Frank Jones the musical moke. 19th century, Library of Congress collec...
Public domain scan of American poster, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
[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
Seijō kakkoku shaga teiō kagami - Public domain engraving
Two sections of a Japanese triptych print showing seated and standing world leaders gathered in a group. Signature: Yōshū Chikanobu fude. "Hori Kame," engraver. Seal date: Meiji, 12th month, 4th year. Incomple... More
Saitō go Kunitake Tada no kurando Yukitsuna : Naruto no mae : Akugenta...
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Saitō go Kunitake Tada no kurando Yukitsuna : Naruto no mae : Akugenta...
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Amerika no shōnin shōju no sakura o motomete ōi ni kanki no zu
Japanese print shows a man admiring a bonsai tree in bloom, it possibly reminds him of his wife and brings to mind her portrait hanging in the upper left corner. Signature: Gountei Sadahide ga. Seal date: Cock... More
Amerika no shōnin shōju no sakura o motomete ōi ni kanki no zu
Japanese print shows a man admiring a bonsai tree in bloom, it possibly reminds him of his wife and brings to mind her portrait hanging in the upper left corner. Signature: Gountei Sadahide ga. Seal date: Cock... More
H.M.S. Pinafore, US Navy Photogrpah
"Copyrighted - 1879 J.E. Jackson." Poster advertising operetta by Gilbert & Sullivan. Forms part of: Theatrical poster collection (Library of Congress)
[Ladies in the country] - Public domain book illustration
Two facing pages from Japanese book show four richly dressed women walking in a garden. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06 and Richard Lan... More
[Portraits of actors, often playing roles]
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[Humorous picture showing a Chinese man, kneeling, speaking to a woman...
Signed on block by artist in lower right, includes chop. Includes extensive Japanese text. Descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. From the series: Nihon ban... More
[Geisha stepping into a boat] - Public domain dedication image
Ukiyo-e print illustration shows geisha being helped into a boat by a boatman. Pages in: Kakuchū en[pu]. [Japan : s.n., not before 1806]. Date from The floating world of Ukiyo-e ..., p. 108. Published in: The ... More
Nankin, Oroshiy, Utagawa Hiroshige - Ukiyo e print
Japanese print shows Chinese man holding a paintbrush while an assistant mixes ink as a Russian military officer looks on. Signature: Motome ni ōzu Hiroshige ga (by request). Seal date: Monkey 12. Annotations,... More
Dōke hyakumanben - Public domain drawing
Print shows a procession of various figures holding a large rosary around a large octopus. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Triptych ma... More
[Draftsman drawing a lute] / AD [monogram], 1525.
Print shows two men in a room using a perspective apparatus to draw a lute accurately. Woodcut illus. and surrounding text in: Underweysung der Messung / Albrecht Durer. [Nuremberg], 1525. Title from Bartsch. I... 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.
Akugenta yoshihira, Utagawa Kunisada, Japan - Ukiyo e print
Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: one panel of a vertical Oban Nishikie triptych. Forms part of: Japanese prints and drawings (L... More
Utagawa Toyokuni - Fujibitai hana no gyōretsu
Print shows a procession of several women, some carrying a palanquin, with Mount Fuji in the background. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-0... More
Ichikawa monnosuke, Shunk Katsukawa - Ukiyo e print
Full-length depiction of actor Ichikawa Monnosuke with sword in the Thunder God pose. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: Hosoban ... More
Gasshukoku suishi teitoku kōjōgaki - Ukiyo e print
Japanese print shows three men, two seated and one standing, possibly Commander Anan, age 54; Perry, age 49; Captain Henry Adams, age 59. May be text of President Fillmore's letter to Emperor. Annotations, sta... More
[Sagamigawa] / Hiroshige ga., Andō Hiroshige - Ukiyo e print
Japanese print shows a view of Mount Fuji from the Sagami River, Province of Shoshu, with two men poling rafts and herons flying and diving. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-spons... More
Gajō icchō, Andō 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, Andō Hiroshige - Public domain 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
Fuefuki okina. Book illustration from Library of Congress
Print shows an old man kneeling on the ground playing a flute. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. Attributed to: Tsutsumi Tōrin III. Fo... More
Meiyo migi ni tekinashi hidarijingorō, Kuniyoshi Utagawa
Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: vertical Oban Nishikie triptych. Forms part of: Japanese prints and drawings (Library of Congr... More
The people's line--Take care of the locomotive
Incumbent President Martin Van Buren drives "Uncle Sam's Cab," a carriage pulled by a blindered horse, which wrecks on a pile of "Clay." The carriage founders in the path of a locomotive, really an assemblage o... More
Tōto meishō kenbutsu ijin - Ryōgokubashi, Sadahide Utagawa
Japanese print shows an American man and woman sightseeing at the Ryōgoku bridge in Edo (Tokyo), Japan. Signature: Gountei Sadahide ga. Engraving attributed to: Yokogawa Hori Iwa. Seal date: Cock 7. May be sec... More
Whiteley's Original Hidden Hand Co. the comedy event.
