Onoe baikō, Utagawa Toyokuni - Public domain drawing
Print shows the actor Onoe Baiko, full-length portrait, standing on a boat, wearing heavy coat and geta, during snowstorm. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print spe... More
Ichikawa danjūrō no kaya no sanpei yōmyō soga no danzaburō
Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: vertical Oban Nishikie. Forms part of: Japanese prints and drawings (Library of Congress).
Ichikawa sanshō, Utagawa Toyokuni - Ukiyo e print
Print shows the actor Ichikawa Sanshō, full-length portrait, standing, wearing geta, holding an umbrella during a snow storm. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print ... More
Tegoshi no sukuna, Utagawa Kunisada, Japan
Print shows an actor portraying the role of a woman. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: one panel of a vertical Oban Nishikie tri... More
Atora ranpei michi yuki namaji no anayome
Japanese print shows two actors in scene from humorous love story, one actor dressed as a tiger. Includes some text. Signature: Ichiryūsai Yoshitoyo ga. Seal date: Monkey 7. Annotations, stamps, etc. on verso ... More
Hachimantarō Yoshiie Abe Sadatō : Sadatō Tsuma Sodehagi.
Ukiyo-e triptych showing night scene lit by a lantern from a Kabuki play. Left section: Actor Hachiman Tarō Yoshiie, standing holding a parasol, with an unidentified actor dressed as a lion. Center section: Act... More
Hachimantarō Yoshiie Abe Sadatō : Sadatō Tsuma Sodehagi.
Ukiyo-e triptych showing night scene lit by a lantern from a Kabuki play. Left section: Actor Hachiman Tarō Yoshiie, standing holding a parasol, with an unidentified actor dressed as a lion. Center section: Act... More
Ibaragiya denzō ibaragiya kokonoe akita hideie hoka
Print shows actors and musicians performing for a nobleman. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Diptych matted in 2 sections: left (1497a)... 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
Mukōjima miyamoto musashi, Head and Shoulders Portrait
Print shows a head-and-shoulders portrait of the actor Miyamoto Musashi.
Ichikawa Danjūrō, Iwai Hanshirō, Bandō Mitsugorō
Print shows the actors Ichikawa Danjuro, Iwai Hanshiro, and Bando Mitsugoro as two warriors about to attack an unarmed person, possibly a scene from the chushingura.
Soga no taimen, Utagawa Kunisada, Japan
Print showing a man sitting on a raised platform, with a warrior sitting on the left and a warrior standing on the right. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print spec... More
Kobayashi no asahina, Utagawa Kunisada, Japan
A half-length portrait of an actor, facing left, wearing robe with bird motif. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. From card attached to m... More
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
Soga no taimen - Public domain Japanese woodblock print
Print shows actors portraying the official Kudō Suketsune, a warrior, the two Soga brothers, and a woman in a Soga kabuki play.
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
Sogano jūrō sukenari soga no gorō tokimune tegoshi no sukuna
Print shows a scene from a Soga play, with the Soga brothers and a woman. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Triptych matted in 3 section... More
Kiyonobu Torii - Matsumoto kyōzou - Ukiyo e print
Print shows Matsumoto Hyōzo, an actor in an onnagata (female impersonator) role, full-length, walking to the right, holding a child by the hand and carrying a parasol in her left hand. Title and other descripti... More
[Two old men, possibly actors, one standing, holding an umbrella, the ...
Gift; Crosby Stuart Noyes; 1906. Forms part of: Crosby Stuart Noyes collection (Library of Congress). Forms part of: Japanese prints and drawings (Library of Congress).
[Caricature of a woman dancing] - Ukiyo e print
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).
