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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

[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

[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).

[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

[A willing letter writer] - Public domain drawing

Print shows a man with two women, one of the women is writing a letter. Adachi modern reprint (Showa). Forms part of: Japanese prints and drawings (Library of Congress).

Engawa no wakai danjo, Harunobu Suzuki, Woodblock Print, Japan

Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. Format: vertical Chuban Nishikie. Signed Suzuki Harunobu. Modern Reproduction, but apparently NOT ba... More

Sawamura Sōjūrō no Soga no Jūrō to Ichikawa Yaozō no Soga no Gorō

Print shows two actors (possibly Sawamura Sōjūrō, 1685-1756, and Ichikawa Yaozō) in the roles of two brothers who attempt to revenge their father's murder. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Ni... More

[Two men, possibly actors] - Public domain drawing

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

Kiyomitsu Torii - Yukidama o tsukuru musume

Print shows a young woman, wearing high geta and a kimono with hat designs, rolling a large snowball. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006... More

Ichikawa danzō no shinozuka gorō [to] sakata hangorō no omo

Print shows two actors struggling over an anchor. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: Hosoban Benizuri-e. Forms part of: R. Leices... More

Iwai hanshirō no shirabyōshi - Public domain portrait print

Print shows Iwai Hanshirō, an actor, full-length portrait, standing, facing right, in the role of a shirabyōshi dancer (as a woman dressed as a man). Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibun... More

Taira no Kanemori, Harunobu Suzuki, Woodblock Print, Japan

Print shows a mother reclining next to her child and an elderly woman sitting nearby. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. From the series:... More

Ōeyama monogatari, Shigemasa Kitao - Ukiyo e print

Print shows at the top, two warriors setting out in pursuit of a young woman whom they catch up to at the bottom of the print. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print... More

Kanda sairei no dashi no gangu o hiku haha to ko

Print shows a woman holding a child who pulls a string attached to a toy float, and another child standing next to the float. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print ... More

Yamashita kinsaku no senjichauri omiya - 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).

Kamisuki - Public domain drawing - Ukiyo e print

Print shows a worker making paper by dipping the frame into a vat of water and pulp. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. Format: Kogata ... More

Utagawa Toyoharu - Ukie jūnidan kangen no zu

Print shows a long hall receding into the background for a perspective view, with eight women playing musical instruments arranged along the sides and in the rear is a woman playing a koto; in the foreground, o... More

Tako age suru danjo - Public domain drawing

Print shows a young man holding a string attached to a kite held by a young woman standing on a veranda above him. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists... More

Satsuki hototogisu, Isoda Koryūsai - Ukiyo e print

Print shows a young woman arranging blossoming branches, she has turned to look at a cuckoo as it passes her window. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialis... More

Sukeroku shirozak euri, Isoda Koryūsai - Ukiyo e print

Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. From the series: Seiro niwaka kyogen : Comedy bursting from the green houses. Format: vertical Chuban ... More

Geta no yukitori, Isoda Koryūsai - Ukiyo e print

Print shows a woman holding an umbrella while a female servant removes snow from her geta. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Adachi mode... More

Hagi no tamagawa, Shunman Kubo - Public domain drawing

Print shows three women, one holding a lantern, looking at bushclover on the banks of the Tama River. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. ... More

Baika no nijo - Public domain Japanese woodblock print

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

Fujidana no sanbijin, print by Kiyonaga Torii

Print shows three women and a young boy walking beneath a wisteria arbor. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: one panel from a set... More

Michiyuki tamagawa no dan - Torii Kiyonaga

Print shows a man squatting next to a stream with a long piece of cloth in his hands, which he may be washing, and a woman standing next to him, also holding a long piece of cloth. They may be servants of the m... More

Hanami, print by Kiyonaga Torii - Ukiyo e print

Print shows two women and a young female student or attendant at the Yoshiwara looking at cherry blossoms. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005... More

Katsukawa Shunchō - Kaka no yūjo - Ukiyo e print

Print shows a courtesan with two young attendants standing beneath a cherry tree. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: Hashirae-ban... More

Matsubaya uchi Utahime, Utagawa Toyokuni - Ukiyo e print

Print shows Utahime, a courtesan, full-length portrait, standing, facing left. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: Hashirae Nishik... More

Hamayumi - Public domain Japanese woodblock print

Print shows a woman holding bow and arrows draped in a cloth, standing before a young boy.

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

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

Segawa tomisaburō [as yadorigi, wife of ogishi kurando]

Print shows Segawa Tomisaburō, an actor, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing right, in the role of Yadorigi, the wife of Ogishi Kurando. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored... More

Chōkōsai Eisho - Tsuruya uchi tsurunou - Ukiyo e print

Print shows a courtesan with two attendants. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. From the series: Seirō bijin awase : A series of beauties... More

Araihari. Book illustration from Library of Congress

Print shows two women hanging laundry. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. From the series: Fujin tewaza jūnikō : Twelve occupations of ... More

Sandiaime bandō hikosaburō (no obiya chōmemon to) yodaime iwai hanshir...

