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Sato Masakiyo chosen ni ei mei o kagayakasu zu

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

Gaikokujin sen no uchi: jōkisen - Ukiyo e print

Japanese print showing a Japanese man and boy standing on the shore of a harbor in which is docked an American steamship, possibly Commodore Perry's ship. Print created by either Hiroshige II or Hiroshige III.... More

[A whale and three fish sitting down to a formal dinner of Russian sai...

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

Igami no gonta gonta nyōbō kosen shūme kokingo

Print shows a scene from the play Yoshitsune Senbon Zakura, with actors playing Igami no Gonta, his wife Kosen, the servant Kokingo, and another person. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichi... More

The mascot, engraving, Library of Congress

M17163 U.S. Copyright Office "A.S. Seer's Print., N.Y. (copyrighted)." Created by A.S. Seer's Print. Forms part of: Theatrical poster collection (Library of Congress)

Ikaiei hyakushaku gake hōdai secchū daikōgeki

Print shows a Japanese officer on horseback fighting with many Chinese soldiers near Weihaiwei during a snowstorm. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists... More

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).

[Two oxen, one under a willow tree and one under a plum tree]

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

Setsubun mamemaki - Public domain drawing

Print shows family members eating beans in a room and a man, with a box of beans, appears about to toss a handful into the room; scene taking place during the annual bean throwing festival to expell demons from... More

Utagawa Toyoharu - Ukie sakaicho fukiyacho kaomise yoshibai no zu

Print shows a crowded street through the gates to the theater district. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: horizontal Oban Nishik... More

Chūshū, Harunobu Suzuki, Woodblock Print, Japan

Print shows two women, one sitting, the other reclining, on a bench between blossoming plants and beneath a full moon. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print special... More

[The Verse Beginning with "Wa"], Shunsh Katsukawa

Print shows a woman standing before a man sitting on the floor. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. From the series: Fūryū ise monogatar... More

Representation of a county-convention for redress of grievance of cour...

Print shows ten men sitting around a table discussing possible(?) interpretations of the law. Illus. in: Bickerstaff's Genuine Boston almanack, 1787. Published in: The American Revolution in drawings and print... More

Mitsuhata senzan misayama itotaki oribae, Eishi Hosoda

Print shows four geishas or courtesans. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: vertical Oban Nishikie. Forms part of: Japanese prints... More

Yoshiwara suzume - Public domain portrait drawing

Print shows a woman standing behind a person squatting, playing a shell game. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: Horizontal Kogat... More

Kamiyui, print by Utamaro Kitagawa - Ukiyo e print

Print shows a woman combing the hair of another woman. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. From the series: Fujin tewaza jūniko : Twelve f... More

Arashi hinasuke no minamoto no raikō to iwai kumesaburō no yosoihime

Print shows two actors, one playing a man and the other playing a woman. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: vertical Oban Nishiki... More

Oume kumenosuke, print by Utamaro Kitagawa

Print shows actors in the traditional puppet theater portraying the tragic roles of Oume and Kumenosuke. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-0... More

Urashima tarō, print by Utamaro Kitagawa

Print shows a man (the fisherman) dancing wearing a kerchief and a skirt with a turtle motif, and a woman playing a shamisen; a fishing pole and the gift box containing time are in the background. Title and oth... More

Heisa rakugan - Public domain scan / drawing

Print shows a cluster of buildings in the shadow of mountains and along the shore of a body of water; a flock of geese has landed on the sandy shoreline. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nich... More

Kanagawa, Katsushika Hokusai - Public domain drawing

Print shows two men in a boat fishing with nets. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. From the series: Tōkaidō gojū santsugi : 53 station... More

Utagawa Toyokuni - Sawamura Tanosuke no Oshichi

Print shows the actor Sawamura Tanosuke in the role of Yaoya Oshichi as she rings the bell at the top of the fire tower. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print speci... 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

Sakakiyama shirōtarō no tōgokuya sentarō - Ukiyo e print

Print shows the actor Sakakiyama Shirōtarō, full-length portrait, standing, facing left, holding a paper lantern on the end of a stick, in the role of Tōgokuya Sentarō. Title and other descriptive information c... More

[Pattern designs for cotton summer kimonos]

Ukiyo-e print illustration shows six different textile design patterns based on the Rinpa style of Ogata Kōrin. Page in: Kōrin hyakuzu. Kyōto : Hosokawa Kaiekidō, [not before 1815]. Exhibited: "The Floating wo... More

Agebōshi o naosu musume - Public domain portrait print

Print shows a woman, full-length portrait, standing, facing left, adjusting her hat, holding folded fan in her mouth.

Jackson ticket. Agriculture, commerce and manufactures

Election ticket with image of a three-masted sailing vessel. Title appears as it is written on the item. Published in: American political prints, 1766-1876 / Bernard F. Reilly. Boston : G.K. Hall, 1991, entry 1828-6.

