139 Samurai Images: LOC's Public Domain Archive Public Domain Search

Sandanme, print by Utamaro Kitagawa, Forty Seven Rōnin

Print shows a woman (possibly Okaru), a little man (possibly Moronô's servant Bannai), and another man (possibly Honzo or Kampei). Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo p... More

Wada yoshimori tomoe gozen yamabuki, Kuniyoshi Utagawa

Triptych matted in 3 sections: left (423a), center (423b), right (423c). Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. Format: vertical Oban Nishi... More

Miyamoto musashi, Kuniyoshi Utagawa - Ukiyo e print

Man holding up a magnifying glass to look at the famous samurai swordsman Miyamoto Musashi. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: ve... More

Iwai kumesaburō ichikawa danjūrō iwai shijyaku

Print shows actors in a fight scene. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Triptych matted in 3 sections: left (1499a), center (1499b), righ... More

Ichikawa Danjūrō, Iwai Hanshirō, Bandō Mitsugorō

Print shows the actors Ichikawa Danjuro, Iwai Hanshiro, and Bando Mitsugoro as two warriors about to attack an unarmed person, possibly a scene from the chushingura.

Kawanakajima no kassen - Public domain image related to music prforman...

Print shows two armies of cavalry engaged in a battle with swordsmen and archers on horseback. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Diptych... More

Ōya tarō mitsukuni - Public domain Japanese woodblock print

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

Igagoe dōchū sugoroku, Katsukawa Shuntei - Ukiyo e print

Print shows a fight scene from the play Igagoe Dōchū Sugoroku, with Watanabe Shizuma and Araki Mataemon fighting with Kawai Matagorō and many other men armed with pikes or halbreds at Iga Ueno. Title and other ... More

Igagoe dōchū sugoroku, Katsukawa Shuntei - Ukiyo e print

Print shows a fight scene from the play Igagoe Dōchū Sugoroku, with Watanabe Shizuma and Araki Mataemon fighting with Kawai Matagorō and many other men armed with pikes or halbreds at Iga Ueno. Title and other ... More

[Jūichidanme - act eleven of the Chūshingura - breaking down the entra...

Print shows a group of warriors advancing on building under a full moon during the winter. Print shows a scene during the attack on Kira Yoshinaka's home by the 47 rōnin, with a group of samurai advancing on th... More

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

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

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.

Gentoku uma o odorashite tankei o koeru zu

Print shows Liu Bei (Xuande) on horseback struggling to cross the swiftly flowing Caoqi river. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Triptyc... More

Kusunoki rōjō no zu, Shunk Katsukawa

Print shows the samurai Kusunoki and followers defending the castle at Akasaka. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Triptych matted in 3 s... More

Kawanakajima no kassen - Public domain image related to music prforman...

Print shows two armies of cavalry engaged in a battle with swordsmen and archers on horseback. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Diptych... More

Son gokū - Public domain Japanese woodblock print

Print shows a monkey on a cloud dressed as a samurai warrior.

Kira Yoshinaka - Jūichidanme, Utagawa Kuniyasu, Forty Seven Rōnin

Print shows three Rōnin samurai attacking the entrance to Moronō's (Kira Yoshinaka) home. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. From the s... More

Arashirikan no mashiba hisatugu; nakamura utaemon; ichikawa hakuen

Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Triptych matted in 3 sections: left (1930a), center (1930b), right (1930c). Format: vertical Oban Nish... More

Iwai kumesaburō ichikawa danjūrō iwai shijyaku

Print shows actors in a fight scene. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Triptych matted in 3 sections: left (1499a), center (1499b), righ... More

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

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

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

[Jūichidanme - act eleven of the Chūshingura - assualt on Kira Yoshina...

Print shows a scene during the attack on Kira Yoshinaka's home by the 47 rōnin, with the samurai chasing Kira's guards and searching the grounds. Title devised by Library staff, no information provided by Nichi... More

Onoe matsusuke no raikō sitennō - Ukiyo e print

Print shows Onoe Matsusuke, an actor, full-length portrait, standing, facing left. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. Format: one of a ... More

Yodanme, Katsushika Hokusai, Forty Seven Rōnin

Print shows several persons gathered for the ritual suicide, seppuku, of Enya Hangan (Asano). Scene from act four of the play Chūshingura or revenge of the 47 Rōnin. Title and other descriptive information comp... More

