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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.

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

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

Sake zuki, print by Utamaro Kitagawa

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

Miya, Katsushika Hokusai - Public domain drawing

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

Ryū ko niban, Yajima Gogaku - Public domain drawing

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

Shichidaime ichikawa danjūrō - Public domain portrait painting

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

Sanka hakuu, Katsushika Hokusai - Ukiyo e print

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

[Branch with leaves and berries] - Ukiyo e print

Attributed to a group of drawings, formerly bound, referred to as the "Hokusai School sketchbook." Many of the drawings have a small tab of similar paper attached at a later date and numbered in pencil. Forms ... More

Sugawara no michizane no kakejiku - Ukiyo e print

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

Yoshiwara, Ando Hiroshige, depicting Mount Fuji

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

Totsuka, Andō Hiroshige - Public domain scan / drawing

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

Ageo shuku kamo no yashiro - Public domain scan / drawing

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

Mishima, Andō Hiroshige - Public domain drawing

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

Yui, Ando Hiroshige - Public domain scan / drawing

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

Yoshiwara, Andō Hiroshige, depicting Mount Fuji

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

Ōji takinogawa, Andō Hiroshige - Ukiyo e print

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

Minowa kanasugi mikawashima, Ando Hiroshige - Ukiyo e print

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

Asakusa tanbo torinomachi mōde Andō Hiroshige

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

Hakone no kosui, depicting Mount Fuji

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

Musashi honmoku no hana Andō Hiroshige

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

Sanuki kubodani no hama - Public domain scan of drawing

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

Ikoku kotoba - rango - Public domain engraving

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

[French photographer in old Yokohama] - Ukiyo e print

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

Gaikoku jinbutsu zukushi - Amerika, Nankin - Ukiyo e print

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

[Plum branches with blossoms] - Public domain scenic drawing

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

Ashibune ni tori - Public domain drawing

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

Kobushi ni mimizuku - Public domain scan of drawing

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

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

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

Horn-rimmed spectacles - telescope

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

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

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

Shinkan no tsuki, Taiso Yoshitoshi - Ukiyo e print

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

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

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

A happy Japanese mother and babe

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

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

Tobae mitate ryūgen sennin - Public domain drawing

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

Hanami no en - Public domain drawing

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

Yamato Takeru no Mikoto - Public domain drawing

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

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

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

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

[A beauty with an umbrella], Kiyomasu Torii

Print shows the actor Nakamura Sanya as a young woman standing beneath an umbrella, wearing a head covering and geta. Adachi modern reprint (Showa). Forms part of: Japanese prints and drawings (Library of Congress).

[Nishiki brocade with cherry blossoms and wave designs on red backgrou...

Drawing shows stylized flower (cherry blossom) designs for kimonos. Title and date devised by Library staff, no information provided by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. Forms part of: J... More

Okumura masanobu no kakejiku o miru yūjo

Print shows an interior scene with two courtesans admiring a screen painting of an actor or beautiful woman by the painter Okumura Masanobu. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-spons... More

[A large bull or ox] - Drawing. Public domain image.

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

Sotoori hime, Eishi Hosoda - Public domain print

Print shows the princess Sotoori catching a spider with a fan. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. From the series: Yatsuhi sanpukutsui : ... More

Naniwaya okita, print by Utamaro Kitagawa

Print shows Naniwaya Okita, a teahouse waitress, half-length portrait, turned to the left, carrying a bowl on a tray. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print speciali... More

Sakanoshita, Katsushika Hokusai - Ukiyo e print

Print shows a man, smoking a pipe, and a porter resting on the mountain pass through Sakanoshita on the Tōkaidō Road; the porter gestures toward the view of mountains across the ravine. Title and other descript... More

Son gokū - Public domain Japanese woodblock print

Print shows a monkey on a cloud dressed as a samurai warrior.

Yodanme, Utagawa Kuniyasu - Public domain drawing

Print shows three actors, two possibly represent royal envoys who are to deliver the message that Enya Hangan (Asano Naganori) is to committ seppuku, ritual suicide, the third man is possibly Hangan brandishin... More

Kira Yoshinaka - Sandanme, Utagawa Kuniyasu, Forty Seven Rōnin

Print shows, at the entrance to a foot-bridge, a man (Kampei) with sword raised over his head, poised to strike, and standing next to him is a woman (Okaru), and lying on the ground is a man who is possibly one... More

Kira Yoshinaka - Jūichidanme, Utagawa Kuniyasu, Forty Seven Rōnin

Print shows three Rōnin samurai attacking the entrance to Moronō's (Kira Yoshinaka) home. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. From the s... More

Ryōgokubashi no nōryō, Utagawa Kunisada, Japan

Print shows a throng of men and women standing on or crossing the Ryōgoku Bridge during a festival or celebration. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists... More

[A person walking to the left, mostly obscured by an open parasol carr...

