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Toyonobu Ishikawa - Migi - Public domain drawing

Print shows a man and a woman, wearing geta, walking beneath an umbrella next to a blossoming tree. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Fr... More

[Man with a sword walking toward the left]

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

Daimyō gyōretsu no ezu - Public domain textile drawing

Print shows a long procession of men (nobility or government officials) on foot. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: horizontal Ob... More

Haha to ko, print by Sukenobu Nishikawa

Print shows a mother and her son with an open book; the boy is resting on top of the book, preventing his mother from reading it. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo pr... More

[Soga Goro making puns] - Public domain drawing

Print shows one of the Soga brothers, Goro (Tokimune), dressed as a warrior surrounded by text containing puns. Adachi modern reprint (Showa). Forms part of: Japanese prints and drawings (Library of Congress).

Ueno ikenohata sakura no hanami no kei

Print shows many people in a pavilion and in Ueno Park viewing blossoms on cherry trees. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: Uki-e... More

[The black knight], Okumura Masanobu - Ukiyo e print

Print shows a man, possibly an actor or a samurai, with sword, holding an umbrella, wearing a black kimono and geta. Adachi modern reprint (Showa). Forms part of: Japanese prints and drawings (Library of Congress).

[Akaki kinran (gold brocade with red background)] [Shiro aya (white tw...

Drawings show stylized patterned 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: David Murray co... More

[Ra (Usumono gauze weave)] [Sha gauze weave with stripes].

Drawings show two weaving patterns. Title and date devised by Library staff, no information provided by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. Forms part of: David Murray collection. Forms pa... More

[An elderly man, seen from behind, bathing in a wooden tub]

Title 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).

[Lotus in the wind, with detail of lotus pod]

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

[Vines and daffodils], Yasukuni Tachibana - Ukiyo e print

Kiyomitsu Torii - Bandō hikosaburō - Ukiyo e print

Print shows Bandō Hikosaburō, an actor, full-length portrait, standing, facing left. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. Format: Hosoban... More

Kiyomitsu Torii - Ichimura kamezo no kyo no jirō

Print shows the actor Ichimura Kamezo performing a fan dance. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: Hosoban Benizuri-e. Forms part o... More

[Two women gathering lotus blossoms], Harunobu Suzuki, Woodblock Print...

Adachi modern reprint (Showa). Forms part of: Japanese prints and drawings (Library of Congress).

Futon no naka no yūjo to kyaku - Public domain drawing

Print shows a screen enclosing a man with a courtesan on a bed. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. Format: horizontal Chuban Nishikie. ... More

Minazuki, Harunobu Suzuki, Woodblock Print, Japan

Print shows a man sitting on a bench at a teahouse overlooking the Sumida River, the waitress standing before him holding a fan and teapot, is looking over her left shoulder. Title and other descriptive informa... More

Utagawa Toyoharu - Ukie shin-yoshiwara sōjimai no zu

Print shows many women gathering together, some still entertaining men, in a large open hall in the Shin-Yoshiwara pleasure district of Tokyo. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-spo... More

Komusō, Isoda Koryūsai - Public domain drawing

Print shows a woman standing beneath a wisteria tree. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: Hashirae Nishikie. Forms part of: Japane... More

Rakugan Matsubaya Somenosuke, Isoda Koryūsai - Ukiyo e print

Print shows Somenosuke, a courtesan, full-length portrait, standing, facing left, with two attendants/trainees. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in... More

Hako chotin o motsu nidaime ichikawa monnosuke, Shunsh Katsukawa

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

Ichimuraza no mae no iroko - Public domain drawing

Print shows two young men dreaming about acting at the theater. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: Hashirae-ban Nishikie. Forms p... More

Katsukawa Shunzan - Ueno no hanami - Ukiyo e print

Print shows a man, two women, and a young child viewing cherry blossoms at Ueno. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: vertical Oban... More

Ryūka no odoriiko, print by Kiyonaga Torii

Print shows a full-length portrait of a woman holding a parasol, standing beneath a willow tree. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. For... More

Edomachi nichōme tsutaya uchi hitomachi[?] - Torii Kiyonaga

Print shows the courtesan Hitomachi with another woman and two young female attendants. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. From the ser... More

Shiokumi, print by Kiyonaga Torii - Ukiyo e print

Print shows two women carrying buckets of salt suspended from shoulder poles. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. From the series: Fūzok... More

