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Hiratsuka, Ando Hiroshige, depicting Mount Fuji

Hiratsuka, Ando Hiroshige, depicting Mount Fuji

Print shows pilgrims in three small boats crossing a river, headed toward a cluster of buildings, with Mount Fuji in the background; Hiratsuka is the 8th station on the Tōkaidō Road. Title and other descriptive... More

Hodogaya, Ando Hiroshige - Public domain scan of drawing

Hodogaya, Ando Hiroshige - Public domain scan of drawing

Print shows travelers resting beneath thatched-roof buildings, with view down a valley and mountains in the distance, at the Hodogaya station on the Tōkaidō Road. Title and other descriptive information compile... More

Onagigawa gohonmatsu, Andō Hiroshige - Ukiyo e print

Onagigawa gohonmatsu, Andō Hiroshige - Ukiyo e print

Print shows two men poling a boat filled with travelers on a river or canal; pine tree with limbs supported by posts is in the foreground. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsor... More

Utagawa Hiroshige - Nihonbashi yukibare, depicting Mount Fuji

Utagawa Hiroshige - Nihonbashi yukibare, depicting Mount Fuji

Print shows several boats on the river approaching the Nihon bridge, with snow on the buildings and shops along the waterfront, and with Mount Fuji in the distance.

Yatsumi no hashi, Andō Hiroshige - Ukiyo e print

Yatsumi no hashi, Andō Hiroshige - Ukiyo e print

Print shows a bird's-eye view from above the parasols of pedestrians and through willow branches of the Yatsumi bridge with a barge on the river and Mount Fuji in the distance. Title and other descriptive infor... More

Tamagawa-zutsumi no hana Andō Hiroshige

Tamagawa-zutsumi no hana Andō Hiroshige

Print shows sightseers viewing cherry blossoms along the banks of the Tama River at Edo. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. From the seri... More

Mii no banshō, Andō Hiroshige - Public domain  drawing

Mii no banshō, Andō Hiroshige - Public domain drawing

Print shows a bird's-eye view of sea and mountains. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. From the series: Ōmi hakkei : Eight views of Ōmi... More

Ōji inari no yasiro Andō Hiroshige

Ōji inari no yasiro Andō Hiroshige

Print shows worshippers arriving at the Ōji Inari shrine near tall pine trees. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. From the series: Meisho... More

Mitsumata wakarenofuchi, Andō Hiroshige - Ukiyo e print

Mitsumata wakarenofuchi, Andō Hiroshige - Ukiyo e print

Print shows barges on the waterways near Edo, with Mount Fuji in the distance. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. From the series: Meisho... More

Mama no momiji tekona no yashiro tsugihashi Andō Hiroshige

Mama no momiji tekona no yashiro tsugihashi Andō Hiroshige

Print shows a bird's-eye view through maple trees of the Tekona Shrine with thatch-roofed buildings a grove of trees, with mountains in the distance. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibun... More

Takanawa ushimachi, Andō Hiroshige - Ukiyo e print

Takanawa ushimachi, Andō Hiroshige - Ukiyo e print

Print shows a view looking out from a sea wall past the wheel on a cart, two small dogs, and two pieces of melon rind, with ships under sail in the distance. Title and other descriptive information compiled by ... More

Higurashi no sato jiin no rinsen Andō Hiroshige

Higurashi no sato jiin no rinsen Andō Hiroshige

Print shows sightseers walking among the blossoming trees in the temple gardens at Nippori. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. From the s... More

Ushiwaka denji shinzo shiratama - Ukiyo e print

Ushiwaka denji shinzo shiratama - Ukiyo e print

Print shows actors portraying the roles of a man and a woman. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: vertical Oban Nishikie. Forms pa... More

Boushū hota no kaigan - Public domain scan of drawing

Boushū hota no kaigan - Public domain scan of drawing

Print shows travelers walking along the coastline at Hota, with a view of Mount Fuji in the background. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06... More

Kōnodai tonegawa, Andō Hiroshige - Ukiyo e print

Kōnodai tonegawa, Andō Hiroshige - Ukiyo e print

Print shows sightseers standing on cliff overlooking the Tone River with sailboats and a view of Mount Fuji in the background. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print... More

Tango amano hashidate, Utagawa Hiroshige - Ukiyo e print

Tango amano hashidate, Utagawa Hiroshige - Ukiyo e print

Print shows a bird's-eye view of Ama no Hashidate, a long peninsula extending into Miyazu Bay. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. From th... More

Kaido pyrus spectabalis [i.e., spectabilis] / by Megata Morikaga.