Arashi hinaji no jōrurigozen - Public domain print
Print shows actor Arashi Hinaji in an onnagata role as the princess Jōruri Gozen, standing on a veranda, holding a lantern. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print sp... More
Onoe matsusuke no raikō sitennō - Ukiyo e print
Print shows Onoe Matsusuke, an actor, full-length portrait, standing, facing left. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. Format: one of a ... More
Tachibanaya ōmiya, Utagawa Toyokuni - Ukiyo e print
Print shows two actors, full-length portrait, one as a warrior sitting, the other as a woman standing behind the warrior. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print spec... More
Shichidanme, print by Utamaro Kitagawa, Forty Seven Rōnin
Print shows two men (possibly Yuranosuke and one of Moronô's spies) and a woman (possibly Okaru) at a brothel. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in ... More
Gokuin sen'emon to okuri no onna
Print shows two actors in a kabuki play, one as a woman with a paper lantern standing next to Gokuin Sen'emon, one of the five chivalrous men.
Utagawa Toyokuni - Sandaime ichikawa yaozō no yoshidaya kizaemon
Print shows Ichikawa Yaozō III, a kabuki actor, full-length portrait, standing, facing left, holding a fan, portraying the role of Yoshida-ya Kizaemon. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichib... More
Utagawa Toyokuni - Sandaime bandō hikosaburo no saemon suketsune
Print shows Bandō Hikosaburo III, an actor portraying Saemon Suketsune who killed the father of the Soga brothers in 1193. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print spe... More
Yatsushi shikisanba - Public domain Japanese woodblock print
Print shows three actors in the roles of Senzai, Okina, and Sanbasō, on stage performing in the noh play Shikisanba (or shikisamba).
Jūdanme, Utagawa Kuniyasu, Forty Seven Rōnin
Print shows a masked man, one of the Rōnin, with a sword attacking Osono, the estranged wife of Gihei, in order to cut her hair to the customary length of a nun making it impossible for her father to marry her ... More
Nakamaru matsue no keisei miyako - Ukiyo e print
Print shows the actor Nakamura Matsue in an onnagata role as the keisei (courtesan) Miyako, standing at a gate in the wall around a city, beating a small drum. Title and other descriptive information compiled b... More
Tabako wo suu yakusha - Public domain portrait drawing
Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: one panel of a vertical Oban Nishikie triptych. Actor print. Background by Kunihisa. Forms par... 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
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
Iga goe norikake kappa - Public domain 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
Hachimantarō Yoshiie Abe Sadatō : Sadatō Tsuma Sodehagi.
Ukiyo-e triptych showing night scene lit by a lantern from a Kabuki play. Left section: Actor Hachiman Tarō Yoshiie, standing holding a parasol, with an unidentified actor dressed as a lion. Center section: Act... More
Hachidaime ichikawa danjūrō kaja yoshitaka - Ukiyo e print
Full-length portrait of the actor Ichikawa Danj-ro VIII in a scene from the play Raigō ajari kaisoden. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06.... More
Soga no adauchi - Public domain city architecture drawing
Print shows actors portraying the two Soga brothers and other warriors in a Soga kabuki play. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Diptych ... More
Yamauba to kaidōmaru, Utagawa Kunisada, Japan
Print shows actors portraying the old woman of the mountain, Yamauba, and the wild boy, Kaidomaru. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Dip... More
Saitō go Kunitake Tada no kurando Yukitsuna : Naruto no mae : Akugenta...
Public domain photo of Japanese woodblock print, Ukiyo-e, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Saitō go Kunitake Tada no kurando Yukitsuna : Naruto no mae : Akugenta...
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
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
Tamashima ittō tenjiku tokubei tsukimoto inabanosuke, Kuniyoshi Utagaw...
Print shows three actors portraying the roles of Tamashima Itto, possibly from the popular play known as Benten Kozō, Tenjuku Tokubei, perhaps the adventurer/magician, and Tsukimoto Inabanosuke. Title and other... More
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
Mukashigatari kuwana matsuri no furugoto - Ukiyo e print
Print shows two men, probably actors, and a woman with a shoulder pole carrying two buckets.
