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Shinpan shiba sanenzan zoujōji shōmen no zu

Shinpan shiba sanenzan zoujōji shōmen no zu

Print shows travelers and pedestrians walking on a promenade that passes a temple and a grove of trees. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06... More

Itsutomi, Eishi Hosoda - Public domain portrait drawing

Itsutomi, Eishi Hosoda - Public domain portrait drawing

Print shows a woman, full-length, standing, turned slightly to the left, a shamisen at her feet. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. From ... More

Yodaime matsumoto kōshirō [no yamato no yabodaijin to] shodai nakayama tomisaburō [no shinmachi no keisei umegawa]

Yodaime matsumoto kōshirō [no yamato no yabodaijin to] shodai nakayama...

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

Inu no koku, print by Utamaro Kitagawa

Inu no koku, print by Utamaro Kitagawa

Print shows a young woman sitting on a mat, holding a long scroll and writing materials, she has turned to the left to speak with a young servant or apprentice kneeling behind her. Title and other descriptive i... More

Shinozuka uraemon no (miyako za) kōjō zu

Shinozuka uraemon no (miyako za) kōjō zu

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

Ushiromuki no kanjo zu, Eishi Hosoda

Ushiromuki no kanjo zu, Eishi Hosoda

Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Part of an illustrated book (36 Poets?). Forms part of: R. Leicester Harmsworth collection. Forms part... More

Ase o fuku onna, Head and Shoulders Portrait

Ase o fuku onna, Head and Shoulders Portrait

Print shows a head-and-shoulders portrait of a young woman wiping her face. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Adachi modern reprint (Sho... More

Baiju, Shunman Kubo - Public domain architecture drawing

Baiju, Shunman Kubo - Public domain architecture drawing

Print shows blossoms on a plum tree. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. Format: satin Nishikie Surimono. Forms part of: Japanese prints... More

Tamaya uchi wakamurasaki komurasaki, Tsukimaro Kitagawa

Tamaya uchi wakamurasaki komurasaki, Tsukimaro Kitagawa

Print shows two courtesans, bust portraits, facing right. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: Hashirae-ban Nishikie. Forms part of... More

Utagawa Toyokuni - Yatsushi ide no tamagawa

Utagawa Toyokuni - Yatsushi ide no tamagawa

Print shows two women crossing a stream, one woman is holding a long piece of paper, the other woman is carrying shoes on a small tray. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored ... More

[Man with a broom, wearing geta; woman with spinning wheel; man with a mallet]

[Man with a broom, wearing geta; woman with spinning wheel; man with a...

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).

[Red peppers with plant growing in the background]

[Red peppers 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 - searching the house], Forty Seven Rōnin

[Jūichidanme - act eleven of the Chūshingura - searching the house], F...

Print shows a scene during the attack on Kira Yoshinaka's home by the 47 rōnin, with two men about to engage in combat inside a dwelling, disrupting a woman playing the koto and knocking down partitions. Title ... More

[Demon with sword in his mouth upsets tea ceremony]

[Demon with sword in his mouth upsets tea ceremony]

Print shows a man or demon, holding sword in his mouth, struggling with two women at a tea party beneath a tree. Gift; Crosby Stuart Noyes; 1906. Forms part of: Crosby Stuart Noyes collection (Library of Congr... More

Bijin to otafuku, Head and Shoulders Portrait

Bijin to otafuku, Head and Shoulders Portrait

Print shows two actors, one wearing an otafuku mask and drinking from a cup, head-and-shoulders portrait. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-... More

Gotenyama no umemi - Public domain scan / drawing

Gotenyama no umemi - Public domain scan / drawing

Print shows two women and a child with a telescope viewing plum blossoms from the edge of a cliff on the coast. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in... More

Kasanui, Katsushika Hokusai - Public domain  drawing

Kasanui, Katsushika Hokusai - Public domain drawing

Print shows a woman sitting with a man who is sewing an umbrella. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. From the series: Shokunin sanjū roku... More

Giga shinnen no iwai - Public domain  drawing

Giga shinnen no iwai - Public domain drawing

Print shows a man kneeling, holding a saucer overhead with outstretched arms and a servant standing on her toes, pouring tea into the saucer. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-spon... More

Ōtomo no kuronushi, Katsushika Hokusai - Ukiyo e print

Ōtomo no kuronushi, Katsushika Hokusai - Ukiyo e print

Print shows Otomo Kuronushi, a poet, sitting, facing right. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. From the series: Rokkasen : Six poets. For... More

