3,084 Japanese woodblock prints Images: LOC's Public Domain Archive Public Domain Search

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Yamauba to kaidōmaru, Utagawa Kunisada, Japan

Print shows actors portraying the old woman of the mountain, Yamauba, and the wild boy, Kaidomaru. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Dip... More

Godanme, print by Utamaro Kitagawa - Ukiyo e print

Print for a scene from Act 5 of the Chūshingura which shows the robber Sadakurō holding a sword at the throat of Yoichibei, an elderly man, as he robs him and then kills him. In the background, Kampei, holding ... More

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

[Yokohama hatoba], depicting Mount Fuji - Ukiyo e print

Japanese print shows three-masted ship in Yokohama harbor with Mount Fuji in the background. Single panel of a triptych. Annotations, stamps, etc. on verso of print: 184; 47623a; LC2585. Earlier control number... More

[Portraits of actors, often playing roles]

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

[Portraits of actors, often playing roles]

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

[Portraits of actors, often playing roles]

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

[Portraits of actors, often playing roles]

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

Nagoya sanzaburō fuwa banzaemon katsuragi, Kuniyoshi Utagawa

Print shows the courtesan Katsuragi outside a sedan chair between two rival lovers and samurai, one is her husband Nagoya Sanza and the other is Fuwa Banzaemon. Triptych matted in 3 sections: left (422a), cente... More

Kameido umeyashiki zenzu - Public domain Japanese woodblock print

Print shows a bird's-eye view of a walkway through plum trees on an estate open to the public, with many sightseers entering at the gate and walking through the orchard.

Mukōjima miyamoto musashi, Head and Shoulders Portrait

Print shows a head-and-shoulders portrait of the actor Miyamoto Musashi.

Sarasikubi no zu - Public domain drawing

Drawing shows a head resting on a small platform on a post and a body sprawled on the ground, with blood gushing from the neck; a bound prisoner kneels nearby. Title and other descriptive information compiled b... More

Shiodama yori jōkisha tsūkō no zu

Japanese triptych print showing trains at a train station with foreigners walking in the foreground and sailing ships at sea in the background. Signature: Shōsai Ikkei fude (with pawlonia seal). Seal date: Mon... More

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 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

Gajō icchō, Ando Hiroshige - Public domain scan / drawing

Kyō kudari osagawa tsuneyoshi [to] ichimura kamezō no soga no jūrō

Print shows two actors, one portraying a woman and the other in the role of one of the Soga brothers. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. ... More

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

Utagawa Toyokuni - Bandō mitsugorō to bandō minosuke

Print shows two actors in roles as samurai. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. Format: The right and left panels of a vertical Oban Nis... More

Niōzō (agyō) - Public domain portrait print

Drawing shows Agyō, the Buddhist niō protector or temple guard with mouth open, full-length portrait, standing, facing front, with right hand raised over his head; (companion god to Ungyō, the closed-mouth niō ... More

Niōzō (agyō) - Public domain portrait print

[Snow balls] / Bertha Lum. - Public domain Japanese woodblock print

Japanese children rolling large snow balls. Signed on block with monogram, signed in pencil on image. Exhibit loan 4150-L.

Kinko echizen 17th century - Public domain drawing

Kinko and Echizen. Two women, one seated writing a letter, the other pulling back the hair of a man sitting in front of a mirror, possibly an actor applying makeup. Title and other descriptive information compi... More

Kita Amerika jinbutsu: Peruri zō - Ukiyo e print

Japanese print shows head-and-shoulders portrait of Admiral Perry. Accompanying sheet with a catalog reproduction of print reads: No. 69. Admiral Perry; Yedo-ye; Illustrated. Annotations, stamps, etc. on recto... More

Kita Amerika jinbutsu: Peruri zō - Ukiyo e print

Tōkyō Shinagawa oki no kurofune - Ukiyo e print

Japanese print showing war ship with three masts and multiple cannons bearing English(?) flags and emitting a large plume of smoke. Signature: Hiroshige ga. From series entitled: Tōkyō meishō zue (Famous place... More

Ōsumi, Andō Hiroshige - Public domain scan of drawing

Print shows the volcano Sakurajima at Ōsumi on Sakura Island, with sailing ships in the sea around the island. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in ... More

Soga no taimen - Public domain Japanese woodblock print

Print shows actors portraying the official Kudō Suketsune, a warrior, the two Soga brothers, and a woman in a Soga kabuki play.