Jackson ticket. Agriculture, commerce and manufactures

Election ticket with image of anchor, bales, and barrels on a shore, and sailing vessels beyond. Trunk in foreground is labeled "Edes Print" (printer's imprint)?

[A man, facing left, wearing several layers of clothing, sitting with ...

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

Chūgoku jinbutsu [kenjin zu?] - Public domain drawing

Print shows a rear view of a mouse next to the handle of a mallet. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Formerly attributed to a group of d... More

Higashi no kata Ichiriki - Public domain portrait print

Print shows sumo wrestler Ichiriki, full-length portrait, standing, facing left. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. From the series: Su... More

Nissaka, Andō Hiroshige - Public domain scenic drawing

Print shows travelers standing around large rock with writing on it at the Nissaka station on the Tōkaidō Road. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in... More

Utagawa Hiroshige - Kanbara, Andō Hiroshige, depicting Mount Fuji

Print shows travelers walking along shore of a river, possibly engaging boats to ferry them across, near the Kanbara station on the Tōkaidō Road; view of Mount Fuji in the background. Title and other descriptiv... More

Maisaka, Andō Hiroshige - Public domain drawing

Print shows a bird's-eye view of ships offshore with small peninsula and large mountain; station 31 on the Tōkaidō Road. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print speci... More

Bakuro-chō hatsune no baba - Public domain Japanese woodblock print

Print shows willow trees, tower, and long sections of fabric suspended between poles, possibly to provide shade, at the Hatsune riding grounds at Bakurochō.

Asakusagawa shubi no matsu oumayagashi Andō Hiroshige

Print shows night on the Asakusa river with houseboat in the foreground beneath an overhanging pine tree and ferry boats nearby. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo pri... More

Utagawa Hiroshige - Okuramae no yuki - Ukiyo e print

Print shows a man stooping to tie a knot in his geta in front of a large snow sculpture, a shovel leans against one side and a dog is trying to reach items placed on top of the other side; a large parasol rests... More

Yokohama kenbutsu zue - Public domain portrait engraving

Japanese print shows a woman holding a violin sitting in a room in a foreign settlement house. She is looking at a soldier, who may be her husband, holding a rifle and standing on the right. He is depicted outs... More

[Ronin, or masterless Samurai, lunging forward]

Ukiyo-e print illustration showing Ronin, sword in hand, moving towards long-handled sword. Illus. in: Seichū gishi meimei gaden / Tsukioka (Utagawa) Yoshitoshi, 1869. Exhibited: "The Floating world of Ukiyo-e... More

Twas Ursula whose gentle tread ... / [Ethel Reed].

Woman at spinning wheel. 58290 U.S. Copyright Office. Illus. in: The love story of Ursula Wolcott / Charles Knowles Bolton. New York : Lamson, Wolffe, and Company, 1895, p. 1.

Port of Philadelphia - WPA poster, Public domain, Library of Congress

Poster promoting Philadelphia, showing ships at dock. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress). Blocks by Domenic Rotoli.

Civil War envelope folded from wallpaper to William P. Stuart

Addressed to Mr. William P. Stuart, Randalsville, Robeson County, N.C.; postmarked, possibly college postmark; bears 10 cent stamp. Deposit; Tom Liljenquist; 2018; (D074) Purchased from: Patricia A. Kaufman, L... More

Civil War envelope folded from wallpaper to William P. Stuart

Civil War envelope folded from wallpaper to William Randolph Barry

Addressed to W.R. Barry, 11 Regt. S.C.V., Camp C in care Capt. Brown, Charleston, S.C.; postmarked Yorkville, S.C. Mar. 11; bears 10 cent stamp. Deposit; Tom Liljenquist; 2018; (D074) Purchased from: Patricia ... More

Li Hung Chang never misses the Sunday Journal

Chinese man reading the New York Journal. Promotional goal: U.S. D41. 189-

Kinhyōshi yōrin, hero of the Suikoden

Kinhyōshi yōrin, hero of the Suikoden. Public domain photograph of 19th-century woodblock print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Exhibition WPA Federal Art Project Index of American Design / / Milhou...

Poster for Federal Art Project exhibition of "Index of American Design" at The Gimbel Store, 7th floor, Market St. building, showing head-and-shoulders portrait of Greek figure holding print. Work Projects Admi... More

Keinen kachōgafu fuyu no bu. 19th century Japan. Public domain image.

Picryl description: Public domain photo of Japanese painting, free to use art, no copyright restrictions image.

Keinen kachōgafu fuyu no bu. 19th century Japan. Public domain image.

Picryl description: Public domain photo of Japanese painting, free to use art, no copyright restrictions image.