Arai, Katsushika Hokusai - Public domain  drawing

Arai, Katsushika Hokusai - Public domain drawing

Print shows pilgrims and a porter with shoulder pole on the Tōkaidō Road. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. From the series: Tōkaidō R... More

Ushjiwakamaru no takageta naoshi - Ukiyo e print

Ushjiwakamaru no takageta naoshi - Ukiyo e print

Print shows a cobbler repairing the young warrior Ushiwakamaru's geta. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: vertical Koban Nishikie... More

Kuwana, Katsushika Hokusai - Public domain  drawing

Kuwana, Katsushika Hokusai - Public domain drawing

Print shows two woman and a child with baskets of eggs or colored stones. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. From the series: Tōkaidō R... More

Segawa Kikunojō, Utagawa Toyokuni - Ukiyo e print

Segawa Kikunojō, Utagawa Toyokuni - Ukiyo e print

Print showing the actor Segawa Kikunojō, full-length portrait, standing, facing left, on a low pier with flowers growing around it. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo ... More

Miura ōsuke yoshiaki [to] miurabettō  yoshizumi

Miura ōsuke yoshiaki [to] miurabettō yoshizumi

Print shows two warriors, one on horseback about to strike the other who is holding the reins of the horse and a pike with long blade. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored E... More

Gotenyama no hanami migi - Public domain  drawing

Gotenyama no hanami migi - Public domain drawing

Print shows two women, one seated, holding a box and one holding onto the sedan chair (see FP 2 - JPD, no. 2289), also, a young girl holding an infant (or doll), with cherry blossoms above and sailboats in the ... More

Matsubaya uchi yosooi, Utamaro ii, 1800-1820

Matsubaya uchi yosooi, Utamaro ii, 1800-1820

Print shows Yosoi of Matsuba-ya, a courtesan, walking with a young female attendant and a male servant carrying a large parasol. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo pri... More

Hagi, Utagawa Toyokuni - Public domain  drawing

Hagi, Utagawa Toyokuni - Public domain drawing

Print shows a woman, full-length, standing next to a large bush. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. From the series: Imayō rokkasen : Mod... More

Tsuruya uchi kashiku - Public domain portrait painting

Tsuruya uchi kashiku - Public domain portrait painting

Print shows the courtesan Kashiku, full-length portrait, standing in front of a tree in blossom, facing slightly right, with young female attendant, both wearing numerous hairpins.

Amezaiku, Shunman Kubo - Public domain  drawing

Amezaiku, Shunman Kubo - Public domain drawing

Print shows an illustration of a bird on a stick with flowers and an unopened blossom. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: Shikish... More

Kataoka nizaemon no sasaki ganryū, Hokushū Shunkōsai

Kataoka nizaemon no sasaki ganryū, Hokushū Shunkōsai

Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: vertical Oban Nishikie, Osaka-e print. Formerly attributed to: Katsukawa, Shunsen, 1762-ca. 18... More

Rokudanme, Utagawa Kuniyasu, Forty Seven Rōnin

Rokudanme, Utagawa Kuniyasu, Forty Seven Rōnin

Print shows a woman, Osai, owner of a brothel, in a palanquin with porters at the front and back. She has come to Yoichibei's cottage to make the final payment for Okaru, Yoichibei's daughter. She is confronted... More

Tamaya uchi koshikibu - Public domain Japanese woodblock print

Tamaya uchi koshikibu - Public domain Japanese woodblock print

Print shows Koshikibu, a courtesan, full-length, walking with two attendants.

Shiba atagoyama no zu - Public domain scan / drawing

Shiba atagoyama no zu - Public domain scan / drawing

Print shows wide promenade and shrine buildings at the base of Mount Atago. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. Format: horizontal Chuba... More

Shinshō, Shunkōsai Hokushū - Public domain  drawing

Shinshō, Shunkōsai Hokushū - Public domain drawing

Print shows a warrior climbing through a hole busted through a wall; above is a poem by Shunkosai, Hokushū. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 200... More

Onoe kikugorō no hayano kanpei, Forty Seven Rōnin

Onoe kikugorō no hayano kanpei, Forty Seven Rōnin

Print shows the actor Onoe Kikugorō, full-length portrait, standing, facing slightly left, in the role of Hayano Kampei (Kayano Sanpei), a retainer of Enya Hangan from the Chūshingura. Title and other descripti... More

