Japanese Woodblock Prints | PICRYL - Public Domain Media Search Engine collections

3,302 Media in collection ∙ page 1 of 34

Ukie itsukushima jinjya no zu - Public domain scan / drawing

Print shows a perspective view of the Itsukushima Shrine built over the water. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: horizontal Oban... More

[Kara nishiki (Chinese brocade) with red background] [Kinran (gold bro...

Drawings show stylized floral 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: Japanese prints an... More

[Momoiro shusu (pink satin)] [Shima shusu (striped satin)].

Drawings show solid and striped 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 col... More

[Rinzu (figured satin)] - Public domain textile drawing

Drawing shows stylized floral 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 colle... More

Go, print by Kiyonaga Torii - Public domain drawing

Print shows several children fighting during a game of "go." Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. From the series: Karako asobi : Chinese... More

Ukie Edo nihonbashi odawarachō sakana ichi no su

Print shows a perspective view of a marketplace. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: Horizontal Oban Nishikie. Forms part of: Japa... More

Ōkarakuri, print by Utamaro Kitagawa - Ukiyo e print

Print shows a woman working a peepshow box for two children. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. From the series: Fūryū kodakara awase : A... More

Nagasaki no chizu Historic map, Library of Congress

Japanese print shows map of harbor area of Nagasaki. Nagasaki print. One corner is torn. Backed with sheet of paper covered with Japanese writing. Annotations, stamps, etc. on verso of print: 176; 47623a. Earl... More

Sakadaru o sashiageru otoko - Public domain portrait drawing

Print shows a man from behind lifting a sake barrel and holding it aloft with one arm. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. Format: verti... More

Hinamatsuri no sirozake, Shunman Kubo - Ukiyo e print

Print shows three women preparing bottles of rice wine for the festival of dolls. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. Format: Nishikie S... More

Fugu no bijin to kurage no tomo, Shigenobu Yanagawa

Print shows a courtesan followed by a suitor offering her a gift. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. Format: Shikishi Nishikie Surimono... More

Ōgiya uchi hanaōgi, Kuniyoshi Utagawa - Ukiyo e print

Print shows Hanao of Ōgi-ya, full-length portrait, standing, facing left, with attendant. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. Format: on... More

[Side view of a monk, full-length portrait, facing left, wearing gown ...

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

Utagawa Hiroshige - Tsuchiyama, Ando Hiroshige - Ukiyo e print

Print shows travelers crossing a bridge spanning a raging river, during a rain storm near the Tsuchiyama station on the Tōkaidō Road. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Ed... More

Kakegawa, Andō Hiroshige - Public domain drawing

Print shows elderly people walking across the bridge at the Kakegawa station on the Tōkaidō Road. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. From... More

Neko o idaku musume - Public domain portrait drawing

Print shows a young woman holding a cat against her shoulder. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: vertical Oban Nishikie diptych. ... More

Kaidō ni shōkin, Andō Hiroshige - Ukiyo e print

Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. Format: Hosoban Nishikie. Forms part of: Japanese prints and drawings (Library of Congress).

Shiro, Utagawa Kunisada, Japan - Public domain drawing

Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. From the series: Ukiyo goshiki awase : Set of five colors of the floating world. Format: vertical Ob... More

Takema no uguisu, Harunobu Suzuki, Woodblock Print, Japan

Print shows two young women on a country path gathering plants and listening to a warbler in bamboo. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. F... More

Azumabashi kinryūzan enbō, depicting Mount Fuji

Print shows a small boat approaching shore with view of waterfront buildings, temple, the Azuma Bridge, and Mount Fuji in the distance.

Gaikoku jinbutsu zukushi - Amerika nyonin - Ukiyo e print

Japanese print shows a woman riding sidesaddle. Signature: Yoshitora ga. Engraving attributed to: Hori Take. Seal date: Cock 1. From series entitled: Gaikoku jinbutsu zukushi (People from foreign lands). Annot... More

Secchū ashi ni karasu - Public domain drawing

Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: full color wodblock print. Ivy Mark, No. 318. Forms part of: Japanese prints and drawings (Lib... More

Ryū shōten - Public domain scan of drawing

Print shows a serpent or dragon ascending on a cloud to the top of a mountain. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. From the series: Gekkō ... More

Russian admiral has but one leg to stand on

Print shows three sailors laughing at a Russian admiral standing in one large boot.

