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[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

Igami no gonta gonta nyōbō kosen shūme kokingo

Igami no gonta gonta nyōbō kosen shūme kokingo

Print shows a scene from the play Yoshitsune Senbon Zakura, with actors playing Igami no Gonta, his wife Kosen, the servant Kokingo, and another person. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichi... More

Buruburu taishō - Public domain portrait drawing

Buruburu taishō - Public domain portrait drawing

Print shows a jagged-edged depiction of a man on horseback, holding raised sword. Verbal puns. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. From ... More

Buruburu taishō - Public domain portrait drawing

Buruburu taishō - Public domain portrait drawing

Print shows a jagged-edged depiction of a man on horseback, holding raised sword. Verbal puns. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. From ... More

Chidori no tamagawa, Utamaro ii, 1800-1820

Chidori no tamagawa, Utamaro ii, 1800-1820

Print shows two women, one kneeling and writing on a scroll, the other standing nearby watching her. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006.... More

[A Russian general, shaking with fear, telephones the Czar(?) who is also being annoyed by the Czarina(?)]

[A Russian general, shaking with fear, telephones the Czar(?) who is a...

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

[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 eight printed sheets. Gift; Oliver Wendell Holmes; 1935.... More

Hanaarashi, Utagawa Toyokuni - Public domain scenic drawing

Hanaarashi, Utagawa Toyokuni - Public domain scenic drawing

Print shows on the left, two women consoling a third woman, in the center, one woman lifting another woman so she can attach a slip of paper to tree branch, and on the right, a woman standing on a bucket and ho... More

Keinen kachōgafu natsu no bu - Public domain drawing

Keinen kachōgafu natsu no bu - Public domain drawing

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

Keinen kachōgafu natsu no bu - Public domain drawing

Keinen kachōgafu natsu no bu - Public domain drawing

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

Keinen kachōgafu natsu no bu - Public domain drawing

Keinen kachōgafu natsu no bu - Public domain drawing

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

Keinen kachōgafu natsu no bu - Public domain drawing

Keinen kachōgafu natsu no bu - Public domain drawing

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

Keinen kachōgafu natsu no bu - Public domain drawing

Keinen kachōgafu natsu no bu - Public domain drawing

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

Keinen kachōgafu natsu no bu - Public domain drawing

Keinen kachōgafu natsu no bu - Public domain drawing

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

Ōya tarō mitsukuni - Public domain Japanese woodblock print

Ōya tarō mitsukuni - Public domain Japanese woodblock print

Print shows Ōya Tarō Mitsukuni watching a battle scene between armies of skeletons.

[People walking beneath umbrellas along the seashore during a rainstorm]

[People walking beneath umbrellas along the seashore during a rainstor...

Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Takamizawa modern reprint (Showa). Forms part of: Japanese prints and drawings (Library of Congress).

Sawamura Sōjūrō no Ichihōshi Ōtomo Hitatinosuke Yamatogawa Tomigorō no Sukewaka Yonosuke

Sawamura Sōjūrō no Ichihōshi Ōtomo Hitatinosuke Yamatogawa Tomigorō no...

Sawamura Sojurō and Yamatogawa Tomigoro in the role of a samurai and his page who is offering him a cup of tea. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in... More

Nakamura shikan segawaki kunojō nakamura karoku

Nakamura shikan segawaki kunojō nakamura karoku

Print shows the actors Nakamura Shikan, Segawa Kikunojō, and Nakamura Karoku as samurai, one disguised(?) as a woman. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print speciali... More

Yokohama ijin shōka shuen no zu, Sadahide Utagawa

Yokohama ijin shōka shuen no zu, Sadahide Utagawa

Japanese print shows an English merchant seated at a table and being waited on by a Chinese man and a Thai cook during a banquet at a mercantile house in Yokohama, Japan. Signature: Gountei Sadahide ga. Engrav... More

Seiyōjin shuen no zu - Public domain engraving

Seiyōjin shuen no zu - Public domain engraving

Japanese diptych print shows a banquet taking place at a foreign settlement house; men, women, and children gathered around two tables laden with food, one man plays the cello. Signature: Issen Yoshikazu ga. E... More

Hangakujo, Taiso Yoshitoshi - Public domain drawing

Hangakujo, Taiso Yoshitoshi - Public domain drawing

Han Gaku, historical woman warrior, armed and armored, seated on a rearing horse. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. From the series: Yos... More

Dewa chōkaisan, Utagawa Hiroshige - Ukiyo e print

Dewa chōkaisan, Utagawa Hiroshige - Ukiyo e print

Print shows snowcapped mountains above an inlet where boats are moored. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. From the series: Shokoku meish... More

Gaikoku jinbutsu zuga - Amerika - Ukiyo e print

Gaikoku jinbutsu zuga - Amerika - Ukiyo e print

Japanese print shows two American men. Signature: Ikkeisai Yoshiiku ga. Seal date: Cock 2. From series entitled: Gaikoku jinbutsu zuga (People from foreign lands). Library has 2 versions with different colors;... More

Sekiguchi yatarō yoshioka kanefusa miyamoto musashi

Sekiguchi yatarō yoshioka kanefusa miyamoto musashi

Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: vertical Oban Nishikie triptych. Attributed to: Enryosai Shigemitsu. Triptych matted in 3 sect... More

Byōbu ni e o eg(k?)aku yūjo - Public domain drawing

Byōbu ni e o eg(k?)aku yūjo - Public domain drawing

Woman painting a screen while a reclining man watches and a woman in the background mixes paint or ink. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06... More

Seki sanjūrō ichikawa danjūrō iwai hanshirō

Seki sanjūrō ichikawa danjūrō iwai hanshirō

Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Triptych matted in 3 sections: left (1457a), center (1457b), right (1457c). Format: vertical Oban Nish... More

Shin yoshiwara ōgiya zashiki no zu, Eizan Kikukawa

Shin yoshiwara ōgiya zashiki no zu, Eizan Kikukawa

Print shows a gathering of men and women socializing and playing musical instruments in the courtyard of a yoshiwara, with the activities illuminated in the many rooms of the two-story building. Title and other... More

Okumura masanobu no kakejiku o miru yūjo

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 background]

[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

[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.

[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

[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

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

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

[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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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]

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

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

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 hanshirō (no shinanoya ohan)

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

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]

[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]

[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 cover; one man is carrying another on his shoulders]

[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

[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 prformance, drawing

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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