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Handaka sonja - Public domain drawing

Drawing shows Handaka Sonja, one of the sixteen rakan or arhats disciples of Buddha, sitting next to a flower and holding up a bowl in his left hand. He appears to be collecting rain, which he may use to produc... More

[Buildings nestled among trees in a mountain valley]

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

[Fukurokuju, the god of wisdom, wealth, long life, and happiness, one ...

[Hotei, the god of good fortune, one of the seven lucky gods, facing f...

[Unidentified, possibly a tree branch with red star-shaped leaves or b...

Andon, Utagawa Kunisada, Japan - Public domain portrait print

Print shows a woman, full-length portrait, standing, facing left, with several hairpins in her hair, carrying a lantern in her right hand and folded cloth or papers in her left hand, on her way to a meeting wit... More

Secchū tsubaki ni suzume Andō Hiroshige

Print shows two sparrows near a camellia branch covered with snow. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: Otanzaku-ban Nishikie. Adac... More

Old Mother Hubbard [nursery rhyme]

Print shows Old Mother Hubbard and her dog in a series of vignettes corresponding to the text of the nursery rhyme.

E o narau kodomo tachi - Public domain Japanese woodblock print

Print shows children painting on large sheets of paper. Public domain photograph of 19th-century painting, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[A tree trunk with branch and leaves in the foreground, with view of M...

Shichifukujin, Utagawa Kunisada, Japan - Ukiyo e print

Print shows the seven lucky gods in Japanese mythology. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: vertical Oban Nishikie pillar print. F... More

[A woman seated, facing front, reading a scroll spread out in front of...

Bushū tamagawa, Katsushika Hokusai - Ukiyo e print

Print shows a man with a pack horse walking along coast, men in a boat just off shore, and Mount Fuji in the distance. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print special... More

Kazusa no kairo, depicting Mount Fuji

Print shows the port side of a ship, with Mount Fuji in the background.

Sesshū ajigawaguchi tenpōsan, Katsushika Hokusai - Ukiyo e print

Print shows a coastal community with shrine, bridges over inlets, seawalls, and many pilgrims or travelers on the roadways, also boats moored offshore among pilings. Title and other descriptive information comp... More

Keishi, Andō Hiroshige - Public domain city architecture drawing

Print shows pedestrians and porters walking across the Sanjo Ohashi Bridge spanning a river at the Kyoto station on the Tōkaidō Road. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Ed... More

Miya, Andō Hiroshige - Public domain drawing

Print shows people running with horses on long ropes through the torii at the shrine at the Miya station on the Tōkaidō Road. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print ... More

Shimōsa nobuto, Katsushika Hokusai - Ukiyo e print

Print shows several people digging for clams on the beach, with small village in the background. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. Fro... More

Shōno, Andō Hiroshige - Public domain drawing

Print shows travelers, including two porters carrying a litter, walking up an incline near the Shōno station on the Tōkaidō Road during a rain storm. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibun... More

Shonin tozan, Katsushika Hokusai - Ukiyo e print

Print shows pilgrims climbing toward a mountain cave filled with monks. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. From the series: Fugaku sanj... More

Gotenyama hanazakari, Andō Hiroshige - Ukiyo e print

Print shows people sitting and walking, picnicing and viewing blossoms on a bluff above a town on the seacoast with ships offshore. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo ... More

Mikiri no fuji, Katsushika Hokusai - Ukiyo e print

Print shows a man writing in calligraphy on a large box in front of a building; on the left, in the background, is a view of Mount Fuji. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored... More

Suhara - Public domain Japanese woodblock print

Print shows people caught in a rain storm running for shelter.

Fujieda, Ando Hiroshige - Public domain drawing

Print shows five travelers fording a stream, each carrying either a person or a bundle on their back, low buildings in the background, at the Fujieda station on the Tōkaidō Road. Title and other descriptive inf... More

Numazu, Andō Hiroshige - Public domain scan / drawing

Print shows three musicians carrying shamisens and two other travelers outside a shop where a man is drying vegetables or fish; fields, river, and mountains in the background, at the Numazu station on the Tōkai... More

Takaodayū, portrait - Public domain portrait print

Print shows Takao, a courtesan, full-length, standing, facing left. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. Format: one part of a larger Nis... More

Kameido umeyashiki no zu Andō Hiroshige

Print shows many people in a courtyard outside a tea shop, enjoying tea among plum trees. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. From the ser... More

Nakoso no seki yoshiie eika no zu

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

Sumidagawa miyakodori no koji Andō Hiroshige

Print shows the well-dressed poet, Narihira, watching birds on the Sumida River, with a page squatting behind him holding his sword; view of Mount Fuji in the background. Title and other descriptive information... More

Shibakari to sentaku, Kuniyoshi Utagawa - Ukiyo e print

Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. Format: vertical Oban Nishikie diptych. Forms part of: Japanese prints and drawings (Library of Cong... More

The four traitors, who most infamously sold themselves to the Dorrites...

