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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

Alcove ornament in form of a man lying down

Edo (1615–1868) or Meiji period (1868–1912) Public domain photograph of earthenware ceramics object, archaeology, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Square Sake Bottle with Design of Three Worthies (Pine, Plum, and Bamb...

Public domain photo of 3d object, pottery, ceramics, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

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).

[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.

Bowl, 17th century, Japan, Edo period

Edo period (1615–1868) Public domain photograph of glazed ceramics, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Square Stand with Dutch Landscape

Edo period (1615–1868) Public domain photograph of art object, Netherlands, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Jar, 17th century, Japan, Edo period

Edo period (1615–1868) Public domain photograph of archaeological object, ceramics vessel, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Set of Ten Gourd-Shaped Vessels with Reed Design

Edo period (1615–1868) Public domain photograph of archaeological object, ceramics vessel, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Incense Burner, bronze, Japan - Public domain photo of museum object

Edo period (1615–1868) Public domain photograph of archaeological object, copper alloy metal, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Set of Ten Gourd-Shaped Vessels with Reed Design

Edo period (1615–1868) Public domain photograph of archaeological object, ceramics vessel, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Set of Ten Gourd-Shaped Vessels with Reed Design

Edo period (1615–1868) Public domain photograph of archaeological object, ceramics vessel, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The Fifth Ichikawa Danjuro as a Samurai of High Rank

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 Actor Ichikawa Omezo as a Samurai with Two Swords

Katsukawa Shunkō (Japanese, 1743–1812) 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 ima... More

Samurai and Courtesan Seated; A Servant Beside Them

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

Example of Peaceful Empire – Museum, Congratulatory Palace Visit (Kōko...

Utagawa Kunisada III (Japanese, 1848–1920) Meiji period (1868–1912) Public domain photograph of Imperial Japan, Japanese empire, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[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).

Shuen, print by Sukenobu Nishikawa - Ukiyo e print

Print shows two geishas and a man eating; there is a shamisen next to one of the women, the other is holding a tea or sake pot. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo prin... More

[A man crossing a bridge beneath overhanging trees]

Forms part of: Japanese prints and drawings (Library of Congress). Public domain photograph of 18th-century painting, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The Actor Arashi Wakano as a Young Samurai in Woman's Clothes

Torii Kiyohiro (Japanese, active ca. 1737–1766) Edo period (1615–1868)

[Japonica, bell flowers, and anemone], Yasukuni Tachibana

Title devised by Library staff, other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. From the series: Ehon noyamagusa : Illustrated book of mountain grasses. Format:... More

[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

Mimasuya Sukejuro as a Samurai Attired in Kamishimo

Ippitsusai Bunchō (Japanese, active 1760–1794) Edo period (1615–1868) Public domain scan of Japanese woodblock print, Ukiyo-e, depicting kabuki theater actor playing samurai, free to use, no copyright restrict... More

Kameido taikobashi, Isoda Koryūsai - Ukiyo e print

Print shows a man, woman, and a child standing on a bridge looking at fish in the stream below. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format... More

Arashi Sangoro as a Ronin Samurai Standing on the Bank

Katsukawa Shunshō (Japanese, 1726–1792) 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

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

Ohan chōemon, print by Kiyonaga Torii

Print shows a porter carrying a woman across a stream. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: Hashirae-ban Nishikie. Forms part of: J... More

Niwa no yukimi, print by Kiyonaga Torii

Print shows three women on a veranda looking at a snow-covered garden. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: right panel of a vertic... More

Matsuchiyama no yukimi, print by Kiyonaga Torii

Print shows a man and two women standing in the snow outside a shrine, one woman carries an offering. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. ... More

Ichikawa Danzo IV in the Role of a Samurai

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

Yatsushi jūnidan zoushi ushiwaka jōrurihime - Torii Kiyonaga

Print shows four women standing on a porch, one may be ringing a bell, and a man playing a flute, standing in front of the porch; from the tale of Jūnidan Zoushi and Ushiwaka. Title and other descriptive inform... More

Katsukawa Shunchō - Yanagi no niwa - Ukiyo e print

Print shows three women and a child, standing next to and sitting on a bench beneath a willow tree at the edge of a pond. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print spec... More

Shichirigahama zu - Public domain drawing

Print shows a seacoast village and mountain, with view of Mount Fuji in the background. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. Format: Koga... More

Sumiyoshi odori, Eishi Hosoda - Public domain drawing

Print shows five women dancing beneath a large parasol during the annual rice planting ritual at the Sumiyoshi shrine. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print special... More

Hanami, print by Kiyonaga Torii - Ukiyo e print

Print shows two women viewing cherry blossoms from a footpath above a village. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. Format: vertical Koba... 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

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

Otomo Kuronushi - Public domain Japanese woodblock print

Print shows the poet Otomo Kuronushi and two women on a veranda.

