77 Woodblock Images: LOC's Public Domain Archive Public Domain Search

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Kezori Kuemon - Public domain portrait drawing

Print shows a man standing aboard a ship looking out to sea. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. From the series: Chikamatsu zenshū furo... More

[Scenes related to the Soga family - two warriors praying in front of ...

Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. From the series: Eiri soga monogatari : Illustrated tale of the Soga Clan. Format: one sheet of an Sum... More

Katsukawa Shunsen (勝川春扇) - Kishibe no hagi

Print shows three women and two children playing on the banks of a river or lake. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. Format: Nishikie. ... More

Katsukawa Shunsen (勝川春扇) - Hotaru gari

Print shows three women and two boys next to a small shrine along the shore, one of the women and one of boys have nets with which they are trying to catch fireflies; there is a small bridge leading to a small ... More

Shibaura no seiran, Andō Hiroshige - Ukiyo e print

Print shows two boats anchored in the harbor at Shibaura, smaller boats and low buildings of the village in the background. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print sp... More

Chōhi (azana yokutoku) - Public domain portrait print

Print shows Zhang Fei, full-length portrait, facing left, carrying a staff, walking in snow. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. Format:... 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

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

[Scenes related to the Soga family - a warrior on horseback with retai...

Onna yu, print by Kiyonaga Torii

Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. Tanrokudo modern reprint (Showa) probably Takamizawa product. Printed on a single sheet. Purchase; H... More

Sawamura sōjūrō no honda - Public domain drawing

Print shows the actor Sawamura Sōjūrō, full-length portrait, standing, front view with head turned to the right, holding sword, in the role of Honda. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibun... More

Kushi, print by Utamaro Kitagawa - Ukiyo e print

Print shows a bust portrait of a woman holding a transparent comb in front of her face. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: vertic... More

Shiohigari - Public domain drawing - Ukiyo e print

Print shows a large group of people gathering seashells in a tidal pool. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. Format: horizontal Oban Nis... More

Waisui no tsuki, Taiso Yoshitoshi - Ukiyo e print

Print shows the Chinese general Wu Zixu talking to a fisherman sitting on the shore of the Huai River, who tells him the location of the grave of the man who murdered the general's father. Title and other descr... More

[Scenes related to the Soga family - two warriors with swords walking ...

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

Fumiyomu onna. Book illustration from Library of Congress

Print shows a half-length portrait of a woman reading a letter. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. From the series: Fujo ninsō juppon : T... More

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.

Natsu no yo no tsuki - Public domain portrait drawing

Print shows General Akashi Gidayu, wearing white outfit, sitting on the floor, holding a knife (tantō or short sword) in his right hand, with papers in front of him on which he has written his death poem (also ... More

Jōga hongetsu, Taiso Yoshitoshi - Ukiyo e print

Print shows a female deity, Chang-e, full-length, holding a vial of the elixir of immortality, as she rides on clouds to the moon. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo p... More

Omori Hikoshichi - Public domain Japanese woodblock print

Print shows the warrior Omori Hikoshichi carrying a princess who turns into a demon with horns in her reflection in the water as they cross a river.

Shitakiri suzume, Taiso Yoshitoshi - Ukiyo e print

Print shows an old woman(?) carrying a large basket on her back, a gift from the sparrow whose tongue she had cut; the basket is full of demons instead of the treasure she is expecting. Title and other descript... More

Moronobu Hishikawa - Sumō, 16th century - Ukiyo e print

Print showing scenes related to the Soga family. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. From the series: Eiri soga monogatari : Illustrated t... More

Yatsushi shikisanba - Public domain Japanese woodblock print

Print shows three actors in the roles of Senzai, Okina, and Sanbasō, on stage performing in the noh play Shikisanba (or shikisamba).

Semimaru - Public domain Japanese woodblock print

Print shows Prince Semimaru tuning a lute by the light of a full moon at his mountain retreat on Mount Ausaka.

