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Genkurō Yoshitsune to Musashibō Benkei - Ukiyo e print

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

Mii no banshō - Public domain Japanese woodblock print

Print shows bird's-eye view of the temple bell and other temple buildings on the coast with mountains in the background.

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

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

Gotenyama no hanami hidari - Public domain drawing

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

Himegimi no gozabune, Utamaro ii, 1800-1820

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

Mimeguri no hanami - Public domain Japanese woodblock print

Print shows three women with a male attendant carrying a parasol, and a child walking along riverbank among cherry trees.

Karasaki no yau, Eizan Kikukawa - Ukiyo e print

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

Maki Bokusen - Harukoma - Public domain drawing

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

Segawa Rokō no Matsukaze - Public domain Japanese woodblock print

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

Iwai hanshirō, Utagawa Kunisada, Japan - Ukiyo e print

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

Yuki no ashita, Utagawa Kunisada, Japan

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

Nanadaime ichikawa danjūrō no ebiza ko no ju

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

Shya - Public domain Japanese woodblock print

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

Nakamura shikan no sadaka (to) nakamura matsue no hinadori

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

Ofusa tokubei, Utagawa Kunisada, Japan - Ukiyo e print

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

Fumi o motsu onna - Public domain drawing

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

Onoe baikō, Utagawa Toyokuni - Public domain drawing

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

Utagawa Toyokuni - Bandō minosuke no mitsuhida

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

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

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

[Blue blossom of morning glory on vine]

Yamauba, Hokkei Totoya - Public domain drawing

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

Tenmangū no kakejiku - Public domain portrait drawing

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

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

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

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

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

Tengu nado - Public domain drawing

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

Onden no suisha, Katsushika Hokusai - Ukiyo e print

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

Susaki shiohigari, Andō Hiroshige - Ukiyo e print

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

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

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

Mitsuke, Andō Hiroshige - Public domain drawing

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

Kiso kaidō ono no bakufu - Public domain scan of drawing

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

Utagawa Hiroshige - Seki, Andō Hiroshige - Ukiyo e print

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

Hara, Andō Hiroshige, depicting Mount Fuji

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

Kusatsu, Andō Hiroshige - Public domain drawing

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

Murasame no fuji, Katsushika Hokusai - Ukiyo e print

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

Yokkaichi - Public domain Japanese woodblock print

Print shows travelers at, and passing on horseback, a rest stop near a small shrine and a torii at the Yokkaichi station on the Tōkaidō Road.

[Cat]. Book illustration from Library of Congress Andō Hiroshige

Ukiyo-e drawing showing a cat. Illus. in: Hiroshige gajō, early 1840s. Number "11." Possibly exhibited: "The Floating world of Ukiyo-e: shadows, dreams and substances," organized by the Library of Congress, 2001.

Hamamatsu - Public domain Japanese woodblock print

Print shows travelers on foot and horseback, some in sedan chairs, with porters, on street, passing row of inns or tearooms, departing from the Hamamatsu station on the Tōkaidō Road.

Hanauri - Public domain drawing - Ukiyo e print

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

Kiichi hōgen no musume minatsuru hime

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

Shichifukujin takarabune, Kuniyoshi Utagawa - Ukiyo e print

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

Teishinkō, Utagawa Kunisada, Japan - Ukiyo e print

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

Fujisawa, Andō Hiroshige - Public domain scan / drawing

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

Kagamiiwa Hamanosuke, Utagawa Kunisada, Japan - Ukiyo e print

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

Yokkaichi - Public domain Japanese woodblock print

Print shows travelers around the torii at the entrance to a shrine at the Yokkaichi station on the Tōkaidō Road.

