[The interior of a kabuki theater]
Print shows a full audience of men and women at a kabuki theater. Adachi modern reprint (Showa). Forms part of: Japanese prints and drawings (Library of Congress).
Kiyonobu Torii - [Two lovers under an umbrella]
Print shows a man and a woman, full-length, walking beneath an umbrella. Adachi modern reprint (Showa). Forms part of: Japanese prints and drawings (Library of Congress).
[Reading a love letter], Kiyomasu Torii
Print shows a young woman reading a love letter. Adachi modern reprint (Showa). Forms part of: Japanese prints and drawings (Library of Congress).
Tea Caddy (Chaire), Japan, Edo period
A vase with a black and white glaze, Japan, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Katsukawa Shunjō - An Unidentified Actor in the Role of a Samurai
Katsukawa Shunjō (Japanese, died 1787) Edo period (1615–1868) Public domain scan of Japanese woodblock print, Ukiyo-e, depicting male actor in kabuki theater scene, free to use, no copyright restrictions image... More
Bowl, 17th century, Japan, Edo period
Seifu Yohei (1803–1861) Edo period (1615–1868) Public domain photograph of glazed ceramics, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Gruppenbild Martyrium in Nagasaki 1622
Public domain photo of portrait art print, 16th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.
Ogawa zengorō, ichikawa danjūrō, yamashita kinsaku, Kiyomasu Torii
Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. Format: Hosoban Urushie. Modern reproduction. Forms part of: Japanese prints and drawings (Library o... More
[Hanging poems on a cherry tree]
Print shows a woman, full-length, standing, hanging poems in a blossoming cherry tree.
[A monk wearing a mask(?) with a horn, sitting on the ground, beating ...
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).
Kiyohiro Torii - [The harmonic couple] - Ukiyo e print
Print shows a man and a woman sitting on a bench, playing a flute, beneath a blossoming tree. Adachi modern reprint (Showa). Forms part of: Japanese prints and drawings (Library of Congress).
Kiyomitsu Torii - [Beauties from Fukagawa] - Ukiyo e print
Print shows several women and various architectural elements at the Fukagawa station on the Tōkaidō Road. Adachi modern reprint (Showa). Forms part of: Japanese prints and drawings (Library of Congress).
Kiyomitsu Torii - Onoe kikugorō no sanjō kokaji munechika
Print shows Onoe Kikugorō, 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 Be... More
Kiyomitsu Torii - Nakamura matsue - Ukiyo e print
Print shows the actor Nakmura Matsue in a female role. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Attributed to: Torii, Kiyomitsu. Format: part o... More
Ichimura uzaemon no osugi, Harunobu Suzuki, Woodblock Print, Japan
Print shows a young woman, Osugi, holding a tobacco pipe and tray of tobacco. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: Hosoban Benizuri... More
Shigemasa Kitao - Koto o hiku kanjo
Print shows a woman playing a koto. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. Format: Hosoban Benizurie. Forms part of: Japanese prints and dr... More
Ushi kisaragi, Toyomasa Ishikawa - Ukiyo e print
Print shows a man (a government or religious figure) riding a bull being led by a servant and two women holding a pole topped with tray carrying a bonsai tree from which hang slips of paper, possibly prayer wis... More
The Third Ichikawa Danzo as a Samurai Dressed in a Ceremonial Kamishim...
Katsukawa Shunshō (Japanese, 1726–1792) Edo period (1615–1868) Public domain scan of Japanese woodblock print, Ukiyo-e, depicting kabuki theater actor playing samurai, free to use, no copyright restrictions im... More
Utagawa Toyoharu - Nakazu no kei. Book illustration from Library of Co...