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

Onnna yu, print by Kiyonaga Torii

Print shows a scene in a public bathhouse where several women are bathing. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Diptych matted in 2 section... More

Kiyomitsu Torii - Yukidama o tsukuru musume

Print shows a young woman, wearing high geta and a kimono with hat designs, rolling a large snowball. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006... More

Niwa Tokei - Tsuru kame to takarabune

Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. Format: full Obosho Nishikie Surimono, folded. Surimono for the celebration of cutting the long slee... More

Shichidaime ichikawa danjūrō no shimizu no kanja yoshitaka

Print shows Ichikawa Danjūrō VII, full-length portrait, facing slightly left, sitting on a sofa, in the role of a warrior, wild-eyed and clutching a bamboo staff. Title and other descriptive information compile... More

Katsukawa Shunsen (勝川春扇) - Shiokumi

Print shows three women with buckets and shoulder poles gathering salt at dawn. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: horizontal Oba... More

Kuzu no ha, Taiso Yoshitoshi - Public domain drawing

Print shows a child crawling with one hand on the trailing kimono of a woman. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. From the series: Shinkei... More

Matsuo Bashō, Taiso Yoshitoshi - Public domain image related to music ...

Print shows the poet Matsuo Bashō as an old man, a traveler, stopping to talk with two men having tea by the roadside. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print special... More

Manosan yowa no tsuki - Public domain Japanese woodblock print

Print shows a demon-like wizard with wings and talons holding a piece of paper with writing on it before a woman with very long hair.

Hotaru kago - Public domain drawing

Print shows women and children playing with firefly cages. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. From the series: Children of the twelve mon... More

Sandaime segawa kikunojō - Public domain portrait print

Print shows actor Segawa Kikunojō III, full-length portrait, standing, body turned to the left, facing right.

Omoi tsuzura, Taiso Yoshitoshi - Public domain drawing

Print shows an elderly woman troubled by demons emerging from a huge basket to torment her after she injured a sparrow. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specia... More

Yūgao dana nōryō zu - Public domain Japanese woodblock print

Print shows a couple in the country with a child and a teapot, sitting on a mat beneath a trellis covered with yūgao vines, enjoying the full moon.

Nidaime ichikawa monnosuke - Public domain portrait print

Print shows the actor Ichikawa Monnosuke II, full-length portrait, facing left, standing on snow-covered veranda.

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.

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

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

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

Jakuren Hōshi, Harunobu Suzuki, Woodblock Print, Japan

Print shows two figures, possibly the two lovers from the poem "Loving two people equally" based on the legend of Unai Otome; one lying on the floor reading (poetry?) is wearing a kimono with oragami cranes dep... More

Ryūgūjō - Public domain Japanese woodblock print

Print shows the warrior Watanabe no Tsuna, with bow and arrows, at the palace of the demon Ibaraki.

Shinobugaoka no tsuki, Taiso Yoshitoshi - Ukiyo e print

Print shows a young samurai warrior, Gyokuensai, startled by the wind blowing blossom petals and a robe or kimono hanging on a rope tied to a tree. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunke... More

Secchū aiaigasa, Harunobu Suzuki, Woodblock Print, Japan

Print shows a man and a woman standing in the snow beneath a snow-covered umbrella. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: modern min... More

[Scenes related to the Soga family - three warriors, one with two swor...

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

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

Katsukawa Shunsen (勝川春扇) - Omatsuri shōzoku no shichifukujin

Print shows the seven lucky gods of Japan with large festive display with pine boughs from which a large fish is hanging. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print spec... More

Sugawara no Michizane, Taiso Yoshitoshi - Ukiyo e print

Print shows Sugawara Michizane, full-length, standing next to a tree beneath a full moon, writing poetry. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-... More

Jōganden no tsuki, Taiso Yoshitoshi - Ukiyo e print

Print shows a hunter shooting an arrow into a deer. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. From the series: Tsuki hyaku shi : 100 aspects of ... More

Katsukawa Shunsen (勝川春扇) - Hotaru gari

Print shows three women and two children at the edge of a pond, near a small shrine, catching fireflies. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-0... More