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

Yodanme, Forty Seven Rōnin - Public domain Japanese woodblock print

Print shows an old man (possibly Yuranosuke), a woman (probably Lady Kawayo), and a young man (possibly Rikiya).

[Demon, possibly Ibaraki, opening a box]

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).

[Religious ceremony with rooster]

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).

[Actors or musicians standing next to a large, decorated cylindar with...

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).

[Butterflies and moths] - Public domain drawing

Title devised by Library staff, no information provided by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. Attributed to: Settso. Forms part of: Japanese prints and drawings (Library of Congress).

Kudanme, Katsushika Hokusai - Public domain image related to music prf...

Print shows a woman putting on a hat. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. From the series: Yatsushi chūshingura : A modern chūshingura. ... More

Zōshigaya miyage, print by Utamaro Kitagawa

Print shows a man holding an infant and a woman holding a toy to distract or entertain the child. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. From... More

Haha to musume to chinomigo - Public domain drawing

Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: Hashirae-ban Nishikie. Forms part of: R. Leicester Harmsworth collection. Forms part of: Japan... More

Ichikawa Dannosuke, Utagawa Toyokuni - Ukiyo e print

Print shows the actor Ichikawa, Danzō, full-length portrait, standing, facing slightly left, holding cloth or paper in right hand. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo p... More

Kawasaki, Katsushika Hokusai - Public domain scan / drawing

Print shows a group of people in a boat being ferried across a river. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. From the series: Tōkaidō Road.... More

Hira no bosetsu, Katsushika Hokusai - Ukiyo e print

Print shows bird's-eye view of travelers on a roadway through a winter landscape with snow capped trees and mountains. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print special... More

Mariko, Katsushika Hokusai - Public domain drawing

Print shows two men sprawled on the floor at a rest stop in Mariko on the Tōkaidō Road. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. From the ser... More

Yui, Katsushika Hokusai - Public domain drawing

Print shows two men cleaning out a hut on the seashore by pushing shells(?) away from the entrance. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. ... More

Yanagi ni shirasagi, Ryūryūkyo Shinsai - Ukiyo e print

Print shows a white heron standing beneath a willow tree on the edge of a pond. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: Kogata Nishiki... More

Toyohiro Utagawa: Niwatori - Public domain drawing

Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. Format: vertical Sheet (orig. format unknown) Suminotan shukuzuri. Koban cut in half(?). Forms part ... 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

Komatsu ni yamadori - Public domain drawing

Print shows wild birds and a young pine tree. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. Format: vertical Aiban two-toned Sumizuri. Attributed ... More

Utagawa Toyokuni - Ichikawa Dannosuke no Tsunajo

Print shows the actor Ichikawa Dannosuke as Tsunajo sitting beneath a tree, facing left. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: Verti... More

Niwa Tokei - Tsuru kame to takarabune

Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. Format: full Obosho Nishikie Surimono, folded. Surimono for the celebration of cutting the long slee... More

Shichidaime ichikawa danjūrō no shimizu no kanja yoshitaka

Print shows Ichikawa Danjūrō VII, full-length portrait, facing slightly left, sitting on a sofa, in the role of a warrior, wild-eyed and clutching a bamboo staff. Title and other descriptive information compile... More

Moronobu utsushi torioi zu - Public domain drawing

Print shows two female street musicians wearing kimonos, geta, and large hats, and playing shamisens. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. ... More

Son gokū - Public domain Japanese woodblock print

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

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

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

Washi myōjin, Yajima Gogaku - Public domain drawing

Print shows a woman, full-length, standing a young man holding a rake with slips of paper attached as a portable shrine or possibly prayer offerings to Buddha; page patterned with blossoms. Title and other desc... More

Utagawa Toyokuni - Godaime segawa kikunojō no koharu

Print shows the actor Segawa Kikunojō V portraying a woman, Koharu. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: probably the central panel... More

Uma ōji, Yajima Gogaku - Public domain drawing

Print shows a woman, full-length portrait, standing beneath a tree, wearing kimono and geta, holding a large tray or cover, large pot or cistern overflowing next to the tree; page patterned with blossoms. Title... More

Inu meguro - Public domain Japanese woodblock print

Print shows a woman, full-length, wearing kimono and geta, standing outside a small shop with thatched roof; page patterned with blossoms.

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

Yatsushi hangonko, Shigenobu Yanagawa - Ukiyo e print

Print shows a woman looking at a small vase or incense burner on a table next to a letter on the floor. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-20... More

Kiku no tsuitate no mae no shuen

Print shows a man and three women slightly amused by another man's behavior at a drinking party. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. For... More

Katsukawa Shunsen (勝川春扇) - Shiokumi

Print shows three women with buckets and shoulder poles gathering salt at dawn. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: horizontal Oba... More

Utagawa Toyokuni - Segawa kikunojō no hashihime (Genji Monogatari)

Print shows Segawa Kikunojō, an actor, full-length portrait, standing in front of a screen, facing front, in an onnagata role portraying Hashihime (Lady at the Bridge, chapter 45 of the Tale of Genji). Title an... More