Print shows pedestrians crossing a bridge spanning a river crowded with boats. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: horizontal Chub... More
The Second Nakamura Juzo as a Samurai
Katsukawa Shunshō (Japanese, 1726–1792) Edo period (1615–1868) Public domain scan of Japanese woodblock print, Ukiyo-e, depicting kabuki theater actor playing samurai, free to use, no copyright restrictions im... More
The Third Otani Hiroji as a Samurai of High Rank Standing in a Room
Katsukawa Shunshō (Japanese, 1726–1792) Edo period (1615–1868) Public domain scan of Japanese woodblock print, Ukiyo-e, depicting kabuki theater actor playing samurai, free to use, no copyright restrictions im... More
Ukie wakoku no keiseki shin-yoshiwara nakanochō no zu
Print shows many people on the Nakanocho Boulevard at night near the gate to the Shin-Yoshiwara pleasure district of Tokyo, possibly during the lantern festival, with teahouses and shops lining the street.
Sandaime segawa kikunojō, Shunk Katsukawa - Ukiyo e print
Print shows the actor Segawa Kikunojō III, full-length portrait, standing, facing right, in the role of a woman. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists i... More
Nidaime ichikawa monnosuke no soga no gorō, Shunsh Katsukawa
Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: one panel of a set of Hosoban Nishikie. Same print as 2355. Forms part of: R. Leicester Harmsw... More
Yodaime ichikawa danzō - Public domain portrait print
Print shows Ichikawa Danzō I, a kabuki actor, full-length portrait, standing, facing slightly left, holding a sword over right shoulder, possibly in the role of a samurai or as Shoki the demon queller.
Miyamōde, Eishi Hosoda - Public domain portrait drawing
Print shows a woman walking with a young woman or maid, returning from a visit to a shrine. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: Ha... More
Photo of Brush Holder, 18th century - Public domain dedication
Kasuke Edo period (1615–1868) Public domain photograph of Japanese ceramics object, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Sandaime sawamura sōjurō, Shunk Katsukawa - Ukiyo e print
Print shows the actor Sawamura Sōjurō III, full-length portrait, standing, facing right. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: one p... More
Tomimoto bushi, print by Kiyonaga Torii
Print shows three women and two children on their way to a concert. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. From the series: Ongyoku tegoto ... More
High-Ranking Samurai Girl with Four Attendants, from the series A Broc...
Torii Kiyonaga (Japanese, 1752–1815) Edo period (1615–1868) Public domain scan of Japanese woodblock print, Ukiyo-e, of Edo period, Tokugawa rule, 18th-19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions imag... More
Onoe Matsusuke I as an Oiran Stands at the Left, Talking to Nakamura N...
Torii Kiyonaga (Japanese, 1752–1815) Edo period (1615–1868) Public domain scan of Japanese woodblock print, Ukiyo-e, depicting kabuki theater actor playing samurai, free to use, no copyright restrictions image... More
Hotarugari, Eishōsai Chōki - Public domain scenic drawing
Print shows a woman holding a fan and a firefly cage, with a young girl catching fireflies next to a pond. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005... More
Ōgiya hanaōgi, Eishi Hosoda - Public domain portrait print
Print shows Hanaōgi, a courtesan, full-length portrait, standing beneath a tree, facing left. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: ... More
Sandaime sawamura sōjūrō (no ōgishi kurando)
Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: vertical Oban Nishikie. Adachi modern reprint (Showa). Purchase; H. Irving Olds; 1938. Forms p... More
Tōto ryōgokubashi yūsuzumi no zu - Ukiyo e print
Print shows crowded waterfront scene with pedestrians on the promenade, on the Rogoku Bridge, and waiting in stalls, possibly for boats. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored... More
Rokkasen, print by Utamaro Kitagawa - Ukiyo e print
Print shows Murasaki with five elderly men, all wise men and/or poets. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: horizontal Oban Nishiki... More
Sandaime ōtani oniji shodai ichikawa omezō
Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: vertical Oban Nishikie. Adachi modern reprint (Showa). Purchase; H. Irving Olds; 1938. Forms p... More
Yuri o motsu yamauba to kintarō
Print shows Yamauba, leaning slightly forward, holding chestnuts, with Kintarō standing in front of her, holding onto her kimono. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo pr... More
Chaya de yasumu otoko - Public domain drawing
Print shows a man with a hat pulled down low over his face, drinking tea at a tea shop; a woman standing next to him is holding a serving tray in such a way that the mirrored surface reflects the man's face. Ti... More
Umegawa chūbei, print by Utamaro Kitagawa
Print shows a woman and a man (or possibly two women) beneath a parasol. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. From the series: Tokiwazu tom... More
[Jūichidanme - act eleven of the Chūshingura - searching the house], F...