Hyōshigi o utsu bushi, Kuniyoshi Utagawa

Print shows a samurai with a pair of clappers, a man pulling a rope, and a man fallen on the ground in front of the samurai. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print s... More

[Ronin, or masterless Samurai, in doorway]

Ukiyo-e print illustration showing Ronin emerging from between curtains with sword drawn. Illus. in: Seichū gishi meimei gaden / Tsukioka (Utagawa) Yoshitoshi, 1869. Published in: The floating world of Ukiyo-e... More

Enchū no tsuki, Taiso Yoshitoshi - Ukiyo e print

Print shows firemen standing on the rooftops of buildings, signaling to each other during a conflagration. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005... More

Wada yoshimori tomoe gozen yamabuki, Kuniyoshi Utagawa

Triptych matted in 3 sections: left (423a), center (423b), right (423c). Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. Format: vertical Oban Nishi... More

[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

Ume ni kabuto - Drawing. Public domain image.

Print shows the helmet of Kajiwara Genda Kagesue, a master horseman and samurai of the Minamoto clan, on a plum tree.

[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.

Gojū kogō no tsubone gojūni tomoegozen

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

Ōya tarō mitsukuni - Public domain Japanese woodblock print

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

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

Sugawara no michizane zō - Public domain portrait print

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

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

Nakamura shikan, Utagawa Toyokuni - Ukiyo e print

Print shows the actor Nakamura Shikan as a samurai holding a bow and arrow in a snowy landscape. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Forma... More

[Two Japanese men, possibly samurai, full-length studio portrait with ...

No. 728. Illus. in: Views & costumes of Japan by Stillfried & Andersen. Yokohama : Stillfried & Andersen, [ca. 1877, p. 5] In 1877 Stillfried & Andersen purchased Felice Beato's stock of photographs, some may ... More

Samurai waking style - Public domain portrait print

Photograph shows a studio portrait of a samurai, full-length, standing between two potted plants, facing right. Watercolor drawings on the mount depict birds in the upper right and flowers in the lower left.

Yamato Takeru no Mikoto - Public domain scan of drawing

Print shows folk hero Yamato Takeru no Mikoto about to stab a man with a sword. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. From the series: Yos... More

Wada yoshimori tomoe gozen yamabuki, Kuniyoshi Utagawa

Triptych matted in 3 sections: left (423a), center (423b), right (423c). Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. Format: vertical Oban Nishi... More

Taikō gosai rakutō yūkan no zu - Public domain drawing

Print shows Toyotomi Hideyoshi having tea and being attended to by four women. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: central panel o... More

Horibe yatsubei horibe yajibei shōzō - Ukiyo e print

A scene from the drama "The Storehouse of the Loyalties." The two figures in the image are the actors Horibe Yatsubei (Yasubei) and Horibe Yajibe. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken... More

Ichikawa Danjūrō, Iwai Hanshirō, Bandō Mitsugorō

Print shows the actors Ichikawa Danjuro, Iwai Hanshiro, and Bando Mitsugoro as two warriors about to attack an unarmed person, possibly a scene from the chushingura.

Hōryūkaku - Public domain drawing - Ukiyo e print

Print shows two men fighting with swords on the roof of a tower. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. Format: horizontal Chuban Nishikie.... More

Soga no taimen, Utagawa Kunisada, Japan

Print showing a man sitting on a raised platform, with a warrior sitting on the left and a warrior standing on the right. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print spec... 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

Nidanme, print by Utamaro Kitagawa - Ukiyo e print

Print shows the young samurai Rikiya placing a gift in front of Konami with her mother standing behind her and Honzo observing from behind a screen, from act 2 of the chushingura. Title and other descriptive in... More

[Samurai on horseback, wearing armor and horned helmet, carrying bow a...

Lacks inscription in pencil on lower left corner of paper mount: Kano [month] 1878. From the "Military arts" series. Gift; Mrs. David Murray; 1909. Forms part of: David Murray collection. Forms part of: Japane... More

Gentoku mitabi secchū ni kōmei o otonou no zu

Print shows Liu Bei (Xuande) with two samurai paying a night visit during a snow storm to Zhuge Liang (Kongming) to request that he become his advisor.

Gentoku mitabi secchū ni kōmei o otonou no zu

Print shows Liu Bei (Xuande) with two samurai paying a night visit during a snow storm to Zhuge Liang (Kongming) to request that he become his advisor.

