history of japan

Kintarō no yatsushi kusakari sanro[?] - Torii Kiyonaga

Print shows Kintarō, a young boy with legendary strength, transformed as Sanro, playing a flute while sitting on the back of a bull. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo... More

Manzai o miru josei[fujo?] to kodomo

Print shows four women and a child watching two men dancing with a fan and a drum. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. Format: one page ... More

Chōjiya hinazuru hinamatsu, print by Utamaro Kitagawa

Print shows Hinatsuru and Hinamatsu of Chōji-ya, courtesans, half-length, one holding a fan. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. From the ... More

Hojo Katei - Matsu ni yukidaruma - Ukiyo e print

Print shows a snowman beneath the snow covered boughs of a pine tree, with extensive block of text on the left. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in... More

[Warrior archer] - Public domain portrait drawing

Drawing shows a front view of an archer wearing uniform with padded armor, sword, and carrying an unstrung bow.

Kira Yoshinaka - Kudanme Historic map, Library of Congress, Forty Seve...

Print shows two women, possibly Tonase and Konami, and Honzō, looking at a map of Morono's villa, and Rikiya, standing, about to draw his sword. Scene from act nine of the play Chūshingura or revenge of the 47 Rōnin.

Kanbara, Katsushika Hokusai - Public domain scan / drawing

Print shows fishermen pulling ashore large fish nets. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. From the series: Tōkaidō Road. Format: horizon... More

Kanaya, Katsushika Hokusai - Public domain drawing

Print shows two women at wash tubs and a horse feeding in the background. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. From the series: Tōkaidō R... More

Fujieda, Katsushika Hokusai - Public domain drawing

Print shows travelers one with a horse, resting at a building on the roadside. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. From the series: Tōka... More

Jūdanme, Shun Ei Katsukawa, Forty Seven Rōnin

Print shows Amakawaya Gihei, with writing materials, and his father-in-law, who is seeking a letter of divorce from Gihei so he can marry off his daughter to another man, or it may show Yuranosuke returning the... More

Hataori, Shigenobu Yanagawa - Public domain drawing

Print shows a woman weaving at a loom. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. Format: Shikishi Nishikie Surimono. Modern reproduction. Form... More

[Obsession]. Book illustration from Library of Congress

Ukiyo-e print title page illustration showing a snake wrapped around a memorial tablet (ihai) for a Buddhist altar; the snake represents obsessive jealously that continues after death. Illus. in: Hyaku monogata... More

Tōtōmi sanchū, Katsushika Hokusai - Ukiyo e print

Print shows two men sawing lumber from a large log and a man sharpening a saw while a woman, carrying an infant on her back, watches him, and distant view of Mount Fuji. Title and other descriptive information ... More

Utagawa Toyokuni - Daikoku to fukurokuju no sumō

Print shows the Buddhist gods Daikoku and Fukurokuju, two of the seven lucky gods of Japan, as sumo wrestlers. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in ... More

Bushū senju, depicting Mount Fuji - Ukiyo e print

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

Fujieda - Public domain Japanese woodblock print

Print shows travelers with two horses and porters at a rest stop at the Fujieda station on the Tōkaidō Road.

Okitsu no zu, Utagawa Kunisada, Japan

Print shows a woman standing on a cloud, carrying a child on her back and a tray in her left hand, as pilgrims pass Okitsu, the 18th station on the Tōkaidō Road in the background. Title and other descriptive in... More

Kaga no Chiyojo - Public domain portrait print

Print shows a woman, Chiyojo, full-length portrait, facing right, carrying a wooden bucket. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: ve... More

永樂得全作　色絵牡丹梅文耳付茶心壺　 壷交趾写|Tea Jar with Peony Arabesque and Plum in Cochi...

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Com. Perry's visit to Shui, Lew Chew / from nature by W. Heine ; lith....

Plate from: Narrative of the expedition of an American squadron to the China Seas and Japan... in... 1852, 1853, and 1854, under...M.C. Perry / Matthew C. Perry; Francis L. Hawks, comp. Washington : Nicholson ... More

Insignia and Button, Japan, Meiji period

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Insignia and Medal, Japan, Meiji period

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[A Japanese woman, with one shoe (geta) off (to operate spinning machi...