Print shows a scene during the attack on Kira Yoshinaka's home by the 47 rōnin, with three men engaged in combat inside a dwelling, disrupting a woman writing, and knocking down partitions. Title devised by Lib... More
Case (Inrō) with Design of Samurai Helmet and Face Mask (obverse); Sam...
Public domain photograph of 3d object, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.
Insignia and Button, Japan, Meiji period
Public domain scan of 18th-century drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Illustration of Poem by the Emperor Kwoko, Utagawa Kuniyoshi
Utagawa Kuniyoshi (Japanese, 1797–1861) Edo period (1615–1868) Public domain scan of Japanese woodblock print, Ukiyo-e, of Edo period, Tokugawa rule, 18th-19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions i... More
Ōgiya takihashi, print by Utamaro Kitagawa
Print shows Takihashi, a courtesan, full-length, standing, facing left, with several large hairpins. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. F... More
Devil & Yoshiwara girl - Public domain portrait drawing
Print shows the devil standing in front of a courtesan holding a fan, sitting inside a cage-like structure. Gift; Crosby Stuart Noyes; 1906. Forms part of: Crosby Stuart Noyes collection (Library of Congress).... More
[Jūichidanme - act eleven of the Chūshingura - discover Kira's hiding ...
Print shows a scene during the attack on Kira Yoshinaka's home by the 47 Rōnin; the samurai discover Kira's hiding place. Title devised by Library staff, no information provided by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo pri... More
Insignia, Medal and Button - Public domain photo of museum object
Public domain photograph of 3d object, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.
Medal, 18th century, Japan, Meiji period
Meiji period (1868–1912) Public domain photograph of a medal, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Jar, 18th century - Public domain photo of museum object
A black vase with a design on the side, Japan, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Medal, 18th century, Japan, Meiji period
Meiji period (1868–1912) Public domain photograph of a medal, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Photo of Fire Box in form of a Badger - Public domain dedication
Aoki Mokubei (1767–1833) Edo period (1615–1868) Public domain photograph of Japanese ceramics object, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
[Vine with blossoms] - Drawing. Public domain image.
Picryl description: Public domain photo of Japanese painting, free to use art, no copyright restrictions image.
[A man carrying a shoulder pole with a trunk and bedding for a patron ...
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).
Kisen, Shunman Kubo - Public domain portrait print
Print shows Kisen (possibly the poet Kisen Hōshi), full-length portrait, facing left, with right arm raised and carrying a basket under his left arm. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibun... More
Utagawa Toyokuni - Bandō minosuke no rikiya
Print shows the actor Bandō Minosuke as the young samurai Rikiya from the Chushingura. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: one pan... More
Matsubaya uchi yoyotose yoyoginu - Ukiyo e print
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).
Suehirogari, Katsushika Hokusai - Ukiyo e print
Print shows two dancers, one holding a fan and the other holding a parasol. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. One page from an illustrat... More
Kira Yoshinaka - Jūichidanme, Katsushika Hokusai, Forty Seven Rōnin
Print shows a scene during the attack on Kira Yoshinaka's home by the 47 Rōnin, with the samurai confronting Kira's guards and searching the grounds. Scene from act eleven of the play Chūshingura or the revenge... More
Jūdanme - Public domain Japanese woodblock print
Print shows the Rōnin samurai dressed as police to test the loyalty of the merchant Gihei. A scene from act ten of the play Chūshingura or revenge of the 47 Rōnin.
