942)-v. 3, no. 91 (Sept. 15, 1945). Collected in Japanese camp papers. Has supplements. Available on microfilm from the Colorado Historical Socie... More

Japanese pre-war colonization - Public domain map

Jūgun zatsuei. 1930s Japan, public domain image.

"MOJ 75-A 686": intended for microfilm. In Kanbun. Colophon title. LC copy from Naimushō Keihokyoku censorship collection; classified as "annei" and banned. Binding: Oriental style (fukurotoji). LC copy has "... More

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

Royal Japanese Troupe, American vaudeville and popular entertainment 1...

Y18985 U.S. Copyright Office Created by "The United States Ptg, Co., Russell & Morgan Factories, Cincinnati, O., copyrighted 1892." No. 1534. Forms part of: Theatrical poster collection (Library of Congress)

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

Kykuit, Japanese Gardens, 200 Lake Road, Pocantico Hills, Westchester ...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N262 Survey number: HABS NY-6334-E

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

[The interior of a kabuki theater]

Print shows a full audience of men and women at a kabuki theater. Adachi modern reprint (Showa). Forms part of: Japanese prints and drawings (Library of Congress).

Kiyonobu Torii - [Two lovers under an umbrella]

Print shows a man and a woman, full-length, walking beneath an umbrella. Adachi modern reprint (Showa). Forms part of: Japanese prints and drawings (Library of Congress).

[Reading a love letter], Kiyomasu Torii

Print shows a young woman reading a love letter. Adachi modern reprint (Showa). Forms part of: Japanese prints and drawings (Library of Congress).

[Hanging poems on a cherry tree]

Print shows a woman, full-length, standing, hanging poems in a blossoming cherry tree.

Kiyohiro Torii - [The harmonic couple] - Ukiyo e print

Print shows a man and a woman sitting on a bench, playing a flute, beneath a blossoming tree. Adachi modern reprint (Showa). Forms part of: Japanese prints and drawings (Library of Congress).

[Vine with blossoms] - Drawing. Public domain image.

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

Suehirogari, Katsushika Hokusai - Ukiyo e print

Print shows two dancers, one holding a fan and the other holding a parasol. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. One page from an illustrat... More

Yoshiwara, Katsushika Hokusai - Public domain drawing

Print shows an older man and two young apprentices, possibly women, manually operating a stirring device, or possibly making pulp for paper. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-spons... More

Mutamagawa senmen harimaze, Katsushika Hokusai - Ukiyo e print

Print shows several fans with landscape scenes, a man traveling on horseback, and two women doing laundry or ironing. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print speciali... More

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