Inscribed in pencil on lower left corner of paper mount: Kano Dec. '78. From "Textile Arts" series. Gift; Mrs. David Murray; 1909. Forms part of: David Murray collection. Forms part of: Japanese prints and dra... More

[Two hand-held fans, one with circular design]

Inscribed in pencil on lower left corner of paper mount: Kano Oct. 1878. From the "Military arts" series. Gift; Mrs. David Murray; 1909. Forms part of: David Murray collection. Forms part of: Japanese prints a... More

View of Oyama. 19th century Japan. Public domain image.

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Oda Nobunaga, Taiso Yoshitoshi - Public domain drawing

Print shows Oda Nobunaga fighting with another warrior whom he knocks off a building into a raging inferno. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 200... More

Dainichido Garden at Nikko. 19th century Japan. Public domain image.

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Ashio-Road, near Ashio. 19th century Japan. Public domain image.

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Illustration of the Imperial Carriage (Gohōren no zu)

Utagawa Kunitoshi (Japanese, active 2nd half of 19th century) Meiji period (1868–1912)

Uzuki - Public domain drawing - Ukiyo e print

Print shows a woman sitting at the opening to a building, enjoying the evening by moonlight. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. From the ... More

[Battle scene from the Hamaguri Gate Incident of 1864, Kyoto, Japan]

Ukiyo-e print illustration showing a burning building and people fighting. Illus. in: Kasshi heisenzu. Kyōto-shi : Tanaka Jihē, Meiji 26 [1893]. Woodcut based on a drawing by Maekawa Gorei. Exhibited: "The Flo... More

The warlike spirit in the youthful Jap

Japanese boys plaing war with clubs. Stereo copyrighted by Strohmeyer & Wyman. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Ph. Ind.; Japan Hist. 1896; Children; Education... More

Crown Prince, Japan - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

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Prince Regent, Japan - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

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Yuki no horiwari - Public domain scan / drawing

Print shows a winter landscape with buildings and a small bridge across a canal. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Attributed to: Hyakur... More

Peking. Legation quarter, British, Russian (on left), Japanese (on rig...

Photograph shows aerial view of Peking's legation quarter with a canal running in between.

Katori, Japan - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

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Konen Uehara - Ike no chaya - Public domain scenic drawing

Print shows a teahouse with dock on the waterfront. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: full color woodblock print. Forms part of:... More

Comdr. Yuhi of Jap[an] Imperial Guard & suite

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Selling artificial flowers, Tokyo

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Japanese school boys with dummy guns, the nation's future defense

Stereo copyrighted by Whiting Brothers. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Ph. Ind.; Educations, Milit.; Russo-Jap. War; Children; Japan Hist. 1905.

At General Nogi's headquarters before Port Arthur - in bomb-proof dug-...

Photograph shows a Japanese soldier at entrance to underground bunker during the Russo-Japanese war. H59569 U.S. Copyright Office. Stamped on mount: The Perfec-Stereograph (Trade Mark). No. 8422. Copyright by ... More

Serge Witte in his room at the Wentworth Hotel, Portsmouth

Photograph shows Sergei Witte, Russian envoy to the Portsmouth Peace Conference, three-quarter length portrait, seated at a table, facing front.

Travel views of Japan and Korea

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Travel views of Japan and Korea

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Travel views of Japan and Korea

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Travel views of Japan and Korea

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Travel views of Japan and Korea

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Travel views of Japan and Korea

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Travel views of Japan and Korea

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Travel views of Japan and Korea

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Travel views of Japan and Korea

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Travel views of Japan and Korea

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Travel views of Japan - Public domain scenic photograph

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Travel views of Japan and Korea

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TOSHIHITO. THE MIKADO OF JAPAN, BORN 1879

Tokyo firemen - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

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Jap[anese] Naval review - TSUKUBA with Emperor on board

Photograph shows the Japanese battle cruiser, Tsukuba on which the Emperor of Japan entertained 500 guests during a naval review in Nov. 1916. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2013)

Tokyo -- Ceremony at commencement of bldg. dedicated to Emp., Yoyogi

Photograph shows the beginning of construction of the Meiji Shrine, dedicated to Emperor Meiji and his wife, Empress Sho-ken, Yoyogi Parade Grounds (now Yoyogi Park). (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2014)

Mikami [tennis] - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Photograph shows Hachishiro (sometimes Hachichiro) Mikami (1887-1919), Japanese tennis player who made a splash on the U.S. tennis scene in 1916 with Kumagae. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2014)

Japanese cherry blossoms. Japanese cherry blossoms with Tidal Basin an...