Ejiri, Andō Hiroshige - Public domain drawing

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

Narumi, Andō Hiroshige - Public domain scan / drawing

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

Shiba sinmeisha nai no zu Andō Hiroshige

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

Gekka momo ni tsubakura - Public domain drawing

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

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

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

Suma, Utagawa Kunisada, Japan - Public domain drawing

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

Ōhashi nakazu mitsumata, Andō Hiroshige - Ukiyo e print

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

Yushima tenmangū - Public domain Japanese woodblock print

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

Hodogaya, Andō Hiroshige - Public domain scan of drawing

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

Totsuka, Andō Hiroshige, depicting Mount Fuji

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

Totsuka, Andō Hiroshige, depicting Mount Fuji

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

Fujikawa, Andō Hiroshige - Public domain scenic drawing

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

Hakkeisaka yoroikakematsu, Andō Hiroshige - Ukiyo e print

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

Yushima tenjin sakaue chōbō Andō Hiroshige

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

Utagawa Hiroshige - Tsunohazu kumano jūnisha zokusyō jūnisō

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

Nakagawaguchi, Andō Hiroshige - Public domain scan of drawing

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

Ōkawabashi, Utagawa Kunisada, Japan - Ukiyo e print

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

Toranomon-soto aoizaka, Andō Hiroshige - Ukiyo e print

Print shows pedestrians, a porter or noodle vendor, and two men carrying lanterns on a walkway near waterfalls and the Aoi slope, beneath a cresent moon. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nich... More

Onagigawa gohonmatsu, Andō Hiroshige - Ukiyo e print

Print shows two men poling a ferry 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-s... More

Bikunibashi setchū, Andō Hiroshige - Ukiyo e print

Print shows a porter walking in ankle-deep snow at the approach to the Bikuni bridge. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. From the series:... More

Sagami Enoshima iriguchi, Andō Hiroshige - Ukiyo e print

Print shows three women passing through the gateway to a shrine on the bank of a river with distant view of Mount Fuji. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specia... More

Ichikawa kuzō sawamura tanosuke nakamura shikan

Print shows three actors, one in the role of a woman. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: one panel of a vertical Oban Nishikie tr... More

Bankoku jinbutsu no uchi: Amerikajin

Japanese print showing standing woman and man, who is smoking a cigarette. Signature: Kuniaki ga. Seal date: Cock 5. From series entitled: Bankoku jinbutsu no uchi (People of various nations). Annotations, stam... More

Furansujin no shōzō - Public domain dedication image

Japanese print shows a French woman seated before a mirror applying makeup; a man stands in a doorway on the right. Signature: Yoshikazu ga. Seal date: Cock 2. Annotations, stamps, etc. on verso of print: 103;... More

Amerika - Public domain Japanese woodblock print

Japanese print shows an American soldier on horseback. Signature: Issen Yoshikazu ga. Seal date: Dog 10. Annotations, stamps, etc. on verso of print: 86; 47623a. Earlier control number: 9942.25-7. Gift; Mrs. E... More

Sawamura tosshō no shirai gonpachi - Ukiyo e print

Print shows actor Sawamura Tosshō, half-length portrait, facing right, in the role of Shirai Gonpachi, a samurai turned outlaw, about to draw his sword.

Kawarazaki gonjūrō [to] ichikawa kohanji - Ukiyo e print

Print shows actors Kawarazaki Gonjūrō and Ichikawa Kohanji portraying the roles of a man seated on a bench, possibly in a tearoom, and a woman looking at him through an opening behind the bench. Title and other... More

Masse zu - Public domain drawing

Print shows several people in a hot-air balloon with bombs bursting around them, masses of dead people on the ground, in a scene depicting an imagined the end of the world. Title and other descriptive informati... More

Atarashii norimono, Utagawa Kuniteru - Ukiyo e print

Print shows various forms of human- and animal-drawn carts and carriages, with a view of a steamboat in the background. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specia... More

Tada no manchū, Taiso Yoshitoshi - Ukiyo e print

Print shows the warrior Tada no Manchu on horseback shooting an arrow into a serpent or dragon in a river. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005... More

[Photographer and subject, in Yokohama, Japan]

Print shows a woman posing for a portrait photograph, half-length, seated, facing right, next to a table with a potted plant; at the top of the image is a banner filled with text and an illustration of the phot... More

Taira no Kiyomori, Taiso Yoshitoshi - Ukiyo e print

Print shows the warrior Taira no Kiyomori sitting, holding a sword, has a vision of a demon looking through a window. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print speciali... More

Tsuchigumo, Taiso Yoshitoshi - Public domain drawing

Print shows a man with a sword about to fend off an attacking "earth spider." Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. From the series: Shinkei... More

Hitotsuya no tsuki, Taiso Yoshitoshi - Ukiyo e print

Print shows an old woman holding a small firebrand or torch as she sneaks around the corner at the entrance to a room in a lonely, isolated house, with the moon shining in the background. Title and other descri... More

Daimotsu kaijō no tsuki - Public domain drawing

Print shows a Musashibo Benkei praying to appease the gods and calm the rough seas so that his ship may cross Daimotsu Bay safely. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo p... More

[Kōshū inume-tōge], Katsushika Hokusai - Ukiyo e print

Print shows travelers and porters with two horses climbing the Inume Pass, with view of Mount Fuji in the distance. Title from online source, other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo ... More

[Courtesan, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left, holding a scroll...

