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Fuji [mori]goe no ryū - Public domain drawing

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

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

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

[Kōshū misaka suimen], depicting Mount Fuji

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

[Chinese Emperor(?) and Empress(?) seated on raised platform with musi...

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

Konen Uehara - Hatō zu - Public domain drawing

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

Jōshū ushibori, Katsushika Hokusai - Ukiyo e print

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

Shoka no hana - Public domain scenic drawing

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

Dreams of a Russian general - Public domain portrait drawing

Print shows a Russian general standing among ruined gabions dreaming of surrender to the Japanese and being disgraced. Descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06... More

Kuropatkin plays too roughly with his toys

Print shows the Russian general A.N. Kuropatkin playing with toy soldiers while a woman sitting on the floor watches. Descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06.... More

Civil War envelope folded from wallpaper to Dr. John Rison

Addressed to Dr. John Rison, Box 952, Richmond, Virginia; postmarked Lexington, Miss. April 13; bears 10 cent stamp. Deposit; Tom Liljenquist; 2018; (D074) Purchased from: Patricia A. Kaufman, Lincoln, Delawar... More

East Lynne. 19th century, Library of Congress collection

M20147 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)

America's tribute to Britain / fgc ; The Marchbanks Press, New York.

Poster showing an eagle placing a victory wreath on a lion's head.

Bushō no zu - Public domain portrait drawing

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

Yokohama kōeki seiyōjin nimotsu unsō no zu, Sadahide Utagawa

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

Hyōgo chikutō hitobashira no zu - Ukiyo e print

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

Hanami no en - Public domain scan / drawing

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

Karasaki no yau, Katsushika Hokusai - Ukiyo e print

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

[Japanese sailor, with his bare hands, is fighting with two Russian ba...

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.

Gū no ne mo denpō - Public domain portrait print

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

Yokohama kaigan kakkoku shōkan zu - Ukiyo e print

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

Shōkonsha keidai Furansu ōkyokuba [no] zu

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

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

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

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

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

Yotsumeya Nishikigi, Isoda Koryūsai - Ukiyo e print

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

Tako no asirai. Japanese Empire. - Ukiyo e print

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

Hakone shuku, depicting Mount Fuji - Ukiyo e print

Print shows a woman crawling from beneath mosquito netting near a postal box at the Hakone Station on the Tōkaidō Road, with view of Mount Fuji in the background. Title and other descriptive information compile... More

Tōto ryōgokubashi kawabiraki han'ei zu - Ukiyo e print

Print shows boats crowding the river in Edo during fireworks display for the opening of the river celebration. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in ... More

"Patience" in Patience - Drawing. Public domain image.

M14286 U.S. Copyright Office "A.S. Seer's Print., N.Y. (copyrighted)." Created by A.S. Seer's Print, N.Y. Poster advertising operetta by Gilbert & Sullivan. Forms part of: Theatrical poster collection (Library ... More

[Tsukiji hotel] - Public domain Japanese woodblock print

Japanese diptych (or possibly incomplete triptych) print showing large hotel building with Japanese and foreign people in the foreground. Signature: Kunishige ga. "Katada Hori Chō." Seal date is illegible. Dip... 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.

Tsubone iwafuji chūrō onoe meshitukai hatsu, Kuniyoshi Utagawa

Triptych matted in 3 sections: left (424a), center (424b), right (424c). Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. Format: vertical Oban Nishi... More

[A Russian woman is having a nightmare showing disasterous defeats of ...

Signed on block with chop. Includes extensive Japanese text. Descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. From the series: Nihon banzai hyakusen hyakushō : Long l... More

Sōshu enoshima benzaiten kaichō 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

Sōshu enoshima benzaiten kaichō sankei gunshū no zu

Kumasaka Chōhan to Ushiwakamaru - Ukiyo e print

Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Diptych matted in 2 sections: left (649a), right (649b). Format: Vertical Oban Nishikie Diptych. Forms... More

Tsuribune no fuji - Public domain drawing

Print shows wisteria plant and blossoms in a hanging pot made from a large piece of bamboo. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. Attribut... More

Tsuribune no fuji - Public domain drawing

Fumi yomu onna to nozoku wakashū

Seated woman reading a scroll as a young man emerges from behind a screen to read over her shoulder. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. F... More

Diplomacy - Drawing. Public domain image.