An illustrated broadside reviling four Rhode Island Whigs who broke party ranks to support a popular movement to free imprisoned radical Thomas Wilson Dorr. (On the Dorr Rebellion see also "Trouble in the Spart... More

Musashi no Monta - Public domain portrait print

Print shows Musashino Monta, sumo wrestler, full-length portrait, standing, facing right.

Yoshiwara - Public domain drawing - Ukiyo e print

Print shows travelers passing through a stand of pine trees near the Yoshiwara station on the Tōkaidō Road, with a cluster of buildings in the background on the right and a view of Mount Fuji on the left. Title... More

Kakegawa, Andō Hiroshige - Public domain drawing

Print shows travelers pausing at statue next to a torii at the Kakegawa station on the Tōkaidō Road. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006.... More

Kame, Ando Hiroshige - Public domain drawing

Print shows two turtles. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: Nishikie. Part of a Harimaze-e. Forms part of: Japanese prints and dr... More

Yamabayashi fusahachi, 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

Mutsu, matsushima fūkei, tomiyama chōbō no horizu Andō Hiroshige

Print shows a bird's-eye view of many small islands and sailboats on the sea. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. From the series: Rokujū ... More

Mutsu, matsushima fūkei, tomiyama chōbō no horizu Andō Hiroshige

Danshichi kurobee, Utagawa Kunisada, Japan - Ukiyo e print

Goyu, Andō Hiroshige, depicting Mount Fuji

Print shows a bird's-eye view of pilgrims at the 36th station on the Tōkaidō Road passing a lake with two children fishing, and in the distance, Mount Fuji. Title and other descriptive information compiled by N... More

Kawasaki, Andō Hiroshige, depicting Mount Fuji

Print shows a bird's-eye view of the river with a sailboat, a man on a raft, a cluster of buildings at the end of a bridge, and Mount Fuji in the background, at the Kawasaki station on the Tōkaidō Road. Title a... More

Nihonbashi, Andō Hiroshige, depicting Mount Fuji

Print shows a bird's-eye view of the Japan Bridge with boats on the river, shops in the foreground, large buidings across the river, another bridge and a temple in the near distance, and Mount Fuji in the backg... More

Inokashiranoike benten no yashiro Andō Hiroshige

Print shows a bird's-eye view of Inokashira Pond with bridge leading to small island and the Benten shrine; trees and mountains in the background. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken... More

Shunen ouigawa, Andō Hiroshige - Ukiyo e print

Print shows porters carrying passengers on litters across the Ōi River, with view of Mount Fuji in the background. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists... More

Ōdenmachō gofukudana, Andō Hiroshige - Ukiyo e print

Print shows several men with decorations and banners on long poles marching past a clothing shop. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. From... More

[Early foreign photographer in Yokohama] - Ukiyo e print

Print shows a western photographer with a large camera and other westerners in a room in Yokohama, Japan. Format: vertical Oban Nishikie. Forms part of: Japanese prints and drawings (Library of Congress).

Gaikokujin ifuku shitate no zu - Public domain dedication image

Japanese print shows a foreign woman using a sewing machine while her husband and children sit together in the background. Signature: Issen Yoshikazu ga. Seal date: Monkey 11. Annotations, stamps, etc. on vers... More

Bushū Yokohama meishō zu - Amerika bijo, hatoba

Japanese print shows a young American woman seated sidesaddle on a horse and an inset image of a jetty. Signature: Yoshitora ga. Seal date: Monkey 12. Engraving attributed to: Hori Chō. From series entitled: Y... More

Kanda Myōjin shanai, Sadahide Utagawa - Ukiyo e print

Japanese print shows a French man and woman sightseeing at the Kanda Myōjin shrine in Edo (Tokyo), Japan. Signature: Gountei Sadahide ga. Engraving attributed to: Hori Iwa. Seal date: Cock. From series entitle... More

Civil War envelope showing Union soldier with bayoneted musket and bed...

Addressed to Mrs. Lydia Harris, care of H. Champlain, New London, Connecticut ; postmarked New Orleans, La., Jan. 17, 186[3?] ; bears 3 cent stamp. Deposit; Tom Liljenquist; 2018; (D074) Purchased from: Don To... More

Civil War envelope showing angel holding banner with message "The Unio...

Addressed to Mrs. Hannah Turner, Collinsville, Ills.; postmarked; bears 3 cent stamp." Deposit; Tom Liljenquist; 2018; (D074) pp/liljmem

Amerika, Utagawa Yoshitora - Drawing. Public domain image.