Bankoku jinbutsu no zu. 1930s Japan, public domain image.

Japanese diptych print shows a map of the world with inset images of foreign people. Diptych. Nagasaki print. Sample translations of inscriptions of distance chart: England-11,500 ri; pygmy country-14,000 ri; ... More

Wada yoshimori tomoe gozen yamabuki, Kuniyoshi Utagawa

Triptych matted in 3 sections: left (423a), center (423b), right (423c). Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. Format: vertical Oban Nishi... More

Miyamoto musashi, Kuniyoshi Utagawa - Ukiyo e print

Man holding up a magnifying glass to look at the famous samurai swordsman Miyamoto Musashi. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: ve... More

Kisoji no sansen - Drawing. Public domain image.

Print shows mountains and river along the Kiso Road during a winter snow storm.

Iwai kumesaburō ichikawa danjūrō iwai shijyaku

Print shows actors in a fight scene. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Triptych matted in 3 sections: left (1499a), center (1499b), righ... 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

[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

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

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

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

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

[Jūichidanme - act eleven of the Chūshingura - assualt on Kira Yoshina...

Print shows a scene during the attack on Kira Yoshinaka's home by the 47 rōnin, with the samurai chasing Kira's guards and searching the grounds. Title devised by Library staff, no information provided by Nichi... More

Sangatsu[yayoi?] hanazumō shigatsu[uduki?] shaka tanjō

Print shows three women dancing. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. From the series: Yoshiwara niwaka : Blossoms of the yoshiwara. Form... More

Benkei to kodomo (ataka no matsu)

Print shows the legendary monk warrior Benkei offering gifts to two children who have been gathering pine needles.

Toyonobu Ishikawa - [Passing a love letter]

Print shows a young man discretely passing a love letter from beneath the folds of his kimono. Adachi modern reprint (Showa). Forms part of: Japanese prints and drawings (Library of Congress).

Ōkawabata yūryō, print by Kiyonaga Torii

Print shows three women strolling next to the Sumida(?) River, enjoying the cool evening air. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: ... More

Michinoku, print by Utamaro Kitagawa - Ukiyo e print

Print shows the courtesan Michinoku with a female attendant and a boy carrying an umbrella over his shoulder. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2... More

Ide no tamagawa - Drawing. Public domain image.

Print shows a woman standing with a young boy; view of the Tama River in upper left corner.

Hōjō Yasutoki, Yajima Gogaku - Public domain drawing

Print shows the warrior Hōjō, Yasutoki sitting on a raised platform with three warriors seated before him; a servant presents a raised tray to the three warriors. Title and other descriptive information compile... More

Sakura ni tsunagizaru, Ando Hiroshige - Ukiyo e print

Print shows a monkey sitting on a post with cherry blossoms falling around it. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: Otanzaku-ban Ni... More

Mino no kuni yōrō no taki - Drawing. Public domain image.

Print shows two pilgrims looking at waterfall while other pilgrims rest in nearby shelter.

Jūgo, Utagawa Kunisada, Japan - Public domain image related to music p...

Print shows a man and a woman walking along a roadway illuminated by lanterns, at night under a full moon; on the left is a male servant carrying a sword. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nic... More

Ajisai ni shōkin - Public domain drawing

Print shows a small bird perched on a branch of a hydrangea plant. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. Format: Kogata Nishikie. Forms pa... More

[Ronin, or masterless Samurai, in doorway]

Ukiyo-e print illustration showing Ronin emerging from between curtains with sword drawn. Illus. in: Seichū gishi meimei gaden / Tsukioka (Utagawa) Yoshitoshi, 1869. Published in: The floating world of Ukiyo-e... More

Urashima - Drawing. Public domain image. - Ukiyo e print

Print shows Urashima Tarō, a fisherman, sitting on the back of a turtle headed for an undersea palace after rescuing the turtle from a group of children.