Gojōbashi no tsuki, Taiso Yoshitoshi - Ukiyo e print

Print shows Minamoto Yoshitsune leaping into the air and throwing a fan in an effort to escape from an attacker at the Gojo Bridge in Kyoto. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-spons... More

Ibaraki, Taiso Yoshitoshi - Public domain drawing

Print shows an elderly woman or demon, possibly Ibaraki of Rashomon, flying through the air. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. From the ... More

Yumiharizuki, Andō Hiroshige - Public domain drawing

Print shows a bridge spanning a steep canyon with a crescent moon visible between the canyon walls. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Fr... More

Botandōrō - Public domain Japanese woodblock print

Print shows the ghostly figures of a woman with a servant or girl carrying a peony lantern.

Kōshi no tsuki, Taiso Yoshitoshi - Ukiyo e print

Print shows Ono no Takamura tying a bundle of firewood as he looks toward the moon rising above buildings in the distance, possibly his parents home. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibun... More

Inabayama no tsuki, Taiso Yoshitoshi - Ukiyo e print

Print shows a warrior climbing Mount Inaba by the light of a full moon. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. From the series: Tsuki hyaku s... More

Momijigari, Taiso Yoshitoshi - Public domain portrait drawing

Print shows a man or a woman pulling a cape over his or her head while standing beneath a maple tree during autumn. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialist... More

Kurikaradani ōg[k]assen zu - A picture of a man riding a horse

Print shows the chaos of a surprise night attack by the Minamoto clan against the Taira clan at the Kurikara Pass; using deceit to inflate their numbers and oxen with torches tied to their horns driven into the... More

Shiokumi - Public domain Japanese woodblock print

Print shows three women with buckets suspended from shoulder poles gathering salt from the sea with the sun setting behind them.

Sumiyoshi no meigetsu, Taiso Yoshitoshi - Ukiyo e print

Print shows a person wrapped in a flowing kimono standing beneath a maple tree at Sumiyoshi. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. From the ... More

Bunbuku chagama, Taiso Yoshitoshi - Ukiyo e print

Print shows a raccoon wearing clothes and leaning on a table in a room with a large round window and a teapot heating nearby. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print ... More

Moronobu Hishikawa - [Two scenes related to the Soga family]

Print shows in scene on the left, three warriors with bow and arrows hunting deer, one warrior has fallen off his horse; in scene on the right, a warrior is riding backwards on a wild boar with retainers chasin... More

Onna yu, print by Kiyonaga Torii

Oda Nobunaga, Taiso Yoshitoshi - Public domain drawing

Print shows Oda Nobunaga fighting with another warrior whom he knocks off a building into a raging inferno. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 200... More

Chikurin no kabe no mae no shichikenjin

Print shows seven women portraying the seven sages of the bamboo grove, sitting together with musical instruments (shamisen, koto, and recorder), tobacco pipes, and a scroll. Title and other descriptive informa... More

Kameido umeyashiki - Public domain Japanese woodblock print

Print shows two men and two women and a child inside the walls of a country villa.

Heishōkoku Kiyomori, Taiso Yoshitoshi - Ukiyo e print

Print shows Heishōkoku Kiyomori, full-length portrait, standing, facing left, holding a fan in raised right hand, looking across the sea at a rising or setting sun, with a young woman standing on the right. Tit... More

Sakurasō, Shunman Kubo - Public domain drawing

Print shows primrose seedings growing in a box and a full grown plant in a vase. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. Format: Shikishi Ni... More

[Musha]taira no tomomori - Public domain drawing

Print shows the ghost of Taira no Tomomori crashing through waves to avenge the Taira naval defeat by the Minamoto forces during the Genpei War. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-s... More

Ōmu, Ryūryūkyo Shinsai - Public domain scenic drawing

Print shows a parrot sitting on a drying rack. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. From the series: Garyōbai sanban tsuzuki : Three view... More

Susanō no mikoto, Taiso Yoshitoshi - Ukiyo e print

Print shows Susanoo no Mikoto, the shinto god of storms, standing on the edge of a cliff, pointing toward the sea, with a woman on the cliff just above his right shoulder. Title and other descriptive informatio... More

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