Takanawa ōkido no zu Andō Hiroshige

Print shows sailing ships in the harbor, men moving goods by hand and with carts in the port area, and a small building, possibly the customs house. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunk... More

Utagawa Hiroshige - Shirasuka, Andō Hiroshige - Ukiyo e print

Print shows a long procession on a roadway down a hillside toward the Shirasuka station on the Tōkaidō Road; also shows a broad expanse of the sea with sails in the distance. Title and other descriptive informa... More

Utagawa Hiroshige - Ōji ōgiya, Ando Hiroshige

Print shows tearooms lining a small stream with two people crossing to where a man and a child are sitting. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 200... More

Utagawa Hiroshige - Odawara, Ando Hiroshige - Ukiyo e print

Print shows travelers fording a river as others approach, some stopping to rest near the river; also shows some travelers with horses and mountains in the background at the Odawara station on the Tōkaidō Road. ... More

Utagawa Hiroshige - Tsubaki ni uguisu, Ando Hiroshige

Print shows a bird on a tree branch with camellia blossom. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. From the series: Wakan rōei shū : Virile ... More

[Fan-shaped drawing of fish swimming upstream]

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).

Fukagawa hatiman yamabiraki, Andō Hiroshige - Ukiyo e print

Print shows people viewing the cherry and wisteria blossoms along the banks of a river at the Hachiman Shrine in Fukagawa. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print spe... More

Suruga satta no kaijō - Public domain drawing

Print shows waves crashing on rocks along the coast at Satta in the Suruga Province, with view of Mount Fuji in the background. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo prin... More

Sugizakeya musume omiwa, Utagawa Kunisada, Japan

Yokohama no yōkan no yūjo, Sadahide Utagawa

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

Asashio Tarō - Public domain portrait painting

Print shows Asashio Taro, a sumo wrestler, full-length portrait, standing, facing slightly left, wearing waist wrap with birds and bamboo motif. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-s... More

Shotoku Taishi - Public domain portrait painting

Drawing shows Shōtoku Taishi, full-length, standing, facing left. Unsigned, possibly by Kano, 1878. From the "Religion" series. Gift; Mrs. David Murray; 1909. Forms part of: David Murray collection. Forms part... More

[Japanese man, full-length, standing, facing left, wearing robe over k...

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

Domestic cat - Public domain portrait painting

Drawing shows a Japanese Bobtail cat, full-length, standing, facing left. Unsigned, possibly by Kano, 1878. From the "Social life" series. Gift; Mrs. David Murray; 1909. Forms part of: David Murray collection.... More

[Mame - green bean or pea plant showing vine, leaves, pods, and blosso...

From the "Agriculture" series. Gift; Mrs. David Murray; 1909. Forms part of: David Murray collection. Forms part of: Japanese prints and drawings (Library of Congress).

Matsuo Bashō, Taiso Yoshitoshi - Public domain image related to music ...

Print shows the poet Matsuo Bashō as an old man, a traveler, stopping to talk with two men having tea by the roadside. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print special... More

[Girl holding tea pot and cup on tray]

Title devised by cataloger. No publication information; possibly advertisement. (DLC/PP-1933:0034). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress).

Kojima zu - Public domain drawing

Print shows waves crashing over rocks on the coast of Kojima Island. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: full color woodblock prin... More

Konen Uehara - Tsuki ni tomari fune

Print shows sailboats at dock and low buildings under the light of a full moon. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: full color woo... More

[Fūkeiga], Ando Hiroshige, depicting Mount Fuji

Print shows sailboats on a river or inland sea with view of Mount Fuji in the background. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: mode... More

Portrait photo of Oyouaku San (?) and her samisen

Japanese woman seated on floor holding a three-stringed Japanese instrument.

Sōshū enoshima benzaiten kaicyō sankei gunshū no zu

Japanese triptych print shows large groups of women pilgrims visiting Enoshima shrine to worship an image of Benzaiten, the Goddess of Good Fortune. They are walking towards an island on a causeway with sailboa... More

Gajō icchō, Ando Hiroshige - Public domain scan of drawing

Gajō icchō, Ando Hiroshige - Public domain scan / drawing

Benkei; fukuro musha tsuru no hitokoe

Prints show the samurai Benkei, full-length, fighting a warrior; and the envelope shows a crane flying, carrying in it's beak a rod with tassels attached to each end. Title and other descriptive information com... More

[Modern illustrated sheets with pictorial envelope]

Each illustration, including front of envelope, is signed with Japanese characters and chops. Japanese text appears in the left and right margins of the eight printed sheets. Gift; Oliver Wendell Holmes; 1935.... More

[Modern illustrated sheets with pictorial envelope]

Public Domain Images - Winter / Bertha Lum.

Japanese walking with umbrellas in snow. Signed in pencil on image. Exhibit loan 4150-L.

Matsumoto kōshirō, iwaya hanshirō, nakamura shikan

Print shows two actors on the shoulders of a giant and the third actor leaping onto the giant. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. Forma... More

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