Keinen kachōgafu fuyu no bu. 19th century Japan. Public domain image.

Picryl description: Public domain photo of Japanese painting, free to use art, no copyright restrictions image.

Keinen kachōgafu fuyu no bu. 19th century Japan. Public domain image.

Picryl description: Public domain photo of Japanese painting, free to use art, no copyright restrictions image.

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

Sekai bankoku nihon yori kaijōrisū ōjō jinbutsu zu

Print shows a map of the world. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: horizontal Oban Kappazuri. Nagasaki hanga. Forms part of: the ... More

Hakata kojorō kezori kuemon komachiya sōshichi

Print shows two actors on board a ship and one in the water; portraying Hakata Kojurō, the smuggler or pirate, Kezori Kuemon, and the merchant, Komachiya Sōshichi. Title and other descriptive information compil... More

[Acrobats on horseback]. 19th century, Library of Congress collection

Color woodcut. Signature: Morse. The poster is in four separate panels, each panel required two overlapping scans, the scans were then digitally stitched to produce an image of each panel. The scans of the pane... More

Shi, print by Utamaro Kitagawa - Public domain drawing

Print shows three young women with trays of silkworm cocoons. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. From the series: Joshoku kaiko tewaza gu... More

Advertisement Poster: Patience, engraving, Library of Congress

Male character surrounded by girls in togas and laurel wreaths and soldiers in helmuts. Includes vignettes of other scenes in corners. M18630 U.S. Copyright Office "A.S. Seer's Print., N.Y. (copyrighted)." Crea... More

Ichikawa Ebizō, Kiyomasu Torii - Public domain drawing

The actor Ichikawa Ebizō, full-length, standing on stage, holding a cannon. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: Hosoban Urushie. F... More

Miss Jenniebelle Neal, dramatic reader and pianist with the Hutchinson...

"Copyright 1881 by C.A. Shaw." Created by "Boston Job Print." Forms part of: Theatrical poster collection (Library of Congress)

Assommoir by Augustin Daly.. 19th century, Library of Congress collect...

Public domain photograph of beverage advertisement, food, drinks, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

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

Unohana zuki, Utagawa Kunisada, Japan - Ukiyo e print

Print shows two women at the entrance to a building, both are wearing geta, one is carrying a large bowl. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-... More

Sōshū enoshima benzaiten kaicyō sankei gunshū no zu

Japanese triptych print shows large groups of women pilgrims visiting Enoshima shrine to worship an image of Benzaiten, the Goddess of Good Fortune. They are walking towards an island on a causeway with sailboa... More

[Portraits of actors, often playing roles]

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

[Portraits of actors, often playing roles]

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

[Portraits of actors, often playing roles]

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

Takanawa Igirisu kan - Public domain Japanese woodblock print

Japanese print shows buildings with people walking and a man riding horseback on the street in the foreground; a Japanese flag flying in the background.

Tōkyō ōrai kuruma zukushi - Drawing. Public domain image.

Japanese triptych print shows various modes of transportation, including a steamboat, steam vehicle, a velocipede, and a cannon being pushed into position by two men, Tokyo, Japan. Signature: Ichimōsai Yoshito... 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

Zoushigaya fujimi chaya, Andō Hiroshige - Ukiyo e print

Two women at an outdoor teahouse stall at Zōshigaya with Mount Fuji in the distance. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. From the series: ... More

Hawaiian fisherman / CWB.

Man on shore with net. K142461 U.S. Copyright Office. Signed with monogram: CWB; and titled on block.

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

Albrecht Dürer - Flight into Egypt AD monogram

Print shows Mary and infant Jesus on a donkey being led through a forest by Joseph. Trimmed to image. Print no. 201 from Marsh Collection. The Flight into Egypt is a biblical event in which Mary and Joseph, w... More

Shinpan ukie hankai kōmon no zu

Print shows interior of a courtyard with men standing at entrances to the building and others, on the ground, appear to have been thrown out of the dwelling or repulsed in their efforts to gain entrance. Title ... More

Hiacinthus indicus tuberosa & bulbosa radice, odoratissimus; anemone m...

Illustrations and descriptions of hyacinth and anemone. Illus. and text in: Historie des plantes / Jean Robin. Paris : G. Mace, 1620, PP. 12-13. Published in: The tradition of science / Leonard C. Bruno. Washin... More

Hidari izutsu no mae - Public domain Japanese woodblock print

Print shows a geisha, standing, playing a zither. Public domain photograph of 18th-century woodblock print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

San kiyomizu komachi, Kiyomasu Torii - Ukiyo e print

Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. From the series: Nana komachi : Seven Komachi. Format: Hosoban Urushi-e. Forms part of: Japanese print... More

[Playing with a puppet] - Public domain drawing

Print shows kabuki actor Sanogawa Ichimatsu I in the role of a puppeteer, standing, full-length, facing right, holding a puppet of the courtesan Matsuyama above his head. Adachi modern reprint (Showa). Descrip... More

Utagawa Toyoharu - Ukie fukagawa eitai suzumi no zu

Print shows many boats, large and small, in the waterways at Fukagawa-shi, Japan. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: Horizontal O... More

Ōmu komachi. Book illustration from Library of Congress

Fan-shaped print shows a nobleman wearing a long trailing robe, a counsellor for Emperor Yōzei who is sitting on the right in the background, standing in front of the aged poetess Ono Komachi who is sitting out... More

Orgues, thick long pieces of wood, pointed and shod with iron, clear o...