Ōkawabata yūryō, print by Kiyonaga Torii

Print shows three women, two standing and one sitting on a bench next to the Sumida(?) River, enjoying the cool evening air. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print s... More

Koto to shō, Eishi Hosoda - Public domain drawing

Print shows two women playing musical instruments, one playing the koto and the other panpipes. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. From t... More

Chōkōsai Eisho - Okamotoya uchi shinateru - Ukiyo e print

Print shows the courtesan Shinateru with two young female attendants. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. From the series: Wakana no hat... More

Tamaya uchi shizuka - Public domain portrait painting

Print shows Shizuka, a courtesan, bust portrait, holding a book, facing slightly right, with many hairpins. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 200... More

[Bamboo shoot 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).

[Vignettes of supernatural beings and mythical events possibly related...

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).

[Portrait of a woman] - Public domain portrait print

Drawing shows a woman, princess or empress, full-length portrait, facing front. Gift; Crosby Stuart Noyes; 1906. Forms part of: Crosby Stuart Noyes collection (Library of Congress). Forms part of: Japanese pri... More

[Kabocha squash 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 - breaking down the entra...

Print shows a group of warriors advancing on building under a full moon during the winter. Print shows a scene during the attack on Kira Yoshinaka's home by the 47 rōnin, with a group of samurai advancing on th... More

Nihonzutsumi, Tsukimaro Kitagawa - Ukiyo e print

Print shows two porters carrying a sedan chair and a third person with an umbrella walking along embankment with city in the background. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored... More

Fujisawa, Katsushika Hokusai - Public domain drawing

Print shows two travelers, a man and a women or both women, and a porter at a shrine on the Tōkaidō Road. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-... More

Katsukawa Shunsen (勝川春扇) - Sakana sukui

Print shows two women working a net and two children gathering clams as a third child looks on. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format... More

Shin ōyama ukikei - Public domain drawing

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

Shimada, Katsushika Hokusai - Public domain drawing

Print shows two people riding on the shoulders of porters, with other porters carrying large bags and trunks, in Shimada, possibly crossing the Ōi River, on the Tōkaidō Road. Title and other descriptive informa... More

Toyohiro Utagawa: Niwatori - Public domain drawing

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

Tsuchiyama, Katsushika Hokusai - Ukiyo e print

Print shows three combs. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. From the series: Tōkaidō Road. Format: horizontal Yatsugiri-ban Nishikie. L... More

Genkurō Yoshitsune to Musashibō Benkei - Ukiyo e print

Print shows two samurai warriors. Public domain photograph of 19th-century woodblock print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Tai no yume Ebisu no soroban - Public domain scan / drawing

Print shows a red snapper in a basket dreaming that Ebisu, one of the seven lucky gods of Japan, is using an abacus. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialis... More

Gotenyama no hanami hidari - Public domain drawing

Print shows three women, one holding a parasol and one speaking to the third woman who is holding out a pair of zori for the woman exiting a sedan chair (see FP 2 - JPD, no. 2289), with cherry blossoms above an... More

Himegimi no gozabune, Utamaro ii, 1800-1820

Print shows a princess and two servants on a boat, one holding a parasol and one holding a small box. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. ... More

Karasaki no yau, Eizan Kikukawa - Ukiyo e print

Print shows a woman standing on a cloud, holding an umbrella and a paper lantern, as it rains on a village in the background. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print ... More

Maki Bokusen - Harukoma - Public domain drawing

Print shows a person with a hobby horse. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. Format: Shikishi Nishikie Surimono. Forms part of: Japanese... More

Segawa Rokō no Matsukaze - Public domain Japanese woodblock print

Print shows Segawa Roko, an actor, as Matsukaze, one of two sisters, with a shoulder pole carrying salt water from the sea.

Iwai hanshirō, Utagawa Kunisada, Japan - Ukiyo e print

Print shows the actor Iwai Hanshirō portraying a woman dressed as a wandering monk. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: vertical O... More

Yuki no ashita, Utagawa Kunisada, Japan

Print shows an upper class woman standing near a well and two women, possibly servants, getting water at the well. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists... More

Nanadaime ichikawa danjūrō no ebiza ko no ju

Print shows the actor Ichikawa Danjūrō VII, full-length, sitting on a bench, wearing geta, facing right, holding a pipe, in the role Konoju of Ebiza. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibun... More

Shya - Public domain Japanese woodblock print

Print shows a man, standing, holding a large bow and an arrow.