Tōkyō Takanawa kaigan jōkisha tetsudō hashiriyuki no sen zu

Japanese triptych print shows steam railroad along the seashore, Tokyo, Japan.

Benkei; fukuro musha tsuru no hitokoe

Prints show the samurai Benkei, full-length, fighting a warrior; and the envelope shows a crane flying, carrying in it's beak a rod with tassels attached to each end. Title and other descriptive information com... More

Sato Masakiyo chosen ni ei mei o kagayakasu zu

Japanese triptych print shows Sato Masakiyo with horse and page, warriors on a beach, and warriors leading a tiger across water, with two large ships anchored offshore. Title and other descriptive information c... More

Kawanakajima no kassen, Katsukawa Shuntei - Ukiyo e print

Print shows a battle scene alongside a river, possibly the fourth major battle of the Kawanakajima wars. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-0... More

Mimasu tokujirō no san - Public domain drawing

Ukiyo-e actor print, full-length portrait showing the actor Mimasu Tokujirō in an onnagata role as San fixing her hair and holding large wooden container in left hand. Title and other descriptive information co... More

Tehidoi tsubushigata - Public domain portrait drawing

A large Japanese hand crushing Port Arthur, July 25, 1904, a reference to the Russo-Japanese war of 1904-1905. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in ... More

Ichi fuji ni taka san nasubi - Public domain image related to music pr...

Print shows five women, four men, and a child in a ferry; one man is poling the boat and one man is a porter seated at the back of the boat with baskets of eggplants, the women, child, and a man holding a falco... More

[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

[Modern illustrated sheets with pictorial envelope]

Toykyō tetsudō basha zu sensōji kei

Print shows a western-style horsedrawn railroad passenger car with passengers. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Attributed to: Utagawa ... More

Toykyō tetsudō basha zu sensōji kei

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).

Utagawa Toyokuni - Matsumoto kōshirō, segawa kikunojō, iwai kumesaburō

Print shows three actors beneath a tree with blossoms. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. Format: vertical Oban Nishikie triptych. Trip... More

Utagawa Toyokuni - Raikō sitennō to kidōmaru

Print shows Minamoto Yorimitsu on horseback with three of his retainers pursued by a large black bull. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06.... More

Public Domain Images - Winter / Bertha Lum.

Japanese walking with umbrellas in snow. Signed in pencil on image. Exhibit loan 4150-L.

Ueno kōen naikoku kangyō daini hakurankai bijitsukan narabini [shojo] ...

Japanese triptych print showing people gathered at Ueno Park, most of them viewing a fountain with goldfish. Signature: Hiroshige ga. Engraver's name given as Andō Tokubei, an alternate form of the artist's na... More

Ueno kōen naikoku kangyō daini hakurankai bijitsukan narabini [shojo] ...

Bankoku jinbutsu zue - Amerikajin - Ukiyo e print

Japanese print shows a full-length portrait of a man, standing, facing left, holding a cane. Signature: Ichieisai Yoshitsuya ga (with pawlonia seal). Seal date: Cock 1. Poem by Kanagaki Robun on recto of print... More

Oyone magoshichi taheiji, Kuniyoshi Utagawa - Ukiyo e print

Print shows two warriors and a woman around a fire, one warrior appears to be protecting the woman from the other warrior. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print spe... More

Oyone magoshichi taheiji, Kuniyoshi Utagawa - Ukiyo e print

Matsumoto kōshirō, iwaya hanshirō, nakamura shikan

Print shows two actors on the shoulders of a giant and the third actor leaping onto the giant. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. Forma... More

Matsumoto kōshirō, iwaya hanshirō, nakamura shikan

Rakuda no zu, Utagawa Kuniyasu - Public domain portrait drawing

Print shows musicians with two camels. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Diptych matted in 2 sections: left (1511a), right (1511b). Form... More

[Going to the fair] / Helen Hyde.