Mutamagawa senmen harimaze, Katsushika Hokusai - Ukiyo e print
Print shows several fans with landscape scenes, a man traveling on horseback, and two women doing laundry or ironing. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print speciali... More
Wakana tsumi - Drawing. Public domain image.
Print shows two women gathering spring greens. Public domain photograph of 19th-century woodblock print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Ne no koku no yoshiwara - Public domain Japanese woodblock print
Print shows a courtesan with two attendants(?). Public domain photograph of 19th-century woodblock print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Katsukawa Shunsen (勝川 春扇) - Ishiyama no aki no tsuki
Print shows a temple on a mountain on the coastline of Ishiyama in the Ōmi Province, with a cluster of buildings and shrine along the shoreline, and pilgrims or travelers in boats coming ashore beneath an autum... More
Yoshiwara, Katsushika Hokusai - Public domain drawing
Print shows an older man and two young apprentices, possibly women, manually operating a stirring device, or possibly making pulp for paper. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-spons... More
Jaapani ametnik / A Japanese official
Jaapani ametnik.- - -.A Japanese official..Viitekood / Reference code:.EAA.1414.3.4.78.1414.3.4:57 ( EAA.1414.3.4:57 )
Yabase no kihan, Yajima Gogaku - Ukiyo e print
Print shows a small boat, possibly a ferry, being unloaded at two small buildings on the coast. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. From t... More
Arashi kichisaburō no sutewakamaru, Hokushū Shunkōsai
Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: vertical Oban Nishikie, Osaka-e print. Formerly attributed to: Katsukawa, Shunsen, 1762-ca. 18... More
Shi yanagi ni mayudama no hoshiizuru zu
Print shows a man and a woman standing next to a grave marker and a willow tree with rice cakes on the branches during the New Year celebration. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-s... More
Taibi, Utagawa Kuniyasu, Forty Seven Rōnin
Print shows three men outside a shed, one is carrying a large knife, another is carrying a lance and a lantern, and the third man appears unarmed. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken... More
Ryōgoku no hanabi - Public domain portrait print
Print shows a woman, full-length portrait, standing, facing left, holding folded papers, possibly a letter, with wall-hanging showing scene of fireworks bursting above a bridge.
Godaime iwayahanshirō no fujimusume to sandaime bandōmitsugorō no zatō
Print shows the actor Iwai Hanshirō V in the role of a woman, Fuji Musume, speaking to a man, the actor Bandō Mitsugorō III as Zatō, sitting on the ground holding a stick. Title and other descriptive informatio... More
Ukiyo bijin mitate sankyoku - Public domain image related to music prf...
Print shows a woman playing a small stringed instrument (like a biwa) with a large bow. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: left p... More
Hei shinno masakado, Utagawa Kunisada, Japan
Print shows the warrior Taira Masakado, who called himself Emperor, full-length, standing, facing front, holding a banner with an image of a horse. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunke... More
Nagauta no keiko ni kayou musume
Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: Vertical Oban Nishikie Vertical Diptych (Kakemono). Forms part of: Japanese prints and drawing... More
[A bird perched on a tree branch with blossoms, watching a spider on a...
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
Ajisai ni kawasemi, Andō Hiroshige - Ukiyo e print
Print shows a kingfisher above hydrangea blossoms. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: Otanzaku-ban Nishikie. Adachi modern reprin... More
Ishibashi yama, Kuniyoshi Utagawa - Ukiyo e print
Print shows a samurai (Yoritomo?) falling or pushed out of a cave on Mount Ishibashi, where he may have sought refuge. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print special... More
Tōsei fū, Utagawa Kunisada, Japan - Ukiyo e print
Print shows a woman, full-length portrait, standing, facing left, holding a teapot. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. From the series: E... More
[Hotei, the god of good fortune, one of the seven lucky gods, right pr...