Kaido pyrus spectabalis [i.e., spectabilis] / by Megata Morikaga.

Drawing shows a branch of a Japanese plum tree, with leaves and pink blossoms. From "Flowers" series. Gift; Mrs. David Murray; 1909. Forms part of: David Murray collection. Forms part of: Japanese prints and d... More

Uma, portrait - Public domain portrait print

Uma, portrait - Public domain portrait print

Print shows a horse, facing right. 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 (... More

Igirisu tame tori, Utagawa Hiroshige - Ukiyo e print

Igirisu tame tori, Utagawa Hiroshige - Ukiyo e print

Japanese print shows polo match in progress as spectators observe. Signature: Hiroshige ga. Seal date: Meiji 4/7/10. From series entitled: Bankoku kokubutsu zukushi (Curious things of various countries). Annot... More

Biwa - shō - Public domain  drawing

Biwa - shō - Public domain drawing

Drawing shows a traditional four-string, four-fret biwa and a shō, a panpipe-like wind instrument. Japanese text appears on the right, outside the image box. Inscribed in pencil on lower left corner of paper m... More

[Front and back view of uniform and armor for samurai]

[Front and back view of uniform and armor for samurai]

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

Shading the gold - Public domain  drawing

Shading the gold - Public domain drawing

Drawing shows a schematic design for applying gold leaf, labeled "light" on one side and "thick" on the other. Unsigned, possibly by Kano, 1878. From the "Lacquer" series. Gift; Mrs. David Murray; 1909. Forms ... More

[Religious figure, possibly Buddha, standing on a lotus, facing slightly left, holding a staff, with a green halo behind his head]

[Religious figure, possibly Buddha, standing on a lotus, facing slight...

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

[Bow, arrows, and quiver, also arrowheads and armband]

[Bow, arrows, and quiver, also arrowheads and armband]

Accompanying text appears outside image box. Inscribed in pencil on lower left corner of paper mount: Kano Sep. 1878. From the "Military arts" series. Gift; Mrs. David Murray; 1909. Forms part of: David Murray... More

Awa - goma / Kanemori. - Public domain scenic drawing

Awa - goma / Kanemori. - Public domain scenic drawing

Drawing shows two plants, a type of millet and a stalk showing sesame seeds and leaves. From the "Agriculture" series. Gift; Mrs. David Murray; 1909. Forms part of: David Murray collection. Forms part of: Japa... More

[Oval shaped design drawing of seal or other mark for commercial enterprises]

[Oval shaped design drawing of seal or other mark for commercial enter...

Inscribed in pencil on lower left corner of paper mount: Kano Dec. 1878. From "Trade & commerce; coins, etc." series. Gift; Mrs. David Murray; 1909. Forms part of: David Murray collection. Forms part of: Japan... More

[Palanquin or litter] - Public domain  drawing

[Palanquin or litter] - Public domain drawing

Drawing shows a traditional enclosed, box-like palanquin or litter, mounted on two supports. Includes Japanese text on the right. Inscribed in pencil on lower left corner of paper mount: Kano Nov. 1878. From "... More

[Design drawings for rectangular seals or stamps]

[Design drawings for rectangular seals or stamps]

Inscribed in pencil beneath each sheet on paper mount: Kano Dec. 1878. From "Trade & commerce; coins, etc." series. Gift; Mrs. David Murray; 1909. Forms part of: David Murray collection. Forms part of: Japanes... More

Water wheel - Public domain scenic drawing

Water wheel - Public domain scenic drawing

Drawing shows a 19th century Japanese farm worker pedaling a human-powered waterwheel. Inscribed in pencil on lower left corner of paper mount: Kano Oct. 1878. Gift; Mrs. David Murray; 1909. Forms part of: Dav... More

Natsu no yo no tsuki - Public domain portrait drawing

Natsu no yo no tsuki - Public domain portrait drawing

Print shows General Akashi Gidayu, wearing white outfit, sitting on the floor, holding a knife (tantō or short sword) in his right hand, with papers in front of him on which he has written his death poem (also ... More

Jōga hongetsu, Taiso Yoshitoshi - Ukiyo e print

Jōga hongetsu, Taiso Yoshitoshi - Ukiyo e print

Print shows a female deity, Chang-e, full-length, holding a vial of the elixir of immortality, as she rides on clouds to the moon. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo p... More

Omori Hikoshichi - Public domain Japanese woodblock print

Omori Hikoshichi - Public domain Japanese woodblock print

Print shows the warrior Omori Hikoshichi carrying a princess who turns into a demon with horns in her reflection in the water as they cross a river.