[The black knight], Okumura Masanobu - Ukiyo e print
Print shows a man, possibly an actor or a samurai, with sword, holding an umbrella, wearing a black kimono and geta. Adachi modern reprint (Showa). Forms part of: Japanese prints and drawings (Library of Congress).
Kiyomitsu Torii - Bandō hikosaburō - Ukiyo e print
Print shows Bandō Hikosaburō, an actor, full-length portrait, standing, facing left. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. Format: Hosoban... More
Kiyomitsu Torii - Ichimura kamezo no kyo no jirō
Print shows the actor Ichimura Kamezo performing a fan dance. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: Hosoban Benizuri-e. Forms part o... More
Nidaime ichikawa monnosuke - Public domain portrait print
Print shows the actor Ichikawa Monnosuke II, full-length portrait, facing left, standing on snow-covered veranda.
Hako chotin o motsu nidaime ichikawa monnosuke, Shunsh Katsukawa
Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: one of a set of Hosoban Nishikie. Forms part of: Japanese prints and drawings (Library of Congress).
Ichimuraza no mae no iroko - Public domain drawing
Print shows two young men dreaming about acting at the theater. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: Hashirae-ban Nishikie. Forms p... More
Segawa Rokō no Matsukaze - Public domain Japanese woodblock print
Print shows Segawa Roko, an actor, as Matsukaze, one of two sisters, with a shoulder pole carrying salt water from the sea.
Iwai hanshirō, Utagawa Kunisada, Japan - Ukiyo e print
Print shows the actor Iwai Hanshirō portraying a woman dressed as a wandering monk. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: vertical O... More
Nanadaime ichikawa danjūrō no ebiza ko no ju
Print shows the actor Ichikawa Danjūrō VII, full-length, sitting on a bench, wearing geta, facing right, holding a pipe, in the role Konoju of Ebiza. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibun... More
Nakamura shikan no sadaka (to) nakamura matsue no hinadori
Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: vertical Oban Nishikie, Osaka-e. Forms part of: Japanese prints and drawings (Library of Congress).
Ofusa tokubei, Utagawa Kunisada, Japan - Ukiyo e print
Print shows a full-length portrait of a Ofusa, a young woman about to depart on a suicide journey in order to spend eternity with her lover Tokubei. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunk... More
Onoe baikō, Utagawa Toyokuni - Public domain drawing
Print shows the actor Onoe Baiko, full-length portrait, standing on a boat, wearing heavy coat and geta, during snowstorm. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print spe... More
Utagawa Toyokuni - Bandō minosuke no mitsuhida
Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: probably the central panel of a vertical Oban Nishikie triptych. Forms part of: Japanese print... More
Yamauba, Hokkei Totoya - Public domain drawing
Print shows two actors wearing masks as mountain women. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. From the series: Nō jōgoban : 18 Noh plays. ... More
Ichikawa kuzō sawamura tanosuke nakamura shikan
Print shows three actors, one in the role of a woman. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: one panel of a vertical Oban Nishikie tr... More
Sawamura tosshō no shirai gonpachi - Ukiyo e print
Print shows actor Sawamura Tosshō, half-length portrait, facing right, in the role of Shirai Gonpachi, a samurai turned outlaw, about to draw his sword.
Kawarazaki gonjūrō [to] ichikawa kohanji - Ukiyo e print
Print shows actors Kawarazaki Gonjūrō and Ichikawa Kohanji portraying the roles of a man seated on a bench, possibly in a tearoom, and a woman looking at him through an opening behind the bench. Title and other... 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
[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
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
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
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
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
[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
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
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
Oyone magoshichi taheiji, Kuniyoshi Utagawa - Ukiyo e print
Print shows two warriors and a woman around a fire, one warrior appears to be protecting the woman from the other warrior. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print spe... More
Matsumoto kōshirō, iwaya hanshirō, nakamura shikan
Print shows two actors on the shoulders of a giant and the third actor leaping onto the giant. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. Forma... More
Chotto hitokuchi hauta no ateburi - Ukiyo e print
Print shows several actors in various costume, posture, and roles. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Triptych matted in 3 sections: left... More
Mitanoshi to Yamauba, Utagawa Kunisada, Japan
Print shows the characters of Yamauba, an old woman who lives in the mountains, and Mitanoshi, who appears to be an old priest or monk, in a shosagoto dance routine with a rabbit and a deer competing in a feat ... More
Sannin no yakusha - A painting of a group of women with umbrellas
Print shows three actors, two playing shamisens and one with a teapot or sake pot, two are in the roles of women.