Nakamura shikan no sadaka (to) nakamura matsue no hinadori

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

Ofusa tokubei, Utagawa Kunisada, Japan - Ukiyo e print

Print shows a full-length portrait of a Ofusa, a young woman about to depart on a suicide journey in order to spend eternity with her lover Tokubei. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunk... More

Fumi o motsu onna - 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).

Onoe baikō, Utagawa Toyokuni - Public domain drawing

Print shows the actor Onoe Baiko, full-length portrait, standing on a boat, wearing heavy coat and geta, during snowstorm. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print spe... More

Utagawa Toyokuni - Bandō minosuke no mitsuhida

Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: probably the central panel of a vertical Oban Nishikie triptych. Forms part of: Japanese print... More

[A cat cleaning its claws] - Public domain portrait drawing

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

[Blue blossom of morning glory on vine]

Yamauba, Hokkei Totoya - Public domain drawing

Print shows two actors wearing masks as mountain women. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. From the series: Nō jōgoban : 18 Noh plays. ... More

Tenmangū no kakejiku - Public domain portrait drawing

Print shows a man, possibly Sugawara Michizane as Tenjin, facing front, sitting in the Tenman Shrine (in Osaka?). Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists ... More

[Blue flower blossom and bud at the end of a stalk]

[Woman, possibly a courtesan, sitting next to a flowerpot, facing left...

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

[A bird, possibly crow or raven, facing left, standing among leaves wi...

Tengu nado - Public domain drawing

Drawing shows three vignettes, warrior on horseback, warrior with large ax, and an old man sitting, beating a drum, with a man kneeling before him. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunke... More

Onden no suisha, Katsushika Hokusai - Ukiyo e print

Print shows women doing laundry at a waterwheel; Mount Fuji in the background. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. From the series: Fuga... More

Susaki shiohigari, Andō Hiroshige - Ukiyo e print

Print shows several people gathering salt in a shallow inlet. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. From the series: Edo meisho : Famous v... More

Narumi, Andō Hiroshige - Public domain image related to music prforman...

Print shows travelers and porters carrying a sedan chair passing shops on a street at the Narumi station on the Tōkaidō Road. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print ... More

Mitsuke, Andō Hiroshige - Public domain drawing

Print shows ferry boats on the Tenryu River at the Mitsuke station on the Tōkaidō Road. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. From the serie... More

Kiso kaidō ono no bakufu - Public domain scan of drawing

Print shows travelers looking at the Ono Falls on the Kiso Road, with two buildings set to the sides of the falls. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists... More

Utagawa Hiroshige - Seki, Andō Hiroshige - Ukiyo e print

Print shows travelers outside a men's clothing shop selling hats and short kimonos, also standing at the entrance to a gated area, some shops closed with painted designs on fabric at the Seki station on the Tōk... More

Hara, Andō Hiroshige, depicting Mount Fuji

Print shows two travelers and a porter next to a rice paddy with two herons and a view of Mount Fuji at the Hara station on the Tōkaidō Road. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-spon... More

Kusatsu, Andō Hiroshige - Public domain drawing

Print shows porters carrying large containers and sedan chairs on street passing in front of a teahouse at the Kusatsu station on the Tōkaidō Road. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunke... More

Murasame no fuji, Katsushika Hokusai - Ukiyo e print

Print shows travelers walking in the rain, two are using shoulder poles to carry parcels. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. From the s... More

Hanauri - Public domain drawing - Ukiyo e print

Print shows a man watering flowers on a shelf suspended from a shoulder-pole. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. Format: trimmed Nishik... More

Kiichi hōgen no musume minatsuru hime

Print shows Princess Minatsuru, full-length, standing, facing right, holding a scroll. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: vertica... More

Shichifukujin takarabune, Kuniyoshi Utagawa - Ukiyo e print

Print shows the seven Japanese gods of good fortune (Ebisu, Daikokuten, Bishamonten, Benzaiten, Fukurokuju, Hotei, and Jurōjin) in a treasure boat. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunke... More

Teishinkō, Utagawa Kunisada, Japan - Ukiyo e print

Print shows a woman carrying a child on her back; a portrait and a partially unrolled scroll, and a tablet with a poem on it are in the background. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunke... More

Fujisawa, Andō Hiroshige - Public domain scan / drawing

Print shows travelers on a street at the Fujisawa station on the Tōkaidō Road. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. From the series: Tōkaid... More