Includes portraits of Harry M. Clark and G.P. Hammer. P4276 U.S. Copyright Office "Copyrigiht [sic] secured." Created by "Jno. B. Jeffery, Pr.,-Eng., Chicago." Under the management of Harry M. Clark; Clark & Ha... More
The eviction by Hubert O'Grady.
"A.S. Seer Eng. Print., New York (copyrighted)." Created by A.S. Seer Eng. Print. Forms part of: Theatrical poster collection (Library of Congress)
[A Russian soldier protests as two Japanese soldiers interrupt his din...
Signed on block by artist in lower right, includes chop. Includes extensive Japanese text. Descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. From the series: Nihon ban... More
Shi-yosiwara edochō Kinpeirō - Public domain drawing
Print shows several women, in a large room, playing shamisens and a koto. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Triptych matted in 3 section... More
Chapman Sisters, violets of the stage
A833 U.S. Copyright Office Caption: Ella, Blanche. Copyrighted 1870 by Ferd. Mayer & Sons Mammoth Lith. Print, New York. Created by "Ferd. Mayer & Sons' Mammoth Lith. Print, 96 & 98 Fulton St., New York." Signe... More
[Kabuki scene of early photography] / Yoshiiku.
Triptych shows four actors: two men on the left, a man in the center holding a book and some prints or photographs, and a woman on the right standing with a large camera behind her. Triptych matted in 3 sectio... More
Tehidoi tsubushigata - Public domain scenic 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
Daiichi no maki, Utagawa Kunisada, Japan
Print shows a person, possibly Kiritsubo, holding a lantern in right hand and a blanket over left shoulder. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 200... More
Yamashiro ōtani meganebashi, Utagawa Hiroshige - Ukiyo e print
Print shows the Megane Bridge spanning a river at Ōtani Temple, with blossoming trees, in the Yamashiro Province. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists ... More
Azumabashi kinryūzan enbō, Andō Hiroshige - Ukiyo e print
View of the Azuma Bridge, Kinryūzan Temple and the surrounding city, and Mount Fuji, seen from a boat. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06.... More
Ichi fuji ni taka san nasubi - Public domain drawing
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
[Humorous pictures showing damaged Chinese battleships receiving first...
Signed on block by artist in lower right, includes chop. Descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. From the series: Nisshinsensō shōraku gakai : Comics of the ... 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
East Lynne - Drawing. Public domain image.
M20146 U.S. Copyright Office "A.S. Seer's Print, N.Y. (copyrighted)." Created by A.S. Seer's Print, N.Y. Forms part of: Theatrical poster collection (Library of Congress)
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).
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).
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).
Haran rikkazu, Tsukimaro Kitagawa - Ukiyo e print
Print shows plant in a pot. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. Attributed to: Kitagawa Kikumaro. Format: Koban Nishikie. Forms part of:... More
Tamanoi - Public domain drawing - Ukiyo e print
The Dragon King and two princesses in a scene from the play "The Jewelled Well." Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: Shikishiban N... 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
The land of the bluebird / / Bertha Lum.
Print shows two bluebirds flying down from tree with fairy children behind branches.
Sawamura Sōjūrō no Ichihōshi Ōtomo Hitatinosuke Yamatogawa Tomigorō no...
Sawamura Sojurō and Yamatogawa Tomigoro in the role of a samurai and his page who is offering him a cup of tea. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in... More
Yokohama ijin shōka shuen no zu, Sadahide Utagawa
Japanese print shows an English merchant seated at a table and being waited on by a Chinese man and a Thai cook during a banquet at a mercantile house in Yokohama, Japan. Signature: Gountei Sadahide ga. Engrav... More
Uyōkanazawa hashōyakei - Public domain Japanese woodblock print
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Mukashigatari kuwana matsuri no furugoto - Ukiyo e print
Print shows two men, probably actors, and a woman with a shoulder pole carrying two buckets.