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

Fuji [mori]goe no ryū - Public domain drawing

Print shows a dragon, emerged from the sea, climbing Mount Fuji; sailing ships are about to get hit with rough seas. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialis... More

[Kōshū misaka suimen], depicting Mount Fuji

Print shows the reflection of Mount Fuji in a lake with village on the edge of the lake.

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

Print shows people on a raft and a person in a small boat with tall reeds in the background and a view of Mount Fuji in the distance. Title devised by Library staff, other descriptive information compiled by Ni... More

Konen Uehara - Hatō zu - Public domain drawing

Print shows ocean waves. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: full color woodblock print. No. 437. Forms part of: Japanese prints a... More

Jōshū ushibori, Katsushika Hokusai - Ukiyo e print

Print shows an elderly man emptying a bucket over the side of a houseboat, with view of Mount Fuji in the background. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print speciali... More

Shoka no hana - Public domain scenic drawing

Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: full color woodblock print. Attributed to: Rakutei. Forms part of: Japanese prints and drawing... More

Bushō no zu - Public domain portrait drawing

Prints show paper samples of one before and two after illustrations; the before print shows a warrior wearing brightly colored garments, and the two after prints show this warrior and another warrior blending i... More

Yokohama kōeki seiyōjin nimotsu unsō no zu, Sadahide Utagawa

Japanese pentaptych print shows an American ship in the harbor at Yokohama, Japan; small boats ferry cargo which is being carried up a gangplank contributing to the bustle of activity on the main deck. Signatu... More

Hyōgo chikutō hitobashira no zu - Ukiyo e print

Print shows a man presenting a city plan to the emperor at court with many ministers seated nearby. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Tr... More

Hanami no en - Public domain scan / drawing

Ukiyo-e diptych showing richly-dressed man, two children, and two women in a richly-appointed interior. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06... More

Karasaki no yau, Katsushika Hokusai - Ukiyo e print

View of Lake Biwa and the Karasaki pine on a rainy night. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: vertical Chuban Nishikie. From the s... More

Gū no ne mo denpō - Public domain portrait print

Print shows head-and-shoulders portraits of a Western couple, the man holding a large sheet of paper (the telegram) and looking distressed, the woman with tears in her eyes. Title and other descriptive informat... More

Yokohama kaigan kakkoku shōkan zu - Ukiyo e print

Japanese triptych print showing foreign and Japanese people walking and talking on a street; some people ride in carriages and on horseback; ships in the harbor in background. Signature: Hiroshige ga. Seal dat... More

Shōkonsha keidai Furansu ōkyokuba [no] zu

Japanese triptych print shows circus at Yasukuni Jinja, originally called Shokonsha, Tokyo, Japan, with acrobats, trapeze artists, and horseback stunt riders. Signature: Motome ni ōzu Hiroshige ga (by request)... More

Okamotoya uchi Shigeoka Sugataebiya uchi Sugatano : Tamaya uchi Hanamu...

Ukiyo-e triptych showing three courtesans (shin yoshiwara). Left section: Hanamurasak from Tamaya house on Edo Street. Center section: Sugatano from Ebiya house on Kyo Street. Right section: Shigeoka from Okamo... More

[Fūkeiga], Ando Hiroshige - Public domain image related to music prfor...

Print shows a moonlight scene along a river with people fishing, in boats, and walking along the shore. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06... More

Yotsumeya Nishikigi, Isoda Koryūsai - Ukiyo e print

A woman, seated, holding a pipe, and another woman, standing on the left, holding a kimono. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: Ha... More

Tako no asirai. Japanese Empire. - Ukiyo e print

Print shows a Japanese officer sitting on the head of an octopus which has captured ships disguised as fish in its tentacles. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print ... More

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