Toyohiro Utagawa: Yatsushi chōkaro - Ukiyo e print

Print shows a woman entertaining a chid, possibly a young Zhang Guo. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: vertical Chuban Nishikie.... More

Okamotoya uchi sayagata, Eishi Hosoda - Ukiyo e print

Print shows Sayagata, a courtesan, full-length, standing, facing left, with two young female attendants. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-0... 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

Jibukiami, Utagawa Toyokuni - Public domain drawing

Print shows a woman holding a pipe, walking with a female attendant along the seashore; in the background are boats and large fishing nets. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponso... More

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

Flower Basket, 18th century - Public domain photo of museum object

Meiji period (1868–1912) Public domain photograph of vase-shaped vessel, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

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.

Kabuki Performance Featuring Red Indians and Kubuki Actors

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

Bowl, 18th century - Public domain photo of museum object

Public domain photo of a ceramic bowl, Japan, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Bowl, 18th century, Japan, Edo period

Eiraku Hozen (1795–1854) Edo period (1615–1868) Public domain photograph of Japanese ceramics object, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Photo of Porcelain Vase, 18th century - Public domain dedication

Makuzu Kōzan I (Miyagawa Toranosuke) (Japanese, 1842–1916) Public domain photograph of archaeological object, ceramics vessel, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Censer, 18th century, Japan, Edo period

Hozan Edo period (1615–1868) Public domain photograph of glazed ceramics, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Two men walking, one carrying a shoulder pole with barrel-like contai...

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).

[Coastal view with village and pine trees along the waterfront]

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).

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.

Toyohiro Utagawa: Daimyō no okuzashiki - Ukiyo e print

Print shows three women sitting in a room with elaborate wall painting of peacocks. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: Right pane... More

Toenmei, print by Utamaro Kitagawa - Ukiyo e print

Print shows a woman sitting with a young girl and a young boy, the boy is wearing a mask of the devil. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06.... 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.

Yodanme, Katsushika Hokusai, Forty Seven Rōnin

Print shows several persons gathered for the ritual suicide, seppuku, of Enya Hangan (Asano). Scene from act four of the play Chūshingura or revenge of the 47 Rōnin. Title and other descriptive information comp... More

Ariwara no narihira, print by Utamaro Kitagawa

Print shows a woman with the poet Ariwara Narihira as a boy with bow and arrows and wearing fan-shaped blinders. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists i... More

Ne no ji no kakejiku o motsu musume

Print shows a woman holding a calendar scroll. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. Format: Kogata Nshikie Surimono. Forms part of: Japan... More

Okabe, Katsushika Hokusai - Public domain drawing

Print shows a traveler taking his shoes off at a rest stop, his hat, sword, and a package are on the porch next to him, and a woman is offering him a bowl of soup or tea. Title and other descriptive information... More

Hara, Katsushika Hokusai, depicting Mount Fuji

Print shows two women and a man walking behind a group of travelers on the Tōkaidō Road, with Mount Fuji in the distance. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print spec... More

Kakegawa, Katsushika Hokusai - Public domain drawing

Print shows two women rolling up carpets. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. From the series: Tōkaidō Road. Format: horizontal Yatsugir... More

Maisaka, Katsushika Hokusai - Public domain drawing

Print shows two ships headed out to sea. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. From the series: Tōkaidō Road. Format: horizontal Yatsugiri... More

Kameya no mae no sannō sai no yatai

Print shows two women and a man and several other people behind a portable shrine in front of a store during the Sanno festival. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo pri... More

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

[Yatsushi chikurin no shichikenjin sono yon?]