Tokei to takarabune no kakejiku - Ukiyo e print

Tokei to takarabune no kakejiku - Ukiyo e print

Print shows a painting of a ship on a scroll or wall hanging and the face of a clock on a wooden box. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006... More

Mitōshi no aki no tsuki, Eizan Kikukawa

Mitōshi no aki no tsuki, Eizan Kikukawa

Print shows a woman, full-length portrait, standing on a wooden walkway, facing right with both hands on her forehead, possibly looking at the moon. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunk... More

Katsukawa Shunsen (勝川 春扇) - Nakamura utaemon no katō masakiyo [kiyomasa], Hokushū Shunkōsai

Katsukawa Shunsen (勝川 春扇) - Nakamura utaemon no katō masakiyo [kiyomas...

Print shows the actor Nakamura Utaemon, head-and-shoulders portrait, as a warrior in the role of Katō Kiyomasa (Masakiyo). Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print spe... More

Yometori yoshi, Hokkei Totoya - Public domain scenic drawing

Yometori yoshi, Hokkei Totoya - Public domain scenic drawing

Print shows a woman with long hair standing next to a lute with ribbons on it and a low table with a bonsai tree . Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists... More

Heike monogatari to biwa to tsuitate

Heike monogatari to biwa to tsuitate

Print shows a lute, the Tale of Keike, an article of clothing, and a painted screen with natural scene of bushes and mountains. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo prin... More

Geisha zu - Public domain  drawing

Geisha zu - 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).

Issei ichidai nakamura utaemon no shunkan

Issei ichidai nakamura utaemon no shunkan

Print shows the actor Nakamura Utaemon as a priest holding a mirror in a snowy landscape. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: vert... More

Kanagawa oki nami ura - Public domain  drawing

Kanagawa oki nami ura - Public domain drawing

Print shows a huge wave bearing down on boats with a view of Mount Fuji in the background. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. From the se... More

Tamaya uchi Usugumo, Kuniyoshi Utagawa - Ukiyo e print

Tamaya uchi Usugumo, Kuniyoshi Utagawa - Ukiyo e print

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

Sō, portrait - Public domain portrait print

Sō, portrait - Public domain portrait print

Drawing showing a monk seated, facing right. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. Attributed to: Hokusai School. Forms part of: Japanese ... More

[Two mice, one lying on the ground with head resting on forepaws, the other is standing on hind legs with forepaws crossed, they are looking at each other, with three round objects on the ground between, possibly rice cakes]

[Two mice, one lying on the ground with head resting on forepaws, the ...

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

[A traveler, seated, wearing a robe, boots, and rounded-top conical hat, smoking a long pipe; a small bag is on the ground next to his feet]

[A traveler, seated, wearing a robe, boots, and rounded-top conical ha...

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

Ume ni uguisu o nagameru kanjo - Public domain  drawing

Ume ni uguisu o nagameru kanjo - Public domain drawing

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

[A man walking to the left, wearing a large conical hat and a straw or feather garment, carrying a long handled tool over his right shoulder]

[A man walking to the left, wearing a large conical hat and a straw or...

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

[Butterfly and moth], Katsushika Hokusai - Ukiyo e print

[Butterfly and moth], Katsushika Hokusai - Ukiyo e print

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

Washū yoshino yoshitsune uma arai no taki

Washū yoshino yoshitsune uma arai no taki

Print shows two men standing in a stream washing a horse next to a waterfall. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. From the series: Shoko... More

Yoshida, Andō Hiroshige - Public domain scan / drawing

Yoshida, Andō Hiroshige - Public domain scan / drawing

Print shows scaffolding around a temple building on the right and on the left people walking across a bridge spanning a river at the Yoshida station on the Tōkaidō Road. Title and other descriptive information ... More

Nakamura utaemon no denkaibō - Public domain portrait drawing

Nakamura utaemon no denkaibō - Public domain portrait drawing

Print shows the actor Nakamura Utaemon portraying Den Kaibō dancing with a fan. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: vertical Oban ... More

Eitaibashi tsukuda oki isaribune Andō Hiroshige

Eitaibashi tsukuda oki isaribune Andō Hiroshige

Print shows pedestrians with palanquin crossing bridge with large boats moored in the background. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. Fr... More

Utagawa Hiroshige - Kanbara, Ando Hiroshige - Ukiyo e print

Utagawa Hiroshige - Kanbara, Ando Hiroshige - Ukiyo e print

Print shows people walking during an evening snowfall at the Kanbara station on the Tōkaidō Road. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. From... More