Japanese print shows two American sailors(?); includes text about America by Kanagaki Robun. Signature: Yoshitora ga. Seal date: Cock 1. Annotations, stamps, etc. on verso of print: 125; 47623a (white label); ... More

Shōsha - Amerikajin - Public domain Japanese woodblock print

Japanese print shows an American couple, the woman is holding a parasol and the man is smoking a cigar. Signature: Issen Yoshikazu ga. Seal date: Cock 4. Annotations, stamps, etc. on verso of print: 90; 47623a... More

Civil War envelope showing Confederate stars and bars flag flying over...

Addressed to Miss Sallie Bagby, Covington, Georgia; postmarked Portsmouth, Virginia Aug. 27, 1861; hand-written paid. Deposit; Tom Liljenquist; 2018; (D074) Purchased from: John L. Kimbrough, Confederate State... More

Oroshajin - bango wakai, Utagawa Yoshitora - Ukiyo e print

Japanese print shows two Russian soldiers talking; includes text of Japanese translation. Signature: Yoshitora ga. Seal date is unidentified. Annotation in pencil on mount: Russian soldiers. Annotations, stamp... More

Tsuri gitsune - Drawing. Public domain image.

Print shows a scene from a performance of Tsurigitsune (the fox and the trapper, or the fox hunter) where the trapper tries to coax the fox into taking the bait in a trap.

Yokohama kyūjitsu - Orandajin yūkō, Sadahide Utagawa

Japanese print shows a Dutch family walking along the shoreline in Yokohama, Japan; Dutch ship in the background. Signature: Gountei Sadahide ga. Engraving attributed to: Kobayashi Hori Kame. Seal date: Cock 1... More

[Children exploring an elephant] - Ukiyo e print

Ukiyo-e print illustration showing masses of children playing over, under, and around an enormous elephant. Information from exhibit website: Illus. in: Omacha-e, kodomo-e, harimazechō, ca. 1875. Published in... More

[New impression: children at play], Kuniyoshi Utagawa

Ukiyo-e print illustration showing boys enjoying the first of five sekku holidays, the Seiyō, or spring holiday. Title and other information from exhibit website: Illus. in: Omacha-e, kodomo-e, harimazechō, ca... More

Zensei kurabe kakuyū no zu - Public domain drawing

Print shows an interior view of a brothel with several courtesans, three in front of a standing screen showing scene of a large bird perched on a pine branch. Title and other descriptive information compiled by... 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

Rajōmon watanabe no tsuna oni ude kiru no zu

Print shows the warrior Watanabe no Tsuna's sword projecting from below the Ibaraki demon clutching a pillar at Rashomon. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print spec... More

Izumi Shikibu - Sanjūichi seishōnagon sanjūni koshikibu no naishi

Print shows (top half) Sei Shōnagon raising or lowering a blind, and (bottom half) Koshikibu no Naishi (or Izumi Shikibu) touching the hem of a man's clothing, he appears startled or angered, several women are ... 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

[Bushū senju], Katsushika Hokusai - Ukiyo e print

Print shows the weir at Senju in the province of Musa with two people fishing and a man leading a horse carrying rice seedlings for planting in the distant rice paddies; Mount Fuji in the background Title from ... More

[Mishima Pass in Kai Province] - Public domain scenic drawing

Print shows travelers resting beneath a large tree near the Mishima station on the Tōkaidō Road, with view of Mount Fuji in the distance. Title from online source, other descriptive information compiled by Nich... More

Tōkaidō ejiri tago no ura ryakuzu

Print shows men rowing large boats on Tago Bay at the Ejiri station on the Tōkaidō Road, with view of village along the shoreline and of Mount Fuji in the distance. Title from another copy, other descriptive in... More

[Tōkaidō hodogaya], Katsushika Hokusai - Ukiyo e print

Print shows porters with sedan chair, resting, and another traveler leading a horse with passenger near the Hodogaya station on the Tōkaidō Road, with view of Mount Fuji in the distance. Title from online sourc... More

Tompkin's real wild west frontier exhibition and European circus

A two-sided circus poster showing circus and wild west shows. Purchase.

Paul Gauguin - Mahana Atua / PGO.

Tahitians around sacred statue. Signed with initials and titled on woodblock. Printed from six blocks. Edition 29/30. Guerin, no. 42 Exhibit loan 4250-L.

Kanagawa oki nami ura - Public domain drawing

Print shows a huge wave bearing down on boats with a view of Mount Fuji in the background. Title from another copy, other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-... More

"A fairy moon and a lonely shore"

Print shows a man with a shoulder pole walking along a moonlite shore. Stamp on verso: Matsumoto print, no. 39. The Matsumoto Do, Ltd. Tokyo, Japan. Forms part of: Japanese prints and drawings (Library of Congress).