Arashirikan no mashiba hisatugu; nakamura utaemon; ichikawa hakuen

Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Triptych matted in 3 sections: left (1930a), center (1930b), right (1930c). Format: vertical Oban Nish... More

Nankō akasaka rōjō no zu - Public domain drawing

Print shows the samurai Kusunoki and followers defending the castle at Akasaka. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Triptych matted in 3 s... More

Iwai kumesaburō ichikawa danjūrō iwai shijyaku

Print shows actors in a fight scene. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Triptych matted in 3 sections: left (1499a), center (1499b), righ... More

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

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

Gentoku uma o odorashite tankei o koeru zu

Print shows Liu Bei (Xuande) on horseback struggling to cross the swiftly flowing Caoqi river. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Triptyc... More

Kusunoki rōjō no zu, Shunk Katsukawa

Print shows the samurai Kusunoki and followers defending the castle at Akasaka. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Triptych matted in 3 s... More

Kusunoki rōjō no zu, Shunk Katsukawa

Print shows the samurai Kusunoki and followers defending the castle at Akasaka. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Triptych matted in 3 s... More

[Jūichidanme - act eleven of the Chūshingura - assualt on Kira Yoshina...

Print shows a scene during the attack on Kira Yoshinaka's home by the 47 rōnin, with the samurai chasing Kira's guards into the house. Title devised by Library staff, no information provided by Nichibunken-spon... More

Kira Yoshinaka - Jūnidanme, Katsushika Hokusai, Forty Seven Rōnin

Print shows the night attack on the villa and the capture of Moronō (Kira). Scene from act twelve of the play Chūshingura or revenge of the 47 Rōnin. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibun... More

[Samurai, standing, facing left, wearing armor and holding a bow, also...

Lacks inscription in pencil on lower left corner of paper mount: Kano [month] 1878. From the "Military arts" series. Gift; Mrs. David Murray; 1909. Forms part of: David Murray collection. Forms part of: Japane... More

Shinkan no tsuki, Taiso Yoshitoshi - Ukiyo e print

Print shows two samurai warriors fighting among fallen weapons. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. From the series: Tsuki hyaku shi : 100... More

Gentoku mitabi secchū ni kōmei o otonou no zu

Print shows Liu Bei (Xuande) with two samurai paying a night visit during a snow storm to Zhuge Liang (Kongming) to request that he become his advisor.

Yamato Takeru no Mikoto - Public domain drawing

Print shows folk hero Yamato Takeru no Mikoto about to stab a man with a sword. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. From the series: Yos... More

Miyamoto musashi, Kuniyoshi Utagawa - Ukiyo e print

Man holding up a magnifying glass to look at the famous samurai swordsman Miyamoto Musashi. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: ve... More

Hōryūkaku - Public domain scan of drawing - Ukiyo e print

Print shows two men fighting with swords on the roof of a tower. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. Format: horizontal Chuban Nishikie.... More

Kawanakajima no kassen - Public domain image related to music prforman...

Print shows two armies of cavalry engaged in a battle with swordsmen and archers on horseback. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Diptych... More

Igagoe dōchū sugoroku, Katsukawa Shuntei - Ukiyo e print

Print shows a fight scene from the play Igagoe Dōchū Sugoroku, with Watanabe Shizuma and Araki Mataemon fighting with Kawai Matagorō and many other men armed with pikes or halbreds at Iga Ueno. Title and other ... More

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

[Jūichidanme - act eleven of the Chūshingura - discover Kira's hiding ...

Print shows a scene during the attack on Kira Yoshinaka's home by the 47 Rōnin; the samurai discover Kira's hiding place. Title devised by Library staff, no information provided by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo pri... More

Utagawa Toyokuni - Bandō minosuke no rikiya

Print shows the actor Bandō Minosuke as the young samurai Rikiya from the Chushingura. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: one pan... More

Kira Yoshinaka - Jūichidanme, Katsushika Hokusai, Forty Seven Rōnin

Print shows a scene during the attack on Kira Yoshinaka's home by the 47 Rōnin, with the samurai confronting Kira's guards and searching the grounds. Scene from act eleven of the play Chūshingura or the revenge... More

Jūdanme - Public domain Japanese woodblock print

Print shows the Rōnin samurai dressed as police to test the loyalty of the merchant Gihei. A scene from act ten of the play Chūshingura or revenge of the 47 Rōnin.