Minamoto no muneyuki ason - Public domain scenic drawing

Minamoto no muneyuki ason - Public domain scenic drawing

Print shows five men warming themselves by a fire outside a hut covered with snow. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. From the series: Hy... More

Kyōto no zu, Utagawa Kunisada, Japan

Kyōto no zu, Utagawa Kunisada, Japan

Print shows a woman sitting on a cloud overlooking Kyōto, the final station on the Tōkaidō Road. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. Fro... More

Futomi fuji, Katsushika Hokusai - Ukiyo e print

Futomi fuji, Katsushika Hokusai - Ukiyo e print

Print shows three travelers looking at Mount Fuji through an opening in a wall. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. From the series: Fug... More

Yui no zu, Utagawa Kunisada, Japan

Yui no zu, Utagawa Kunisada, Japan

Print shows a man, on a mountain pass at the Yui station on the Tōkaidō Road, carrying a long box over his shoulder, looking back through clouds at travelers standing on a cliff above the sea with sailboats and... More

Asukayama no bosetsu, Ando Hiroshige - Ukiyo e print

Asukayama no bosetsu, Ando Hiroshige - Ukiyo e print

Print shows people walking in the snow, one leading a horse, past a hillside with snow-covered trees and several small shrines, low buildings on the left. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nic... More

Takanawa no kihan, Ando Hiroshige - Ukiyo e print

Takanawa no kihan, Ando Hiroshige - Ukiyo e print

Print shows sailboats, some anchored and some under sail. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. From the series: Tōto hakkei : Eight views i... More

Tamaya yoji, Kuniyoshi Utagawa - Public domain image related to music prformance, drawing

Tamaya yoji, Kuniyoshi Utagawa - Public domain image related to music ...

Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: one panel of a set of vertical Oban Nishikie. Forms part of: Japanese prints and drawings (Lib... More

Momijigari no himegimi, Utagawa Kunisada, Japan

Momijigari no himegimi, Utagawa Kunisada, Japan

Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. Format: one panel of a vertical Oban Nishikie triptypch. Forms part of: Japanese prints and drawings... More

Hamamatsu, Andō Hiroshige - Public domain scenic drawing

Hamamatsu, Andō Hiroshige - Public domain scenic drawing

Print shows travelers warming themselves at a large fire on the Tōkaidō Road near the Hamamatsu station. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2... More

Totsuka, Andō Hiroshige - Public domain scenic drawing

Totsuka, Andō Hiroshige - Public domain scenic drawing

Print shows travelers, including two carrying a litter with passenger, on the Tōkaidō Road at the Totsuka station. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists... More

[Lotus plants in various stages of development], Yasukuni Tachibana

[Lotus plants in various stages of development], Yasukuni Tachibana

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

Chūgoku nenga - Public domain portrait drawing

Chūgoku nenga - Public domain portrait drawing

Print shows a warrior or supernatural being riding on a tiger. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Forms part of: Japanese prints and draw... More

Secchū kago ni noru mitsūji - Public domain  drawing

Secchū kago ni noru mitsūji - Public domain drawing

Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: one panel of a vertical Oban Nishikie triptych, Genji-e. Forms part of: Japanese prints and dr... More

Echizen, Andō Hiroshige - Public domain scan of drawing

Echizen, Andō Hiroshige - Public domain scan of drawing

Print shows a bird's-eye view of sailboats on a river, with mountains in the distance, at sunset. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. From... More

Noto, taki no ura Andō Hiroshige

Noto, taki no ura Andō Hiroshige

Print shows blossoming trees on cliffs, with waterfalls and caves at sea level. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. From the series: Rokuj... More

Aki no tsuki, Andō Hiroshige - Public domain  drawing

Aki no tsuki, Andō Hiroshige - Public domain drawing

Print shows view across the landscape from a building of the full moon above a body of water with boats and a large hill. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print spec... More

Dewa, mogamigawa, gassan enbō Andō Hiroshige

Dewa, mogamigawa, gassan enbō Andō Hiroshige

Print shows a bird's-eye view of sailboats on the Mogami River, with Gassan Mountain in the distance, at sunset. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists i... More

Matsuchiyama, Andō Hiroshige - Public domain  drawing

Matsuchiyama, Andō Hiroshige - Public domain drawing

Print shows a large number of people in front of and inside a row of buildings at the foot of the Matsuchiyama. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in... 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

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

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

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

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

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

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