Shitakiri suzume, Taiso Yoshitoshi - Ukiyo e print

Shitakiri suzume, Taiso Yoshitoshi - Ukiyo e print

Print shows an old woman(?) carrying a large basket on her back, a gift from the sparrow whose tongue she had cut; the basket is full of demons instead of the treasure she is expecting. Title and other descript... More

Bokusui tsutsumi hanazakari no zu - Ukiyo e print

Bokusui tsutsumi hanazakari no zu - Ukiyo e print

Japanese triptych print showing Japanese and foreign people walking along the Sumida River among cherry trees in full bloom.

Gojū kogō no tsubone gojūni tomoegozen

Gojū kogō no tsubone gojūni tomoegozen

Print shows (top half) Kogō no Tsubone, the emperor's mistress, lying on the floor, playing a biwa while a man on horseback, Nakakuni, a messenger for the emperor, in the background is watching through the open... More

[Honjo tatekawa], depicting Mount Fuji - Ukiyo e print

[Honjo tatekawa], depicting Mount Fuji - Ukiyo e print

Print shows a man sawing a large piece of wood to make boards and two men removing tiles(?) from a tall stack at a lumberyard in Honjo, with distant view of Mount Fuji.

Uzuki no hototogisu, print by Utamaro Kitagawa

Uzuki no hototogisu, print by Utamaro Kitagawa

Print shows two women looking at a cuckoo. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Modern reproduction. Forms part of: Japanese prints and dra... More

[Pictorial envelope for Hokusai's 36 views of Mount Fuji series]

[Pictorial envelope for Hokusai's 36 views of Mount Fuji series]

Print shows mountains and pine trees with a view of Mount Fuji in the distance. Title devised by Library staff, other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. ... More

[Pictorial envelope for Hokusai's 36 views of Mount Fuji series]

[Pictorial envelope for Hokusai's 36 views of Mount Fuji series]

Print shows mountains and pine trees with a view of Mount Fuji in the distance. Title devised by Library staff, other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. ... More

Matsu no koi - Public domain  drawing

Matsu no koi - Public domain drawing

Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Modern reproduction, for another impression see: FP 2 - JPD, no. 1862. Forms part of: Japanese prints ... More

[Fūkeiga], Andō Hiroshige, depicting Mount Fuji

[Fūkeiga], Andō Hiroshige, depicting Mount Fuji

Painting shows a bird's-eye view of travelers on roadway outside the new Yoshiwara on the Tōkaidō Road, with a view of Mount Fuji in the distance. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken... More

Fuji ni hansen, depicting Mount Fuji

Fuji ni hansen, depicting Mount Fuji

Print shows a large sailboat just off the shore with view of Mount Fuji in the distance. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: full ... More

Yūgure no hansen - Public domain  drawing

Yūgure no hansen - Public domain drawing

Print shows ships anchored offshore, with view of coastline and open sea. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: full color woodblock... More

Konen Uehara - Uchū no sinkyō - Public domain scenic drawing

Konen Uehara - Uchū no sinkyō - Public domain scenic drawing

Print shows a bridge during a rain storm. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. From the series: Ame no shinkyō. Format: full color woodbloc... More

G.G. Bain in auto in front of restaurant #32 (#34 Japan Paper Co.)

G.G. Bain in auto in front of restaurant #32 (#34 Japan Paper Co.)

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

Genl. Kuropatkin ready for anything awaits the coming of the Japanese

Genl. Kuropatkin ready for anything awaits the coming of the Japanese

Print shows the Russian General A.N. Kuropatkin armed and waiting for an approaching Japanese soldier. Descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. From the serie... More

[Old man carrying a flag is leading a group of male citizens in a procession at night]

[Old man carrying a flag is leading a group of male citizens in a proc...

Descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. From the series: Nihon banzai hyakusen hyakushō : Long live Japan: one hundred victories, one hundred laughs. Forms p... More

Lieut. Com. Takeshita - Public domain monumental decor print

Lieut. Com. Takeshita - Public domain monumental decor print

Public domain photograph - Portrait, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Travel views of Japan and Korea

Travel views of Japan and Korea

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

Travel views of Japan and Korea

Travel views of Japan and Korea

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

Travel views of Japan and Korea

Travel views of Japan and Korea

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

Yu no ka - Public domain portrait painting

Yu no ka - Public domain portrait painting

Print shows a young woman, full-length, facing right, standing on rocks, washing her feet above a stream or pool among falling maple leaves. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-spons... More

Chin'en no keshō - shin nippon - Public domain  drawing

Chin'en no keshō - shin nippon - Public domain drawing

Print shows a battleship applying make-up or lather before shaving; bottom image shows two men, one laughing, and a woman holding a parasol, walking with a child. Title and other descriptive information compile... More

Furansu Igirisu sanpei daichōsen no zu

Furansu Igirisu sanpei daichōsen no zu

Japanese triptych print shows French and English troops engaged in military training maneuvers on a training ground in Yokohama, Japan. Signature: Ikkaisai Yoshitoshi fude (with pawlonia seal). Seal date: Hare... More

Tobae mitate ryūgen sennin - Public domain  drawing

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

Sugawara no michizane - Public domain portrait print

Sugawara no michizane - Public domain portrait print

Drawing shows Sugawara Michizane, full-length portrait, facing left. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. Forms part of: Japanese prints... More

Takanawa tetsudō jōkisha no zenzu - Ukiyo e print

Takanawa tetsudō jōkisha no zenzu - Ukiyo e print

Print shows pedestrians on foot, travelers on the steam railroad, and crossing a bridge at Takanawa. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. T... More

Gaikoku kanjin ōrai no zu - Public domain Japanese woodblock print

Gaikoku kanjin ōrai no zu - Public domain Japanese woodblock print

Japanese print shows foreign officials or merchants riding in a carriage. Signature: Issen Yoshikazu ga. Seal date: Monkey [11]. Annotation in pencil on mount: Yokohama - Foreign officers/offices. Annotations,... More

The son of A[...] 18 yrs -- A[...] 50 years

The son of A[...] 18 yrs -- A[...] 50 years

Print shows a father at age 50 and a son at age 18, half-length portraits. Forms part of: Japanese prints and drawings (Library of Congress).

Segawa kikunojō no nuregami no chōgorō to nakamura shikan no hanaregoma no chōkichi

Segawa kikunojō no nuregami no chōgorō to nakamura shikan no hanaregom...

Print shows two actors in the role of warriors during a sword fight. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. Format: vertical Oban Nishikie ... More

Segawa kikunojō no nuregami no chōgorō to nakamura shikan no hanaregoma no chōkichi

Segawa kikunojō no nuregami no chōgorō to nakamura shikan no hanaregom...

Print shows two actors in the role of warriors during a sword fight. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. Format: vertical Oban Nishikie ... More

Iro gonomi no nuke daikoku, Harunobu Suzuki, Woodblock Print, Japan

Iro gonomi no nuke daikoku, Harunobu Suzuki, Woodblock Print, Japan

Print shows Daikoku descending from a picture hanging on a wall to peek under the kimono of a sleeping woman. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2... More

Iro gonomi no nuke daikoku, Harunobu Suzuki, Woodblock Print, Japan

Iro gonomi no nuke daikoku, Harunobu Suzuki, Woodblock Print, Japan

Print shows Daikoku descending from a picture hanging on a wall to peek under the kimono of a sleeping woman. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2... More

Hachimantarō Yoshiie Abe Sadatō : Sadatō Tsuma Sodehagi.

Hachimantarō Yoshiie Abe Sadatō : Sadatō Tsuma Sodehagi.

Ukiyo-e triptych showing night scene lit by a lantern from a Kabuki play. Left section: Actor Hachiman Tarō Yoshiie, standing holding a parasol, with an unidentified actor dressed as a lion. Center section: Act... More

Kume no sennin 17th century - Public domain scan / drawing

Kume no sennin 17th century - Public domain scan / drawing

Kume Sennin or Kume the Immortal, a recluse with the ability to travel through the air, spying on a young woman washing clothes. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo pri... More

Kume no sennin 17th century - Public domain  drawing

Kume no sennin 17th century - Public domain drawing

Kume Sennin or Kume the Immortal, a recluse with the ability to travel through the air, spying on a young woman washing clothes. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo pri... More