Ume ni onagadori, Andō Hiroshige - Ukiyo e print

Print shows a magpie perched on a branch with plum blossoms. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: Otanzaku-ban Nishikie. Adachi mod... More

Ōgiya yūgiri, Utagawa Kunisada, Japan - Ukiyo e print

Print shows Yugiri, a courtesan, full-length portrait, standing, facing right, with large fan on the left showing bust portrait of a woman wearing a large hat. Title and other descriptive information compiled b... More

Tomimoto no geisha, Utagawa Kunisada, Japan

Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: Vertical Oban Nishikie Vertical Diptych (Kakemono). Forms part of: Japanese prints and drawing... More

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

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

Kanjo - Public domain drawing - Ukiyo e print

Print shows a woman, full-length, from behind showing the length of her hair. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. Attributed to: Keigasa... More

[Small red blossoms on a vine] - Public domain scenic drawing

Mutsuki - Public domain drawing - Ukiyo e print

Print shows several people outside the entrance to a building, a couple is about to enter, an elderly man is using a broom to knock something from the branches of a tree, beneath which three girls are standing,... More

[A bowl with a spoon(?)] - Public domain drawing

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 - Sakanoshita, Andō Hiroshige - Ukiyo e print

Print shows travelers at a rest stop admiring waterfalls in the mountains across a deep gorge at a rest stop near the Sakanoshita station on the Tōkaidō Road. Title and other descriptive information compiled by... More

Okazaki, Andō Hiroshige - Public domain scan of drawing

Print shows travelers on a bridge across a river with buildings in the background at the Okazaki station on the Tōkaidō Road. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print ... More

Minakuchi, Andō Hiroshige - Public domain scan / drawing

Print shows a woman hanging gourd shavings to dry and another appears to be cutting large gourds as a traveler passes the Minakuchi station on the Tōkaidō Road. Title and other descriptive information compiled ... More

Utagawa Hiroshige - Mariko, Andō Hiroshige - Ukiyo e print

Print shows travelers resting at a teahouse or inn at the Mariko station on the Tōkaidō Road. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. From the... More

Akasaka, Andō Hiroshige - Public domain drawing

Print shows a view from a nearby rooftop into two rooms of an inn where travelers are preparing to dine and spend the night at the Akasaka station on the Tōkaidō Road. Title and other descriptive information co... More

Kameyama, Andō Hiroshige - Public domain scenic drawing

Print shows travelers on a steep pass on a snow-covered hillside with a castle near the top at the Kameyama station on the Tōkaidō Road. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored... 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

Nissaka, Andō Hiroshige - Public domain scenic drawing

Print shows travelers on steep roadway with large stone in the center at the bottom of the hillside at the Nissaka station on the Tōkaidō Road. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sp... 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

Yushima shōkintei, Andō Hiroshige - Ukiyo e print

Print shows women serving tea to men in a tearoom, drinking tea, reading, and writing; view of Edo through opening in rear. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print sp... More

Tori no machi no kaimono - Public domain drawing

Print shows a woman with her head covered by cloth followed by a man carrying a sack on his back, possibly returning from the harvest festival on the day of the rooster. Title and other descriptive information ... More

Eitaibashi no zu, Andō Hiroshige - Ukiyo e print

Print shows boats in the foreground and pedestrians crossing the Eitai Bridge spanning the river in the background. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialist... More

Nagata no baba sannōgū Andō Hiroshige

Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. From the series: Tōto meishi : Famous views of the capital. Format: horizontal Oban Nishikie. Forms ... More

Nihonbashi yukibare, Andō Hiroshige - Ukiyo e print

Print shows pedestrians crossing bridge over river, boats on the river, after a snowfall, with view of Mount Fuji in the distance. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo p... More

Eitai bashi Fukagawa shinchi Andō Hiroshige

Print shows pedestrians crossing large wooden bridge spanning a river or inlet at Fukagawa; also shows large ships in the background. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Ed... More

Utagawa Hiroshige - Ikegami no banshō, Andō Hiroshige

Print shows low buildings in the foreground that may be shops related to the temple, largely obscured by trees, across the bridge and in the background. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichi... 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

Yoshiwara, Andō Hiroshige, depicting Mount Fuji Andō Hiroshige

Print shows two travelers outside a shop, the vendor sitting on a table in front, also pine trees, haystacks, and a view of Mount Fuji in the background, at the Yoshiwara station on the Tōkaidō Road. Title and ... 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

Tenaraichō o motsu musume - Public domain portrait drawing

Print shows a young woman carrying a parasol over her left shoulder and a calendar in her right hand. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. ... More

Fumi yomu musume, Kuniyoshi Utagawa - Ukiyo e print

Print shows a young woman, full-length, standing, facing left, reading a letter. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: vertical Oban... More

Nakasaina sonja, Kuniyoshi Utagawa - Ukiyo e print

Print shows possibly the center panel of a tripytch an actor portraying Nakasaina Sonja, a Buddhist holy man or rakan, sitting on the head of a large frog(?), holding an incense bowl in right hand, with a small... More

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