Mukashigatari kuwana matsuri no furugoto - Ukiyo e print
Print shows two men, probably actors, and a woman with a shoulder pole carrying two buckets.
Raikō shitennō to tsuchigumo - Public domain drawing
Print shows an interior view of room with Minamoto Yorimitsu and another man at a Go gameboard as a demon crashes through the roof. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo ... More
Oshichi, Utagawa Kuniteru - Public domain portrait drawing
Image of the young maiden, Oshichi, who attempted arson out of love and was burned at the stake in 1683. She became a figure in plays with different story lines. Includes vignette image (koma-e) above her head ... More
Frost / Bertha Lum. - A painting of a tree in the snow
Frost on trees. Public domain scan of 1920s woodcut print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description Public domain scan of 1920s woodcut print, free to use, no copyright restrictions i... More
Blocking - shutting the mouth of Port Arthur
Print shows two Japanese sailors driving battleships like spikes through the lips of the mouth of the harbor at Lüshun (Port Arthur), China. Signed on block by artist in lower right, includes chop. Descriptive... More
[Earth, the sun, and moon carried on dragon's back below title in deco...
Title page in: Astronomicum caesareum / Petrus Apianus. [Ingolstadii, 1540] Published in: The tradition of science / Leonard C. Bruno. Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, 1987, p.43.
[Life stages from infancy to old age with various accoutrements]
Illus. in: De proprietatibus rerum. Lyons : Johannes Siber, [after 26 Jan. 1486] Published in: The tradition of technology : Landmarks of Western technology ... / Leonard C. Bruno. Washington, D.C. : Library o... More
[Britannia attacked by her enemies]
Print shows Britannia and the British lion being attacked from the left by a Dutchman, a Spaniard, and a Frenchman, and from the right by a Native woman representing America. Illus. in: The new, comprehensive ... More
Toyonobu Ishikawa - Migi - Public domain drawing
Print shows a man and a woman, wearing geta, walking beneath an umbrella next to a blossoming tree. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Fr... More
Daimyō gyōretsu no ezu - Public domain textile drawing
Print shows a long procession of men (nobility or government officials) on foot. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: horizontal Ob... More
Haha to ko, print by Sukenobu Nishikawa
Print shows a mother and her son with an open book; the boy is resting on top of the book, preventing his mother from reading it. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo pr... More
[Soga Goro making puns] - Public domain drawing
Print shows one of the Soga brothers, Goro (Tokimune), dressed as a warrior surrounded by text containing puns. Adachi modern reprint (Showa). Forms part of: Japanese prints and drawings (Library of Congress).
Ueno ikenohata sakura no hanami no kei
Print shows many people in a pavilion and in Ueno Park viewing blossoms on cherry trees. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: Uki-e... More
[The black knight], Okumura Masanobu - Ukiyo e print
Print shows a man, possibly an actor or a samurai, with sword, holding an umbrella, wearing a black kimono and geta. Adachi modern reprint (Showa). Forms part of: Japanese prints and drawings (Library of Congress).
[Akaki kinran (gold brocade with red background)] [Shiro aya (white tw...
Drawings show stylized patterned 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 co... More
[Ra (Usumono gauze weave)] [Sha gauze weave with stripes].
Drawings show two weaving patterns. Title and date devised by Library staff, no information provided by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. Forms part of: David Murray collection. Forms pa... More
[An elderly man, seen from behind, bathing in a wooden tub]
Title 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).
[Lotus in the wind, with detail of lotus pod]
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
[Vines and daffodils], 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
Kiyomitsu Torii - Bandō hikosaburō - Ukiyo e print
Print shows Bandō Hikosaburō, an actor, full-length portrait, standing, facing left. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. Format: Hosoban... More
Kiyomitsu Torii - Ichimura kamezo no kyo no jirō
Print shows the actor Ichimura Kamezo performing a fan dance. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: Hosoban Benizuri-e. Forms part o... More
[Two women gathering lotus blossoms], Harunobu Suzuki, Woodblock Print...
Adachi modern reprint (Showa). Forms part of: Japanese prints and drawings (Library of Congress).