Yatsushi kuramayama, Utagawa Toyokuni - Ukiyo e print

Yatsushi kuramayama, Utagawa Toyokuni - Ukiyo e print

Print shows a god or warrior appearing on a cloud before several women gathered in a wooded grove on Mount Kurama with view of Mount Fuji in the background. Title and other descriptive information compiled by N... More

Gokakoku jinbutsu - dontaku no zu - Ukiyo e print

Gokakoku jinbutsu - dontaku no zu - Ukiyo e print

Japanese triptych print shows the interior of a foreign settlement house with several women and men enjoying a tea party, and a view of ships in the harbor in the background, Yokohama, Japan. Signature: Yoshit... More

[Tsukiji hotel] - Public domain Japanese woodblock print

[Tsukiji hotel] - Public domain Japanese woodblock print

Japanese diptych (or possibly incomplete triptych) print showing large hotel building with Japanese and foreign people in the foreground. Signature: Kunishige ga. "Katada Hori Chō." Seal date is illegible. Dip... More

[Chinese soldier frightened by scarecrow or straw figure of a Japanese soldier]

[Chinese soldier frightened by scarecrow or straw figure of a Japanese...

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

Sōshu enoshima benzaiten kaichō sankei gunshū no zu

Sōshu enoshima benzaiten kaichō 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

Ishikawa goemon ichidai banashi sawamura gennosuke ichikawa danjūrō

Ishikawa goemon ichidai banashi sawamura gennosuke ichikawa danjūrō

Print shows two actors in the role of Ishikawa Goemon. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. Format: vertical Oban Nishikie diptych. Dipty... More

Hikyoku no biwa no hana matsunami kengyō jitsuwa akushichibyōe

Hikyoku no biwa no hana matsunami kengyō jitsuwa akushichibyōe

Head-and-shoulders portrait of the actor Aku Hichibei. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: vertical Oban Nishikie (Chirimen-e). Fr... More

[Humorous picture showing Chinese religious practices (Raijin, the Japanese God of Thunder, ranting to a crowd of Chinese Buddhist worshippers)]

[Humorous picture showing Chinese religious practices (Raijin, the Jap...

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

Hada kurabe hana no shōbuyu kurabe (hoso?), koshi yuki no ya

Hada kurabe hana no shōbuyu kurabe (hoso?), koshi yuki no ya

Print shows a scene in a women's public bath, with many women bathing, some washing children, and a small group are fighting among themselves. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-spo... More

Hada kurabe hana no shōbuyu kurabe (hoso?), koshi yuki no ya

Hada kurabe hana no shōbuyu kurabe (hoso?), koshi yuki no ya

Print shows a scene in a women's public bath, with many women bathing, some washing children, and a small group are fighting among themselves. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-spo... More

[Russian doctor and nurse attending to a man with a Russian battleship for a head lying in bed]

[Russian doctor and nurse attending to a man with a Russian battleship...

Descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. From the series: Rokoku seibatsu senshō shōwa : Defeat of Russia: tales of laughter. Attributed to: Baidō Bōsai. Baid... More

Kaki ni kirigirisu, Katsushika Hokusai - Ukiyo e print

Kaki ni kirigirisu, Katsushika Hokusai - Ukiyo e print

Print shows a grasshopper eating a persimmon hanging on a tree limb. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. Modern reproduction of original... More

[Two children wearing sailor outfits are playing with a balloon tethered to a Russian battleship, the balloon has burst revealing the head of a Russian admiral or czar and the battleship has been sunk, the Russian child, standing, pointing to the balloon, is crying, the Japanese child, sitting, is joyfully clapping]

[Two children wearing sailor outfits are playing with a balloon tether...

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

[Humorous picture showing a Chinese man, kneeling, speaking to a woman sitting on a sofa, crying profusely]

[Humorous picture showing a Chinese man, kneeling, speaking to a woman...