Created by "A.S. Seer's Eng-Print, N.Y." Forms part of: Theatrical poster collection (Library of Congress)

American editor is greatly surprised at Japanese sharp-shooter as he h...

Print shows an American journalist amazed at the marksmenship of a Japanese soldier at a shooting gallery. Signed on block by artist in lower left, includes chop. Descriptive information compiled by Nichibunke... More

Hotaru - Public domain Japanese woodblock print

Print shows five women and a man on a veranda extending above a pool, eating and drinking, playing music, and catching fireflies (a shamisen and an insect cage are in the foreground on the veranda).

Hotaru - Public domain Japanese woodblock print

Print shows five women and a man on a veranda extending above a pool, eating and drinking, playing music, and catching fireflies (a shamisen and an insect cage are in the foreground on the veranda).

Corsican Brothers, engraving, Library of Congress

A969 U.S. Copyright Office 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." Signed: P. Kramer. Upper left ... More

Harry Braham in his original specialty, Silly Bill and father

"Copyright secured." Created by "Jackson's Print., Phila." Pieces missing. Forms part of: Theatrical poster collection (Library of Congress)

Amerika nigiwai no zu - Public domain dedication image

Japanese triptych print showing supposed view of an American town square, with people walking around, although the source for the architecture was an illustration of the Fredericksburg Castle near Copenhagen th... More

[A Russian officer sitting at a table is about to eat, but a Japanese ...

Katherine Rogers, Art Nouveau Poster

M15906 U.S. Copyright Office Created by "A.S. Seer's Print., N.Y., copyrighted." Forms part of: Theatrical poster collection (Library of Congress)

Kada hone o kezurite kan'u yakizu o ryōji suru zu

Ukiyo-e triptych showing the story of Chinese Baron Kan-u playing go while the famous Dr. Kada operates on his arm and the Baron Shujo looks on. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-s... More

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

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

Enshū akiba enkei fukuroi no tako

People flying kites with open fields and mountains in the distance. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: vertical Oban Nishikie. Fr... More

Amerikajin yuko sakamori, Utagawa Yoshitora - Ukiyo e print

Japanese print shows an American man holding a glass and a Japanese courtesan holding a bottle. Signature: Yoshitora ga. Engraving attributed to: Hori[-]ko Masa. Extensive unidentified writing on backing sheet.... More

Rhinoceros / AD.. Book illustration from Library of Congress

Print of rhinoceros made to celebrate the arrival of an Indian rhinoceros in Lisbon on May 20, 1515. B.136, 3rd edition. Meder, 273; 6th edition. Haag, ca. 1620. Stamp of K.E.von Liphart. Watermark Eagle. 2096... More

Godanme, print by Utamaro Kitagawa - Ukiyo e print

Print for a scene from Act 5 of the Chūshingura which shows the robber Sadakurō holding a sword at the throat of Yoichibei, an elderly man, as he robs him and then kills him. In the background, Kampei, holding ... More

Visit the zoo - Philadelphia - Public domain dedication image

Poster promoting the zoo as a place to visit, showing a hippopotamus. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress).

[Yokohama hatoba], depicting Mount Fuji - Ukiyo e print

Japanese print shows three-masted ship in Yokohama harbor with Mount Fuji in the background. Single panel of a triptych. Annotations, stamps, etc. on verso of print: 184; 47623a; LC2585. Earlier control number... 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

[Portraits of actors, often playing roles]

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

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

[The itinerant monk Shintoku cures a mute girl]

Illustration showing girl sitting on a mat surrounded by her parents and Shintoku with people working nearby. Illus. in: Shintoku Nara miyage. Gekan. [Kyoto] : Nakajima Matabē han, 3-nen mi [1713?]. Published ... More

The mikado - Public domain Japanese woodblock print

Caption: Nanki-Poo. Created by "The Jno. B. Jeffery Print.-Eng. Co., Chicago." Poster advertising operetta by Gilbert & Sullivan. Forms part of: Theatrical poster collection (Library of Congress)

[Humorous pictures depicting the Chinese], Political Cartoon

Signed on block by artist in lower left, includes chop. Descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. From the series: Nisshinsensō shōraku gakai : Comics of the S... More

Kanaya uchi ukifune, Isoda Koryūsai - Ukiyo e print

A woman, full-length, with two attendants sitting or kneeling behind her. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: vertical Oban Nishik... More

Senju no oubashi, Andō Hiroshige - Ukiyo e print

View of the bridge of Senju crossing the Sumida River, with mountains in the background. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. From the seri... More

The false friend. 19th century, Library of Congress collection

Created and "copyright, 1880, A.S. Seer, New York." Forms part of: Theatrical poster collection (Library of Congress)

Roshia make tabako no kōfuku - Public domain portrait drawing

Print shows a Russian soldier seated at a table on which are tobacco products that he is trying to sell to Japanese soldiers. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print ... 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

Gajō icchō, Andō Hiroshige - Public domain image related to music prfo...