Futon no naka no yūjo to kyaku - Public domain drawing
Print shows a screen enclosing a man with a courtesan on a bed. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. Format: horizontal Chuban Nishikie. ... More
Paul Revere - [Britannia frees the dove of peace]
Newspaper masthead illustration showing Britannia freeing the dove of peace. Illus. in: The Boston Gazette, and Country Journal, no. 769 (1770 January 1), title page. Published in: The American Revolution in d... More
Nidaime ichikawa monnosuke - Public domain portrait print
Print shows the actor Ichikawa Monnosuke II, full-length portrait, facing left, standing on snow-covered veranda.
Minazuki, Harunobu Suzuki, Woodblock Print, Japan
Print shows a man sitting on a bench at a teahouse overlooking the Sumida River, the waitress standing before him holding a fan and teapot, is looking over her left shoulder. Title and other descriptive informa... More
Utagawa Toyoharu - Ukie shin-yoshiwara sōjimai no zu
Print shows many women gathering together, some still entertaining men, in a large open hall in the Shin-Yoshiwara pleasure district of Tokyo. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-spo... More
Jūgo ōshō - Public domain Japanese woodblock print
Print shows Wang Xiang as a child outdoors with two fish on a frozen river in a snow covered landscape.
Saru o nerau washi - Public domain Japanese woodblock print
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Komusō, Isoda Koryūsai - Public domain drawing
Print shows a woman standing beneath a wisteria tree. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: Hashirae Nishikie. Forms part of: Japane... More
Rakugan Matsubaya Somenosuke, Isoda Koryūsai - Ukiyo e print
Print shows Somenosuke, a courtesan, full-length portrait, standing, facing left, with two attendants/trainees. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in... More
Hako chotin o motsu nidaime ichikawa monnosuke, Shunsh Katsukawa
Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: one of a set of Hosoban Nishikie. Forms part of: Japanese prints and drawings (Library of Congress).
Ichimuraza no mae no iroko - Public domain drawing
Print shows two young men dreaming about acting at the theater. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: Hashirae-ban Nishikie. Forms p... More
Shinpan ukie shiba shinmeigū no zu
Print shows people entering the Shiba Shinmei Shrine and on the streets and in shops around the shrine.
The hon. John Hancock, Esq. - president of the honourable the Continen...
Print shows left profile bust portrait of John Hancock between text on "The Character of a Patriot." Illus. in: Bickerstaff's Boston almanack, ... (Boston, Mass.). Boston : 1777, p. 3. Published in: The Americ... More
Katsukawa Shunzan - Ueno no hanami - Ukiyo e print
Print shows a man, two women, and a young child viewing cherry blossoms at Ueno. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: vertical Oban... More
Ryūka no odoriiko, print by Kiyonaga Torii
Print shows a full-length portrait of a woman holding a parasol, standing beneath a willow tree. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. For... More
Edomachi nichōme tsutaya uchi hitomachi[?] - Torii Kiyonaga
Print shows the courtesan Hitomachi with another woman and two young female attendants. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. From the ser... More
Shiokumi, print by Kiyonaga Torii - Ukiyo e print
Print shows two women carrying buckets of salt suspended from shoulder poles. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. From the series: Fūzok... More
Ōkawabata yūryō, print by Kiyonaga Torii
Print shows three women, two standing and one sitting on a bench next to the Sumida(?) River, enjoying the cool evening air. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print s... More
Chōfu no tamagawa - Public domain Japanese woodblock print
Print shows two women pounding grain outside a building, a child feeding chickens, and a woman sitting at a loom while looking out a window at the two women.
Koto to shō, Eishi Hosoda - Public domain drawing
Print shows two women playing musical instruments, one playing the koto and the other panpipes. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. From t... More
Chōkōsai Eisho - Okamotoya uchi shinateru - Ukiyo e print
Print shows the courtesan Shinateru with two young female attendants. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. From the series: Wakana no hat... More
Tamaya uchi shizuka - Public domain portrait painting
Print shows Shizuka, a courtesan, bust portrait, holding a book, facing slightly right, with many hairpins. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 200... More
Motoyui o tsukuru musume - Public domain Japanese woodblock print
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Saru no ikigimo - Public domain Japanese woodblock print
Print shows a woman with two children standing on the seashore watching a monkey riding on a turtle (or jellyfish).