Print shows seven women portraying the seven sages of the bamboo grove; some with musical instruments (koto and shamisen), one with a scroll. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-spon... More

Tomoegozen yūriki, Katsukawa Shuntei - Ukiyo e print

Print shows the powerful female samurai Tomoe Gozen on horseback disarming another warrior. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: ve... More

Chidori no tamagawa, Utamaro ii, 1800-1820

Print shows two women, one writing on a scroll, both wear many hairpins. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. From the series: Seirō mutama... More

Jaapani ülemtõlk Skiseima / Japanese principal translator Skiseima

„Obertolk“ ehk ülemtõlk Skiseima oli üheks laevameeskonna kontaktisikuks Jaapanis..- - -.The „Obertolk“ or principal translator Skiseima was one of the contact persons in Japan for the ship’s crew...Viitekood /... 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

Shodana to fuzukue to ume - Public domain architectural drawing

Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. Format: Nishikie Surimono. Print has been trimmed and inscribed in ink with the title of a book for ... More

Temari no aki no tsuki - Public domain drawing

Print shows a folded kimono in a box and a ball on top of another box, with a couple accessories. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. From... More

Edo musashi abumi, Hokkei Totoya - Ukiyo e print

Print shows a saddle and stirrups. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. From the series: Santo no uchi : The three capitals. Format: Shikis... More

Kudō (suketsune) no isyō, Hokkei Totoya

Print shows a kimono as though someone has just stepped out of it. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. From the series: Soga bantsuzuki : ... More

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

Chōchin o motsu onna, Eizan Kikukawa

Print shows a woman, full-length, standing, carrying a paper lantern. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: vertical Oban Nishikie d... More

Tatsu no koku asa itsustsu tsuruya uchi kashiku

Print shows Kashiku of Tsuru-ya, a courtesan, looking into a mirror that is hanging in an open window, reflecting clients arriving or departing at the front gate. Title and other descriptive information compile... More

Takuhatsusō to araihari wo suru onna

Print shows a woman with long strips of cloth in a large wooden tray, from a kimono that has been taken apart for cleaning, she is preparing them to be either washed or dried and stretched; another woman standi... More

Daimonjiya uchi ichimoto - Public domain portrait print

Print shows Ichimoto of Daimonji-ya, a courtesan, full-length portrait, standing, looking to the right, wearing many hairpins and a kimono with a fish design.

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

Manzai, Katsukawa Shuntei - Public domain drawing

Print shows two performers during a New Year celebration. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. Format: Shikishi Nishikie Surimono. Forms ... More

[Bamboo], Katsushika Hokusai - Public domain drawing

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

Incense box, 19th century - Public domain photo of museum object

Edo period (1615–1868) Public domain photograph of earthenware ceramics object, archaeology, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Daiichi - Public domain scan / drawing - Ukiyo e print

Print shows a village along coastline with gate to shrine and mountains in the background; no. 1 of the "eight scenic spots of Henan, China." Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-spon... 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

[Two men, one on his hands and knees crawling, the other is sitting on...

Hyōshigi o utsu bushi, Kuniyoshi Utagawa

Print shows a samurai with a pair of clappers, a man pulling a rope, and a man fallen on the ground in front of the samurai. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print s... More

Tenjinzkatsuragi no kakejiku - Public domain portrait print

Print shows Tenjin (Sugawara Michizane), facing right, sitting in a temple or palace. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. Format: Kogata... More

Sōshū shichiriga hama, Katsushika Hokusai - Ukiyo e print

Print shows landscape with Mount Fuji in the background. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. From the series: Fugaku sanjū rokkei : 36 v... 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.

Shimada, Andō Hiroshige - Public domain scan / drawing

Print shows travelers fording a small river as others wait their opportunity to continue the journey; also shows some travelers with horses and many porters at the Shimada station on the Tōkaidō Road. Title and... More

Ryōgokubashi nōryō, Andō Hiroshige - Ukiyo e print

Print shows many pedestrians on the Ryōgoku Bridge and several boats in the water beneath the bridge, at evening. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists ... More

Honjo tatekawa - Public domain Japanese woodblock print

Print shows a man cutting boards and two men building a wall.

Nihonbashi [2nd edition], Andō Hiroshige - Ukiyo e print

Print shows travelers and porters crossing the bridge at the Nihonbashi station on the Tōkaidō Road. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. F... More

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