Public domain photo of Japanese woodblock print, Ukiyo-e, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Batta[inago(?)] - Public domain drawing
Print shows a grasshopper on the leaf of a plant. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: Nishikie part of Harimaze-e(?). Forms part o... More
Bowl, 19th century, Japan, Edo period
Eiraku Hozen (1795–1854) Edo period (1615–1868) Public domain photograph of glazed ceramics, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Kōyō saruhashi no zu Andō Hiroshige
Print shows steep cliffs with a bridge spanning the chasm above an inlet, with view of full moon between the cliffs. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialis... More
[Rear view of a man, full-length, standing, wearing several layers of ...
Attributed to a group of drawings 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 part of: Japanese... More
Tenjinzkatsuragi no kakejiku - Public domain portrait print
Print shows Sugawara Michizane as Tenjin, facing left, sitting in a shrine. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. Format: Kogata Nishikie.... More
[A man, bare-chested, sitting cross-legged with arms raised over his h...
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
Hara, Andō Hiroshige, depicting Mount Fuji
Print shows three travelers passing through the Hara station on the Tōkaidō Road with view of snow-capped Mount Fuji in the background. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored ... More
Tōto honjo tatekawa, Katsushika Hokusai - Ukiyo e print
Print shows a man cutting boards and two men building a wall. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. From the series: Zen hokusai fuji shōk... More
Ume ni uguisu, Andō Hiroshige - Public domain drawing
Print shows a bush warbler on a blossoming branch of a plum tree. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: Vertical Chuban Nishikie. Fo... More
Hamamatsu, Andō Hiroshige - Public domain drawing
Print shows travelers warming themselves by a fire next to a large pine tree, with view across a field of haystacks and buildings near the Hamamatsu station on the Tōkaidō Road. Title and other descriptive info... More
Utagawa Hiroshige - Kanbara, Ando Hiroshige - Ukiyo e print
Print shows travelers walking in the snow at night at the Kanbara station on the Tōkaidō Road. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. From ... More
Fujikawa, Andō Hiroshige - Public domain scan / drawing
Print shows travelers paying respects at a roadside shrine at the Fujikawa station on the Tōkaidō Road. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-20... More
Kiyomitsu Torii - Kabuki jūhachiban - Ukiyo e print
Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. Format: Nishikie Surimono. One part of a full sheet (Obosho) print. Forms part of: Japanese prints a... More
Dainagon tsunenobu - Public domain Japanese woodblock print
Print shows two men carrying baskets suspended from a long shoulder pole approaching a building with an overflowing spring-fed fountain where two women have come to wash their containers, and further downstream... More
Shinobazu no ike, Andō Hiroshige - Ukiyo e print
Print shows pedestrians on a tree-lined promenade that bisects the Shinobazu Pond, with buidings on stilts along the shoreline. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo prin... More
Kanagawa, Andō Hiroshige - Public domain scan / drawing
Print shows travelers walking up incline on the Tōkaidō Road at the Kanagawa station with village buildings and harbor with ships on the left. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-spo... More
Shinobazu no ike benten no hokora Andō Hiroshige
Print shows pedestrians on a bridge across Shinobazu Pond leading to the Benten shrine; pine trees along the bridge, buildings on pilings extending into the pond, and buildings of the town in the background. Ti... More
Koganeibashi no sekishō, depicting Mount Fuji
Print shows a bridge across a canal with flowering cherry trees along the banks, a small cluster of low buildings, and a view of Mount Fuji in the background.
Chinese Ships at Nagasaki - Public domain dedication. Metropolitan Mus...
Unidentified Artist Japanese, 19th century Edo period (1615–1868) Public domain scan of Japanese woodblock print, Ukiyo-e, of Edo period, Tokugawa rule, 18th-19th century, free to use, no copyright restriction... More
Bowl, 19th century, Japan, Edo period
Edo period (1615–1868) Public domain photograph of glazed ceramics, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description