Adults, carrying children in litters, approaching bridge, going toward tents at fair, Japan. K13407 U.S. Copyright Office. Signed in pencil. Monogram "HH" and four-leaf clover device in block. Copyright by Hele... More

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

Shōki to yūjo no aiaigasa - Public domain drawing

Shoki, the demon fighter, with his arm around a young woman holding a parasol. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: Hosoban Urushie... More

[Ito nishiki brocade, commonly called anhera-ori (weave)]

Drawing shows floral and vine designs for kimonos. Title and date devised by Library staff, no information provided by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. Forms part of: David Murray colle... More

[Wolves and winter reeds], Morikuni Tachibana

Title devised by Library staff, other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. From the series: Ehon shahōbukuro : Illustrated book of bag of painted treasures... More

Utagawa Toyokuni - Ukie kinryūzan ichi no zu

Print shows a large throng of people at the open-air marketplace at Kinryūzan. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: horizontal Oban... More

Sannin no yakusha - A painting of a group of women with umbrellas

Print shows three actors, two playing shamisens and one with a teapot or sake pot, two are in the roles of women.

Ichikawa ebizō no shinozuka goseki yaburi, Kiyomasu Torii

Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: Hosoban Urushi-e. Ukiyoe oroshi [gōrd] Tori shio cho Okumura-ya. Forms part of: Japanese print... More

Kyō, Okumura Masanobu - Public domain drawing

Print shows a man and a woman playing a game, possibly go, on a kimono with a ruled pattern. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. From the ... More

Sugawara no michizane zō - Public domain portrait print

Print shows Sugawara Michizane, full-length portrait, seated beneath a flowering tree.

Ichikawa ebizō no kinzaemon yorikata, Kiyomasu Torii

Print shows the actor Ichikawa Ebizō as Kinzaemon Yorikata fighting a tiger. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: Hosoban Benizuri-... More

[Nishike brocade with paulownia arabesque, with red background]

Drawing shows bright floral, leaf, and vine 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: Davi... More

Ane otōto no isakai - Public domain Japanese woodblock print

Print shows a young woman and a young boy playing with toys.

[Caricature of musician or actor dancing, with a cat at his feet]

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

[Peony blossoms], Yasukuni Tachibana - Ukiyo e print

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

Kitao Shigemasa - Ichikawa raizō no umeōmaru to nakajima mihoemon no s...

Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: Hosoban Benizuri-e. Attributed to: Shigemasa, Kitao. Forms part of: R. Leicester Harmsworth co... More

Tōjin to mago no moraibi, Harunobu Suzuki, Woodblock Print, Japan

Image probably shows a Korean gentleman on horseback with a stableboy. (Source: researcher Ronald R. Toby, Professor Emeritus of Japanese History, University of Illinois, 2015) Title and other descriptive infor... More

Yamashita kinsaku no yoshitomo no shōjin tokiwagozen

Print shows Yamashita Kinsaku II, full-length, standing, facing left, holding a long, narrow wall hanging, in the role of Tokiwa Gozen. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored ... More

Minazuki, Toyomasa Ishikawa - Public domain image related to music prf...

Print shows several boys playing around a pole with a platform on top on which are flowers. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. From the s... More

Toyonobu Ishikawa - Fūryū yastushi hagoromo - Ukiyo e print

Print shows a woman (possibly the Tennin, an aerial spirit or celestial dancer) standing on a man in order to remove her feather-mantle (hagoromo or heavenly kimono) which is hanging on the branches of a tree; ... More

Ichikawa komazō no sano no genzaemon segawa kikunojō no keisei tamagik...

Print shows the actor Ichikawa Komazō as Sanno no Genzaemon holding an umbrella and walking with the courtesan Tamagiku, portrayed by the actor Segawa Kikunojō. Title and other descriptive information compiled ... More

Musume o seotte kawa o wataru hotei

Print shows Hotei, one of the seven lucky Buddhist gods, carrying a young woman across a river; a child attendant carries Hotei's bag. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored E... More

Momiji daki, Harunobu Suzuki, Woodblock Print, Japan

Print shows two women and a man warming tea and making fans during an autumn rain storm. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: verti... More

Kaya no hahako, Harunobu Suzuki, Woodblock Print, Japan

Print shows a woman breast feeding an infant behind mosquito netting, with a female servant standing next to a large lantern outside the netting. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-... More

Onoe matsusuke, Bunch Ippitsusai - Ukiyo e print

Print shows the actor Onoe Matsusuke, half-length portrait framed by a fan, facing right. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. From the ser... More