Ichikawa ebizō no shinozuka goseki yaburi, Kiyomasu Torii
Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: Hosoban Urushi-e. Ukiyoe oroshi [gōrd] Tori shio cho Okumura-ya. Forms part of: Japanese print... More
Ichikawa ebizō no kinzaemon yorikata, Kiyomasu Torii
Print shows the actor Ichikawa Ebizō as Kinzaemon Yorikata fighting a tiger. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: Hosoban Benizuri-... More
[Caricature of musician or actor dancing, with a cat at his feet]
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).
Kitao Shigemasa - Ichikawa raizō no umeōmaru to nakajima mihoemon no s...
Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: Hosoban Benizuri-e. Attributed to: Shigemasa, Kitao. Forms part of: R. Leicester Harmsworth co... More
Yamashita kinsaku no yoshitomo no shōjin tokiwagozen
Print shows Yamashita Kinsaku II, full-length, standing, facing left, holding a long, narrow wall hanging, in the role of Tokiwa Gozen. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored ... More
Ichikawa komazō no sano no genzaemon segawa kikunojō no keisei tamagik...
Print shows the actor Ichikawa Komazō as Sanno no Genzaemon holding an umbrella and walking with the courtesan Tamagiku, portrayed by the actor Segawa Kikunojō. Title and other descriptive information compiled ... More
Onoe matsusuke, Bunch Ippitsusai - Ukiyo e print
Print shows the actor Onoe Matsusuke, half-length portrait framed by a fan, facing right. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. From the ser... More
Nidaime ichikawa monnosuke, Bunch Ippitsusai - Ukiyo e print
Print shows the actor Ichikawa Monnosuke II, full-length portrait, standing, facing left, with painting of a deer in the background. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo... More
Nakajima kanzaemon, Shunsh Katsukawa - Ukiyo e print
Print shows the actor Nakajima Kanzaewmon, half-length portrait, facing right in fan-shaped frame. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Fro... More
Sanogawa ichimatsu, Bunch Ippitsusai - Ukiyo e print
Print shows the actor Sanogawa Ichimatsu, half-length portrait, portraying a female, facing left in fan-shaped frame. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print speciali... More
Kudanme, Shunsh Katsukawa, Forty Seven Rōnin
Print shows Tonase holding a sword, standing behind her step-daughter Konami on a veranda as Honzō walks by, disguised as a traveling monk, wearing a beehive-shaped basket over his head and playing a recorder. ... More
Kudanme, print by Utamaro Kitagawa, Forty Seven Rōnin
Print shows two women (Konami and her stepmother Tonase) and another person (possibly Oishi, wife of Yuranosuke) standing behind a screen, listening to them. Title and other descriptive information compiled by ... More
Utagawa Toyokuni - San yakusha kaian-ji no momijigari
Print shows the actors Matsumoto Koshirō V, Bandō Mitsugorō III, and Iwai Hanshirō V in rural landscape. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2... More
Utagawa Toyokuni - Segawa Rokō to Bandō Mitsugorō
Print shows the actors Segawa Roko and Bando Mitsugoro as travelers, one carrying a large box suspended from a pole that rests on his shoulder. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sp... More
Utagawa Toyokuni - Sawamura Tanosuke no Yūsuke nyōbō Osen
Print shows Sawamura Tanosuke, an actor, in the role of Osen, full-length portrait, standing, facing left, carrying a wooden bucket containing flowers. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichib... More