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

[Fūkeiga], Andō Hiroshige - Public domain drawing

Print shows a moonlight scene on a river with boats. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: modern Oban reproduction. Forms part of: ... More

[Fūkeiga], Andō Hiroshige - Public domain scenic drawing

Print shows several people working in rice paddies during a rain storm. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: modern miniature repro... More

[Kuropatkin(?) as town crier] - Public domain portrait drawing

Print shows a man, possibly Russian General Alekseĭ Nikolaevich Kuropatkin, wearing suit and skis, holding a bell and a sheaf of papers, a white bandana around his head with two tattered flags (the flag of Russ... More

[Reproduction of print showing Designs for lattice work]

Public domain scan of 1910s woodcut print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Reproduction of print showing Castle garden]

Photograph of a woodcut from Pietro di Crescenzi, Agricultura, Venice, 1496. On slide: Red seal sticker. On slide (printed): Red outline flower design, "Set no.," "Slide No.," and "Title" (all blank). Possibly ... More

[Reproduction of print showing Plan of Canterbury Abbey]

Photograph of a woodcut in Eadwine's Canterbury Psalter, 1155-1170, Trinity College Library, Cambridge. On slide (handwritten): "Monastery, Canterbury, 1165." Also, red seal sticker. Possibly photographed by Fr... More

[Reproduction of print showing Virgin in enclosed garden]

Photograph of a woodcut (detail), by Meister E.S., circa 1455. On slide (printed): Red outline flower design, "Set no.," "Slide No.," and "Title" (all blank). Also, two black stroke marks. Possibly photographed... More

[Reproduction of print showing "Lamb Tree"]

Photograph of a woodblock by Sir John Mandeville for his Travels, earliest known edition is dated 1371. On slide (printed): Red outline flower design, "Set no.," "Slide No.," and "Title" (all blank). Also, red ... More

Port of Philadelphia, Art Deco Poster

Poster promoting Philadelphia, showing ships at dock. Date stamped on verso: Mar 27 1937. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress). Blocks by Domenic Rotoli.

Failure here may mean death below Safety first.

Poster promoting safety in the workplace, showing a steel girder suspended from a cable. Date stamped on verso: Mar 27 1937. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress).

Civil War envelope folded from wallpaper to Miss Susan Middleton

Addressed to Miss Susan Middleton, care of A.H. Middleton Esq., Columbia, South Carolina; postmarked Flat Rock, N.C. Mar. 12; bears 10 cent stamp. Deposit; Tom Liljenquist; 2018; (D074) Purchased from: Patrici... More

The mascot. 19th century, Library of Congress collection

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

In the garden - Public domain Japanese woodblock print

Two Japanese woman under Japanese lanterns. Signed in pencil. Public domain photograph of 190ss woodcut print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

In the garden - Public domain Japanese woodblock print

Two Japanese woman under Japanese lanterns. Signed in pencil. Public domain photograph of 190ss woodcut print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Proof for an American flag campaign banner for John C. Breckinridge a...

A proof specimen on paper for a campaign banner for Southern Democratic presidential candidate John C. Breckinridge. The banner consists of an American flag pattern printed in reverse. It was probably intended ... More

Gentoku mitabi secchū ni kōmei o otonou no zu

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

Samri S. Baldwin, the white mahatma and a superb company

Created by "Calhoun Print, Hartford." Transferred from; LC Rare Book and Special Collections Division; 1956. Forms part of: Magic poster collection (Library of Congress) Forms part of: McManus-Young collection ... More

Gokakoku ijin shuen no zu - Public domain engraving

Japanese diptych print shows a large group of people seated at a long table during a banquet at the Yokohama Club. Signature: Issen Yoshikazu ga. Engraving attributed to: Hori Sen. Seal date: Cock 3. Diptych m... 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

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.

Public domain reproduction of illuminated book page, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Kusunoki masashige chihayajō rōjō no zu, Yoshifuji Utagawa

Print shows pedestrians bowing in greeting to others on roadways leading to a walled city across a river, also several porters carrying bundles into the city. Title and other descriptive information compiled by... More

Kusunoki masashige chihayajō rōjō no zu, Yoshifuji Utagawa

Interior of Eskimo igloo, Alaska - Frank G. Carpenter collection

Title transcribed from caption accompanying item. Forms part of: Frank and Frances Carpenter collection (Library of Congress). Gift; Mrs. W. Chapin Huntington; 1951.

Iga goe norikake kappa - Public domain scan / drawing

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

Utagawa Toyoharu - Ukie isedaijingū ryōsho daidaimikagura no zu

Print shows a perspective view in the shrine at Ise with a ceremony taking place before the royal throne. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-... More

Segawa kikunojō no nuregami no chōgorō to nakamura shikan no hanaregom...

Print shows two actors in the role of warriors during a sword fight. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. Format: vertical Oban Nishikie ... More

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