Taibi, Utagawa Kuniyasu, Forty Seven Rōnin

Print shows three men outside a shed, one is carrying a large knife, another is carrying a lance and a lantern, and the third man appears unarmed. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken... More

Ishibashi yama, Kuniyoshi Utagawa - Ukiyo e print

Print shows a samurai (Yoritomo?) falling or pushed out of a cave on Mount Ishibashi, where he may have sought refuge. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print special... More

Kiyomitsu Torii - Kabuki jūhachiban - Ukiyo e print

Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. Format: Nishikie Surimono. One part of a full sheet (Obosho) print. Forms part of: Japanese prints a... More

Washington, D. C. Washington Navy Yard. First Japanese treaty commissi...

Photograph shows Japanese samurai warriors posed with Navy and American representatives. No. 83705. Photo identified in Frank Leslie's vol. 10, June 9, 1860; photo identified in 77 Samurai by Lewis W. Bush, pp. 104-105.

[Ronin, or masterless Samurai, fending off arrows]

Ukiyo-e print illustration showing Ronin deflecting arrows with a long-handled sword. Illus. in: Seichū gishi meimei gaden / Tsukioka (Utagawa) Yoshitoshi, 1869. Published in: The floating world of Ukiyo-e : s... More

[Typical bow used by a samurai]

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 collection. Forms part of: Japanese prints a... More

Nankō akasaka rōjō no zu - Public domain scan / drawing

Print shows the samurai Kusunoki and followers defending the castle at Akasaka. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Triptych matted in 3 s... More

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

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

[Elder samurai observing a young warrior with bow and arrows]

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).

Ōsaka kudari iwai hanshirō - Public domain Japanese woodblock print

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

Nakoso no seki yoshiie eika no zu

Print shows samurai Minamoto Yoshiie with another samurai passing cherry trees. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: right panel of... More

[Samurai warrior, half-length studio portrait, facing front, wearing a...

No. 654. Illus. in: Views & costumes of Japan by Stillfried & Andersen. Yokohama : Stillfried & Andersen, [ca. 1877, p. 2] In 1877 Stillfried & Andersen purchased Felice Beato's stock of photographs, some may ... More

Gentoku mitabi secchū ni kōmei o otonou no zu

Print shows Liu Bei (Xuande) with two samurai paying a night visit during a snow storm to Zhuge Liang (Kongming) to request that he become his advisor.

Iga goe norikake kappa - Public domain scan / drawing

Print shows several actors in a battle scene with one warrior defending himself against several attackers during an assault on a fortress, with bridge in the background. Title and other descriptive information ... More

Arashirikan no mashiba hisatugu; nakamura utaemon; ichikawa hakuen

Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Triptych matted in 3 sections: left (1930a), center (1930b), right (1930c). Format: vertical Oban Nish... More

Nankō akasaka rōjō no zu - Public domain image related to music prform...

Print shows the samurai Kusunoki and followers defending the castle at Akasaka. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Triptych matted in 3 s... More

Iwai kumesaburō ichikawa danjūrō iwai shijyaku

Print shows actors in a fight scene. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Triptych matted in 3 sections: left (1499a), center (1499b), righ... More

[Jūichidanme - act eleven of the Chūshingura - headed for the shrine]

Drawing shows a few men confronting by the 47 rōnin on the Ryogoku Bridge over the Sumida River during the night on their return after attacking Kira Yoshinaka's home and beheading him.

[A popular hero, Shibaraku], Kiyomasu Torii

Print shows an actor as a samurai making a grand entrance at the "Shibaraku" moment on the kabuki stage. Adachi modern reprint (Showa). Forms part of: Japanese prints and drawings (Library of Congress).

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

Drawing shows the night attack on Kira Yoshinaka's home by the 47 rōnin. Title devised by Library staff, no information provided by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. Forms part of: Japan... More

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

Print shows a scene during the attack on Kira Yoshinaka's home by the 47 rōnin, with the samurai searching the grounds for Kira. Title devised by Library staff, no information provided by Nichibunken-sponsored ... More

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

Print shows a scene during the attack on Kira Yoshinaka's home by the 47 rōnin, with the samurai searching the grounds for Kira. Title devised by Library staff, no information provided by Nichibunken-sponsored ... More

Tobidashita ōtsue - Public domain image related to music prformance, d...

Print shows an artist in the foreground and figures of a characters in the background (a demon holding an anchor, a samurai with a falcon, a man with long pike, and a wrestler). Title and other descriptive info... More

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