[Sanka hakū], Katsushika Hokusai - Ukiyo e print

Print shows lightning from a thunder storm below the summit of Mount Fuji. Title from online source, other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. From the se... More

Hon[orable Mr] cat / HH [monogram].

Print shows a young Japanese girl carrying a cat, walking in the rain under an umbrella held by an adult. Signed and numbered (192) in pencil below print.

Utagawa Hiroshige - Yamato hasedera

Print shows a bird's-eye view of the Hasedera temple in the Yamato Province. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. From the series: Shokoku ... More

Bushō no zu - miniature, medieval manuscript

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

[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.

Wada yoshimori tomoe gozen yamabuki, Kuniyoshi Utagawa

Hinamatsuri. Book illustration from Library of Congress

Japanese print from a book shows three richly dressed women or girls eating and drinking, probably celebrating Hina Matsuri (Girl's Day) with a doll ceremony showing dolls sitting at a table in the background. ... More

Kai outsuki no hara - Public domain scenic drawing

Print shows wild flowers and a small brook in a field, with mountains and a view of Mount Fuji in the background. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists ... More

"What makes Japanese soldiers so strong?" asks Russia. "We are filled ...

Print shows bloated Russian officers eating bullets and shells offered to them by trim Japanese soldiers. (in the Japanese reply, "we all eat" is crossed out and replaced with "we are filled with"). Signed on ... More

Suruga miho no matsubara / Hiroshige-ga.

Japanese print shows a view of Mount Fuji with a pine grove on a promontory in the Suruga Bay surrounded by sailboats. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print special... More

Onnna yu, print by Kiyonaga Torii

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

[John James Audubon, bird naturalist] - Ukiyo e print

Japanese print shows Audubon discovering that his work was eaten by a rat.

Dōguya jinza hōkaibō bōkon shimobe gunsuke, Kuniyoshi Utagawa

Print shows three actors, two with swords and one who appears to be an evil spirit. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Triptych matted in... 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).

Zashiki no yūjo to kamuro - A painting of two women reading a book

Two girls in an interior, one seated reading a scroll, the other standing up looking into an insect cage.

[American sailor drinking] - Drawing. Public domain image.

An American sailor, standing, holding a bottle in one hand while drinking from a glass. Inscription describes the American fleet on January 1, 1854 as seen through the eyes of an individual named Hachiromaro.

Kiyonobu Torii - Rajōmon - Public domain drawing

Print shows a warrior fighting a demon, possibly Ibaraki, at the Rashomon gate. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: Oban. Adachi m... More

Kiyomitsu Torii - Fumi yomu yūjo - Ukiyo e print

Print shows a woman seated on a bench reading a scroll, one end of which a cat is playing with from under the bench. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialis... More

[Domestic cat nursing kittens], Morikuni Tachibana

Title devised by Library staff, other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Matted with no. 2049; prints overlap each other. From the series: Ehon shahōbuku... More

[Two lovers in a boat] - Drawing. Public domain image.

Print shows a man and a woman in a boat; the man is holding a small drum and appears to be serenading the woman beneath the moon.

[Warrior or actor with long hair and bracelets around wrist and ankles...

Title and date 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).

[Donsu, damask with light green peony arabesque]

Drawing shows peony arabesque design 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 collec... More

Matsubaya uchi somenosuke, Isoda Koryūsai - Ukiyo e print

Print shows Somenosuke of Matsuba-ya, a courtesan, full-length, seated, facing right, with an apprentice helping her put on a kimono. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Ed... More

Takezaiku no hebi - Public domain drawing

Print shows a woman and a man looking at a toy snake made out of bamboo. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: Kogata Nishikie Surim... More

[Butterflies and moths] - Public domain drawing

Title devised by Library staff, no information provided by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. Attributed to: Settso. Forms part of: Japanese prints and drawings (Library of Congress).

Sanshi no seiran - Drawing. Public domain image.

Print shows a cluster of thatch-roofed buildings in a mountain village and villagers, near a river.