Print shows the entry to a fortress. Illus. in: A new military, historical, and explanatory dictionary ... / Thomas Simes. Philadelphia : Sold by Humphreys, Bell, and Aitken, 1776. Published in: The American R... More

Katsukawa Shunchō - Shōchō - Public domain drawing

Print shows a woman with two young female attendants. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. From the series: Kuruwa kosechi no asobi : Enj... More

Shodan. Book illustration from Library of Congress, Shunsh Katsukawa

Print shows a confrontation between a court official and a lesser official with his wife standing nearby, following an offense by the court official; this sets the stage, in later acts, for the lesser official'... More

Mari o dasu musume - Public domain Japanese woodblock print

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

Toyohiro Utagawa: Yatsushi takajō - Ukiyo e print

Print shows two men walking, one with a falcon on his left arm. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: Possibly one panel of a Vertic... More

Fukubiki, print by Utamaro Kitagawa - Ukiyo e print

Print shows two women standing, holding small boxes for a lottery game, with a man kneeling between them. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-... More

Osono rokusaburō, print by Utamaro Kitagawa

Print shows a woman handing a pipe to her lover who is behind her. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. From the series: Fūryū aikyō kurabe... 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

Jackson ticket. Honor and gratitude to the man who has filled the meas...

Prints number 1828-5 through 1828-10 make up a series of election tickets for John Van Laer Mcm.ahon and George H. Steuart, Democratic candidates for Baltimore delegates to the Maryland General Assembly in 1828... More

Totsuka, Andō Hiroshige - Public domain scenic drawing

Print shows porters carrying a traveler in a sedan chair and carrying bundles on a shoulder pole as they follow the roadway through pine trees toward Totsuka station along the Tōkaidō Road. Title and other desc... More

Kawasaki, Andō Hiroshige - Public domain scan / drawing

Print shows travelers on a ferry crossing a river at the Kawasaki station on the Tōkaidō Road. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. From ... More

Tajima, Andō Hiroshige - Public domain scenic drawing

Print shows the cave temple of Kannon, the merciful goddess or goddess of the cave, in the Iwai Valley, Tajima Province. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print speci... More

Yabase no kihan, Andō Hiroshige - Ukiyo e print

Print shows ships under sail approaching shore, mountains in the background. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. From the series: Ōmi ha... More

Kokonoe no hanashi - Public domain drawing

Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. From the series: Meigi sanjū rokkasen : Famous 36 courtesans. Format: vertical Oban Nishikie. Forms ... More

Bankoku zukushi - Igirisujin - Public domain Japanese woodblock print

Japanese print shows a woman on horseback and a man smoking a cigarette standing next to her. Signature: Yoshitora ga. Seal date: Monkey 12. From series entitled: Bankoku zukushi (About foreign lands). Annotat... More

Civil War envelope showing Columbia with dagger and shield

Addressed to Mr. Wm. Lewis P.M., Lexington, Ohio ; postmarked Ca[...]ton, O., Dec. 27 ; bears 3 cent stamp. Deposit; Tom Liljenquist; 2018; (D074) pp/liljmem

Civil War envelope showing portrait of George Washington framed by Ame...

Addressed to Mrs. John A. Gundrum, Annville P.O., Lebanon County, Pennsylvania; postmarked Baltimore, Md. Mar. 4; bears 3 cent stamp." Deposit; Tom Liljenquist; 2018; (D074) pp/liljmem

Bankoku jinbutsu no uchi - Oroshia, Fransu

Japanese print with four illustrations, two of men on horseback and two illustrating clothing styles of Russian and French women. Signature: Yoshitora ga. From series entitled: Bankoku jinbutsu no uchi (People... More

Watanabe no tsuna to ibaraki - Public domain portrait drawing

Print shows the demon Ibaraki posing as Watanabe no Tsuna's Aunt Mashiba, having tricked Tsuna, Ibaraki is shown here peering into the box where Tsuna stored its severed arm. Title and other descriptive informa... More

Nami ni chidori - Public domain drawing

Print shows birds standing on rocks and in flight above waves at the seashore. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Same as FP 2 - JPD, no.... More

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