Kagamiiwa Hamanosuke, Utagawa Kunisada, Japan - Ukiyo e print

Print shows Kagamiiwa Hamanosuke, sumo wrestler, full-length portrait, standing, facing left. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: ... More

Ejiri, Andō Hiroshige - Public domain drawing

Print shows travelers crossing a bridge during a rain storm at the Ejiri station on the Tōkaidō Road. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. ... More

Narumi, Andō Hiroshige - Public domain scan / drawing

Print shows travelers, including a group with a palanquin, in the commercial district of the Narumi station on the Tōkaidō Road. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo pri... More

Shiba sinmeisha nai no zu Andō Hiroshige

Print shows people, including many women and children, and roosters at the Shiba Sinmei shrine. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. From t... More

[John Heathcoat, inventor of the knitting machine]

Japanese print showing Heathcoat displaying the first successful result from his knitting machine to his wife. Annotations, stamps, etc. on verso of print: 163; 47623a (white label); LC2585; 42; typescript cap... More

Gekka momo ni tsubakura - Public domain drawing

Print shows two swallows with peach blossoms and a full moon. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: Otanzaku-ban Nishikie. Adachi mo... More

[Two Japanese men and one foreigner riding on a horse while a Japanese...

Annotions, stamps, etc. on verso of print: 185; 47623a (white label). Also untranslated text. Earlier control number: 236.3-33. Gift; Mrs. E. Crane Chadbourne; 1930; (DLC/PP-1930:47623a). Forms part of: Chadbo... More

Suma, Utagawa Kunisada, Japan - Public domain drawing

Print shows a musician playing the koto, while a warrior sneaks up behind the musician, drawing his sword from its scabbard. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print s... More

Ōhashi nakazu mitsumata, Andō Hiroshige - Ukiyo e print

Print shows two women in a boat with a man at the helm near the wooden structural supports for the bridge at Mitsumata. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specia... More

Yushima tenmangū - Public domain Japanese woodblock print

Print shows people, mostly women, children, and elderly persons, near the torii at the entrance to the Tenman Shrine in Yushima.

Hodogaya, Andō Hiroshige - Public domain scan of drawing

Print shows several thatched-roof structures, possibly teahouses or rest stops in Hodogaya, the 5th station on the Tōkaidō Road; several pilgrims rest on low benches. Title and other descriptive information com... More

Totsuka, Andō Hiroshige, depicting Mount Fuji

Print shows laborers in rice paddies in the foreground, pilgrims at the 6th station on the Tōkaidō Road in the middle distance, and snow-covered Mount Fuji in the far distance. Title and other descriptive infor... More

Totsuka, Andō Hiroshige, depicting Mount Fuji

Print shows people working in a rice paddy in a small valley in the foreground, and travelers passing the Totsuka station on the Tōkaidō Road, with view of Mount Fuji in the background. Title and other descript... More

Fujikawa, Andō Hiroshige - Public domain scenic drawing

Print shows pilgrims passing through a small village in a snow-covered landscape; Fujikawa is the 38th station on the Tōkaidō Road. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo ... More

Japanese women, Simoda / dag. by E. Brown, Jr. ; T. Sinclair's lith., ...

Print shows two Japanese women, full-length, seated on a bench or raised sleeping area. Plate from: Narrative of the expedition of an American squadron to the China Seas and Japan ... in ... 1852, 1853, and 18... More

Hakkeisaka yoroikakematsu, Andō Hiroshige - Ukiyo e print

Print shows travelers at rest stop on bluff with large pine tree near the harbor at Edo. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. From the seri... More

Yushima tenjin sakaue chōbō Andō Hiroshige

Print shows pedestrians walking in the snow at the Yushima Tenjin shrine, with torii on the left, on a hilltop above the city. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print... More

Utagawa Hiroshige - Tsunohazu kumano jūnisha zokusyō jūnisō

Print shows a pond ringed with trees and small raised structures that provide some shelter for tea or meditation, and larger buildings in the lower left, in a pastoral setting. Title and other descriptive infor... More

Nakagawaguchi, Andō Hiroshige - Public domain scan of drawing

Print shows the confluence of rivers at the mouth of the Naka River with ferry boats transporting passengers and boats or barges transporting lumber. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibun... More

Ōkawabashi, Utagawa Kunisada, Japan - Ukiyo e print

Print shows two women walking with view of the Ōkawa Bridge as an insert in upper right corner. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. From t... More

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