Fukagawa mannenbashi shita, Katsushika Hokusai - Ukiyo e print

Print shows pedestrians crossing a high-arched bridge spanning a river with a fisherman and a boat in the foreground, view of Mount Fuji in the background. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Ni... More

Utagawa Toyokuni - Yoru no fukagawa geisha

Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. Format: central panel of a Shikishi Nishikie Surimono triptypch. Forms part of: Japanese prints and ... More

Fukujusō tosa nikki shiori, Hokkei Totoya

Print shows diary and potted plant. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. Shikishi Nishikie Surimono. Forms part of: Japanese prints and d... More

Tako ni noboru otoko - Public domain Japanese woodblock print

Print shows a man, hovering over nearby trees, apparently impaled on a string attached to a flying kite.

[A man walking to the left, with a large hat resting on his back and w...

Ebisu no namazuya - Public domain drawing

Print shows Ebisu, one of the seven lucky gods of Japan, cutting up a catfish, a woman fans a hibachi next to him, and on the left two patrons are eating. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nic... More

Tsuchiyama, Ando Hiroshige - Public domain image related to music prfo...

Print shows pilgrims walking along river in Tsuchiyama, the 50th station on the Tōkaidō Road; across the river, nestled among tall pine trees, is a small building, possibly a shrine. Title and other descriptive... More

Utagawa Hiroshige - Saruwaka-machi yoru no kei

Print shows pedestrians on a commercial street at night beneath a full moon. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. From the series: Meisho e... More

Massaki-hen yori suijin no mori uchigawa sekiya no sato o mi

Print shows view looking past blossoms of the Uchi River with boats, a sailboat, and a village in the distance. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in... More

Ishiyama no shūgestu, Ando Hiroshige - Ukiyo e print

Print shows bird's-eye view of the Buddhist temple at Ishiyama-dera, and a building on a bluff, also a bridge across the Seta River (the same bridge as in Evening glow at Seta), and mountains in the distance, u... More

Sakasai no watasi, Ando Hiroshige - Ukiyo e print

Print shows great white herons in the wetlands next to a river near the Sakasai ferry terminal building. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-0... More

Iga kaitosan, Utagawa Hiroshige - Ukiyo e print

Print shows a traveler on a steep mountain pass on Mount Kaito with blossoming trees and a distant view of the sea, in Iga Province. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo... More

[Kamogawa no] yūsuzumi - Public domain drawing

Print shows a woman holding a fan and sitting on a deck with her feet in the water below. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: full... More

Hatō zu. 1900s Japan, public domain image.

Print shows ocean waves. Public domain photograph of 20th-century woodblock print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Kai outsuki no hara - Public domain drawing

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

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, Ando Hiroshige - Public domain scenic drawing

Sanjō Kokaji no manebigoto zu - Public domain drawing

Print shows three actors as warrior/metalworkers hammering a sword. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Triptych matted in 3 sections: lef... More

Utagawa Toyokuni - Matsumoto kōshirō, segawa kikunojō, iwai kumesaburō

Print shows three actors beneath a tree with blossoms. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. Format: vertical Oban Nishikie triptych. Trip... More

[The procession] / Bertha Lum. - Public domain Japanese woodblock prin...

Japanese women parading with lanterns and woman in sedan chair. No copyright renewal. Signed in pencil.

Yotsuya naitō shinjuku, Ando Hiroshige - Ukiyo e print

View of shops seen beyond horses' legs. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: vertical Oban Nishikie. From the series: Meisho edo hy... More

Dai nijūichi zu, Harunobu Suzuki, Woodblock Print, Japan

Print shows a woman using a long (opium?) pipe to beat a man who has been spying on her. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. From the seri... More

[Caricature of a dancer] - Drawing. Public domain image.

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

Yuki, Harunobu Suzuki, Woodblock Print, Japan

Print shows a courtesan, walking in the snow with two young female attendants carrying a parasol, and a male servant carrying a large parasol; the man appears to be barefoot, the women are wearing geta. Title a... More

Toyohiro Utagawa: Yoshiwara - Public domain scan / drawing

Print shows travelers on the Tōkaidō Road with view of snow-covered Mount Fuji in the background. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. From... More

of 34