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Japanese cherry blossoms. Double Japanese cherry blossoms at Hains Poi...

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R. Wakatsuki at Kenseikai meeting

Photograph shows Japanese politician Baron Wakatsuki Reijiro (1866-1949) who served as Prime Minister of Japan starting in 1926. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2015)

Jap[anese] winter bathers - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

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[Man with Japanese women wearing kimonos]

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Stimson broadcasts greeting to Japan. Secretary of State Stimson, on t...

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Japs meet Vice President. Japanese delegates to the London Naval confe...

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Japanese cherry blossoms. Rows of Japanese cherry trees II

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Army sentries standing guard at transport dock one day after the Japan...

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Production. Airplane manufacture, general. Employees at the Inglewood,...

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Los Angeles, California. Street scene in Little Tokyo

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Production. B-25 "Billy Mitchell" bombers. Army Air Force test pilots ...

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Production. B-25 "Billy Mitchell" bombers. A huge rubber tire is mount...

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Production. Airplane manufacture, general. Three shifts of girl operat...

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US Embassy in Tokyo - Chancery Office Building - 1969

The original finding aid described this item as: Format: Slide Architect: H. Magonigle, 1931 Property Number: X 1001 Photographs Related to Embassies, Consulates, and Other Overseas Buildings

Shikibashi, Osaka. - A group of people walking down a street

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The Suwa Shrine, Nagasaki.. 1900s Japan, public domain image.

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Meeting between Emperor Wen and Fisherman Lü Shang

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Case (Inrō) with Design of Man Blowing on a Brazier to Make Tea

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十字文三島茶碗|Tea Bowl with Cross Design

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永樂保全作　金襴手貝形香合|Incense Container (Kōgō) in the Shape of a Clamshell, wi...

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Insignia, Medal and Button - Public domain photo of museum object

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Medal and Button, Japan, Meiji period

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Insignia and Button, Japan, Meiji period

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Incense Burner (kōro) with Design of Grasses, Cherry Blossoms and Butt...

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Case (Inrō) with Design of Imperial Cart and Flying Herons (obverse); ...

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A Diary of Travel from Edo to Nagasaki (Seiyūryōdan)

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源琦筆 　華洛四季遊楽図巻|Scenes of the Four Seasons in Kyoto

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円山応挙筆 華洛四季遊楽図巻|Amusements in Kyoto in the Four Seasons

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Street Scenes in Kyoto, scroll painting

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司馬江漢・ 松村景文他画　『京城画苑』|A Garden of Pictures by Kyoto Artists

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A Diary of Travel from Edo to Nagasaki (Seiyūryōdan)

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司馬江漢・ 松村景文他画　『京城画苑』|A Garden of Pictures by Kyoto Artists

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A Diary of Travel from Edo to Nagasaki (Seiyūryōdan)

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A Diary of Travel from Edo to Nagasaki (Seiyūryōdan)

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A Diary of Travel from Edo to Nagasaki (Seiyūryōdan)

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A Diary of Travel from Edo to Nagasaki (Seiyūryōdan)

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A Diary of Travel from Edo to Nagasaki (Seiyūryōdan)

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A Diary of Travel from Edo to Nagasaki (Seiyūryōdan)

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[Assignment: 48-DPA-12-6-06_K_CPix_Kemp_HI] Visit of Secretary Dirk Ke...

Complete assignment is listed as: Subject: Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne [and aides] to Pearl Harbor, Honolulu, Hawaii [for commemorative events on the 65th anniversary of the Japanese attack] Photograph... More