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

Yamato yoshinoyama, Utagawa Hiroshige - Ukiyo e print

Yamato yoshinoyama, Utagawa Hiroshige - Ukiyo e print

Print shows a bird's-eye view of blossoming trees and a waterfall near a pass on Yoshino Mountain in the Yamato Province. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print spec... More

Dōke hyakumanben - Public domain  drawing

Dōke hyakumanben - Public domain drawing

Print shows a procession of various figures holding a large rosary around a large octopus. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Triptych ma... More

Gaiheijō daigekisen no zu - Public domain  drawing

Gaiheijō daigekisen no zu - Public domain drawing

Print shows Japanese soldiers, using bamboo as a screen, are attacking Chinese troops who appear to be caught off guard. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print speci... More

Gaiheijō daigekisen no zu - Public domain  drawing

Gaiheijō daigekisen no zu - Public domain drawing

Print shows Japanese soldiers, using bamboo as a screen, are attacking Chinese troops who appear to be caught off guard. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print speci... More

Japan splits the Russian torpedo fleet

Japan splits the Russian torpedo fleet

Print shows a Japanese sailor splitting a Russian torpedo boat. Descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. From the series: Nihon banzai hyakusen hyakushō : Lon... More

Sandaime sawamura sojūrō, Shunk Katsukawa - Ukiyo e print

Sandaime sawamura sojūrō, Shunk Katsukawa - Ukiyo e print

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

Gokakoku no uchi - Igirisujin - Public domain Japanese woodblock print

Gokakoku no uchi - Igirisujin - Public domain Japanese woodblock print

Japanese print shows an English naval officer on horseback. Signature: Yoshitora. Seal date: Cock 3. From series entitled: Gokakoku no uchi (People of the five nations). Annotations, stamps, etc. on verso of p... More

Kurando Yukinaga Saitō go Kunitake onnagyōja : Osada no tarō Nagamune.

Kurando Yukinaga Saitō go Kunitake onnagyōja : Osada no tarō Nagamune.

Four actors (right to left): Kurḡoda Ukinaga, Saitogo Kunitake and Onna Gyōja, and Nagata no Tarō Nagamune. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 200... More

Gajō icchō, Ando Hiroshige - Public domain  drawing

Gajō icchō, Ando 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

Gajō icchō, Ando Hiroshige - Public domain scan of drawing

Gajō icchō, Ando Hiroshige - Public domain scan of 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

Zoushigaya fujimi chaya, Ando Hiroshige - Ukiyo e print

Zoushigaya fujimi chaya, Ando Hiroshige - Ukiyo e print

Two women at an outdoor teahouse stall at Zōshigaya with Mount Fuji in the distance. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. From the series: ... More

[Humorous picture showing a soldier extracting teeth from a Chinese man]

[Humorous picture showing a soldier extracting teeth from a Chinese ma...

Alternate title from online source. Signed on block by artist in lower right, includes chop. Descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. From the series: Nihon b... More

Dōguya jinza hōkaibō bōkon shimobe gunsuke, Kuniyoshi Utagawa

Dōguya jinza hōkaibō bōkon shimobe gunsuke, Kuniyoshi Utagawa

Print shows three actors, two with swords and one who appears to be an evil spirit. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Triptych matted in... More

Suruga Satta no kaijō / Hiroshige-ga.

Suruga Satta no kaijō / Hiroshige-ga.

Japanese print shows a view of Mount Fuji from Satta Point in the Suruga Bay, with breaking waves in the foreground. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialis... More

[A Russian soldier protests as two Japanese soldiers interrupt his dinner preparations]

[A Russian soldier protests as two Japanese soldiers interrupt his din...

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

[Sir Richard Arkwright, inventor of the spinning machine]

[Sir Richard Arkwright, inventor of the spinning machine]

Japanese print shows an angry Arkwright sending his wife to her parents because she deliberately broke his spinning wheel. Annotations, stamps, etc. on verso of print: 42; 47623a (white label); LC2585; 164. Ea... More

Gaikokujin sen no uchi: jōkisen - Ukiyo e print

Gaikokujin sen no uchi: jōkisen - Ukiyo e print

Japanese print showing a Japanese man and boy standing on the shore of a harbor in which is docked an American steamship, possibly Commodore Perry's ship. Print created by either Hiroshige II or Hiroshige III.... More

Koishikawa yuki no ashita - Public domain scenic drawing

Koishikawa yuki no ashita - Public domain scenic drawing

Print shows several women and a man viewing a snowy landscape with Mount Fuji in the background. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. Fro... More

[Modern illustrated sheets with pictorial envelope]

[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 ten printed sheets. Gift; Oliver Wendell Holmes; 1935. F... More

[Modern illustrated sheets with pictorial envelope]

[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 ten printed sheets. Gift; Oliver Wendell Holmes; 1935. F... More

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