Gajō icchō, Andō Hiroshige - Public domain city architecture drawing

[Modern illustrated sheets with pictorial envelope]

Each illustration, including front of envelope, is signed with Japanese characters and chops. Japanese text appears in the left and right margins of the three printed sheets. Gift; Oliver Wendell Holmes; 1935.... More

[Modern illustrated sheets with pictorial envelope]

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

Saitōgo kunitake; kurando yukinaga; osada no tarō nagamune

Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Triptych matted in 3 sections: left (2122a), center (2122b), right (2122c). Format: vertical Oban Nish... More

Saitōgo kunitake; kurando yukinaga; osada no tarō nagamune

Kyō kudari osagawa tsuneyoshi [to] ichimura kamezō no soga no jūrō

Print shows two actors, one portraying a woman and the other in the role of one of the Soga brothers. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. ... 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

Frank G. Campbell's military creation, Gettysburg

Created by "Calhoun Print, Hartford." Forms part of: Theatrical poster collection (Library of Congress)

Kita-Amerika dai gasshukoku - jokan shōzō no utsushi

Japanese print shows a head-and-shoulders portrait of an American naval commander; includes untranslated text of vocabulary.

Taikenmon genpei kassen no zu - Public domain scan of drawing

Print shows a battle scene involving mostly cavalry with some hand-to-hand combat. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Diptych matted in 2... More

Toso o nomu kanjo - Public domain drawing

Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: horizontal Chuban Nishikie Surimono. Shunkyo Haikai Surimono. Calendar Print: Year of the Dog.... More

[Kazusa Kanōzan] / Hiroshige-ga.

Japanese print shows a view of Mount Fuji across Yedo Bay seen from Rokusozan, Kazusa, with a rural landscape including a large evergreen tree, cherry blossoms, a torii, people, and a horse in the foreground. (... More

Fatinitza. 19th century, Library of Congress collection

K6651 U.S. Copyright Office Created by "A.S. Seer's Print, N.Y." Signed: V.A. Forms part of: Theatrical poster collection (Library of Congress)

Godaime matsumoto kōshirō no kudō saemon no suke

Print shows actor Matsumoto Kōshirō V, full-length portrait, facing slightly left, wearing geta, standing in a courtyard. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print spec... 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

Koishikawa yuki no ashita - Public domain scan / drawing

Print shows several women and a man viewing a snowy landscape with Mount Fuji in the background. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. Fro... More

[Modern illustrated sheets with pictorial envelope]

Each illustration, including front of envelope, is signed with Japanese characters and chops. Japanese text appears in the left and right margins of the ten printed sheets. Gift; Oliver Wendell Holmes; 1935. F... More

[Russian soldier on horseback, carrying a sword in right hand, a spear...

[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

Russian soldier shows white flag plainly to Japanese army "oh! say can...

Print shows a Russian officer on horseback and three soldiers with white-washed faces (including the horse), and holding white flags indicating that they surrender.

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

Gokakoku ... gankirō ni oite sakamori no zu

Japanese triptych print shows visitors from several nations enjoying a party in the Fan Room of the Gankirō. Signature: Ikkeisai Yoshiiku ga. Engraving attributed to: Hori Take. Seal date: Monkey 12. Triptych ... More

[Uncle Tom's cabin] - Victorian era public domain image

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

Union / Strong, N.Y., US Democratic party

An extremely large, color campaign poster for Democratic nominee Zachary Taylor. The victorious Mexican War general is shown mounted on a white charger. He holds a wide-brimmed straw hat. Above his head, in a b... More

H.M.S. Pinafore a new and original, nautical opera.

K999 U.S. Copyright Office Created by "A.S. Seer's Print, N.Y." Words by W.S. Gilbert; music by Arthur Sullivan. Forms part of: Theatrical poster collection (Library of Congress)

Buruburu taishō - Public domain drawing

Print shows a jagged-edged depiction of a man on horseback, holding raised sword. Verbal puns. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. From ... More

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