Nidaime ichikawa monnosuke, Bunch Ippitsusai - Ukiyo e print

Print shows the actor Ichikawa Monnosuke II, full-length portrait, standing, facing left, with painting of a deer in the background. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo... More

Nakajima kanzaemon, Shunsh Katsukawa - Ukiyo e print

Print shows the actor Nakajima Kanzaewmon, half-length portrait, facing right in fan-shaped frame. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Fro... More

Kōkan Shiba - Shinobu koi, Harunobu Suzuki, Woodblock Print, Japan

Print shows a man looking from behind a sliding screen at a woman carrying a lantern up stairs and looking back at the man. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print sp... More

Sanogawa ichimatsu, Bunch Ippitsusai - Ukiyo e print

Print shows the actor Sanogawa Ichimatsu, half-length portrait, portraying a female, facing left in fan-shaped frame. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print speciali... More

Kudanme, Shunsh Katsukawa, Forty Seven Rōnin

Print shows Tonase holding a sword, standing behind her step-daughter Konami on a veranda as Honzō walks by, disguised as a traveling monk, wearing a beehive-shaped basket over his head and playing a recorder. ... More

Daimonjiya uchi tagasode, Isoda Koryūsai - Ukiyo e print

Print shows three women, courtesans, with two young attendants, wearing kimonos and geta. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. Format: ve... More

[Three young men or women] - Public domain drawing

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

Kobikichō arayashiki koiseya ochie, Head and Shoulders Portrait

Print shows a head-and-shoulders portrait of a woman reading a book. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: vertical Oban Nishikie. A... More

Daimonjiyau chi maisumi, print by Kiyonaga Torii

Print shows the courtesan Maisumi walking with two women and two children. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. From the series: Hinagata... More

Santō Kyōden - Cyōjiya cyōzan - Public domain scan / drawing

Print shows the courtesan Chōzan of Chōji-ya sitting next to a writing table with an attendant burning incense on a hibachi. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print s... More

Uzura hibari, print by Utamaro Kitagawa

Print shows a meadowlark and two quail among bushes on the ground. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. From the series: Momo chidori kyōka... More

Mimizuku uso. Book illustration from Library of Congress

Print shows a horned owl and two bulfinches perched on branches in a tree. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. From the series: Momo chido... More

Kagiya osen to takashima ohisa - Public domain portrait print

Print shows head-and-shoulders portraits of two beautiful women, Osen waitress at the Kagiya teahouse, and Ohisa from the Takashima teahouse, one of them is holding a scroll.

Utagawa Toyokuni - Kaidan o oriru onna

Print shows a woman descending a staircase, she has a small roll of cloth or paper in her mouth. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Forma... More

Kudanme, print by Utamaro Kitagawa, Forty Seven Rōnin

Print shows two women (Konami and her stepmother Tonase) and another person (possibly Oishi, wife of Yuranosuke) standing behind a screen, listening to them. Title and other descriptive information compiled by ... More

Jūdanme, Forty Seven Rōnin - Public domain Japanese woodblock print

Print shows a woman watching two children play with puppets, reenacting the revenge of the 47 Rōnin.

Hojo Katei - Ayō shinji kuba no zu

Print shows a temple on the left and, on the right, two men on horses racing beneath a large section of text. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2... More

[Fox and two hares] - Public domain drawing

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).

Nikenjaya fujiya onobu - Public domain drawing

Print shows Onobu carrying a sake pot, walking toward steps outside a building, looking to the left. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. F... More

[Satsuki(?)] - Public domain Japanese woodblock print

Print shows a domestic scene with a woman carrying a young child on her back, whom she may have been breast feeding, another woman holding a long pipe in her right hand and her left hand covering her mouth, als... More

Kemari suru sankanjo, Katsushika Hokusai - Ukiyo e print

Print shows three women. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. Format: horizontal Chuban Nishikie Surimono. Attributed to: Hishikawa Sōri.... More

Yatsushi gyōja bushō amakawaya gihei - Ukiyo e print

Print shows a woman sitting on a trunk, holding a fan.

Fuyu no yanebune - Public domain drawing

Print shows three women on a houseboat. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. Format: probably one of a vertical Aiban Nishikie triptypch.... More

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