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[Earth, the sun, and moon carried on dragon's back below title in decorative border]

[Earth, the sun, and moon carried on dragon's back below title in deco...

Title page in: Astronomicum caesareum / Petrus Apianus. [Ingolstadii, 1540] Published in: The tradition of science / Leonard C. Bruno. Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, 1987, p.43.

[Life stages from infancy to old age with various accoutrements]

[Life stages from infancy to old age with various accoutrements]

Illus. in: De proprietatibus rerum. Lyons : Johannes Siber, [after 26 Jan. 1486] Published in: The tradition of technology : Landmarks of Western technology ... / Leonard C. Bruno. Washington, D.C. : Library o... More

[Britannia attacked by her enemies]

[Britannia attacked by her enemies]

Print shows Britannia and the British lion being attacked from the left by a Dutchman, a Spaniard, and a Frenchman, and from the right by a Native woman representing America. Illus. in: The new, comprehensive ... More

The Triumph of Caesar, Benedetto Bordone, Italian

The Triumph of Caesar, Benedetto Bordone, Italian

Public domain reproduction of Italian art print, 17th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Ugo da Carpi - David and Goliath, Marcantonio Raimondi, Italy

Ugo da Carpi - David and Goliath, Marcantonio Raimondi, Italy

Public domain photo of Italian art print, 16th-17th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

The Abbot, from The Dance of Death

The Abbot, from The Dance of Death

Public domain reproduction of German art print, 15th-16th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

La Gloria et l'Honore di Ponti Tagliati, E Ponti in Aere, page 8 (verso)

La Gloria et l'Honore di Ponti Tagliati, E Ponti in Aere, page 8 (vers...

Public domain reproduction of a relief art print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Splendore delle virtuose giovani, page 5 (verso)

Splendore delle virtuose giovani, page 5 (verso)

Public domain reproduction of a relief art print, 16th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Saint Matthew seated and reading from a book held by a putto, set within a fanciful architectural backdrop, from a series of woodcuts of the Four Evangelists, copy after Rue Montorgueil woodcut

Saint Matthew seated and reading from a book held by a putto, set with...

Public domain reproduction of a relief art print, 16th-17th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Toyonobu Ishikawa - Migi - Public domain  drawing

Toyonobu Ishikawa - Migi - Public domain drawing

Print shows a man and a woman, wearing geta, walking beneath an umbrella next to a blossoming tree. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Fr... More

Daimyō gyōretsu no ezu - Public domain textile drawing

Daimyō gyōretsu no ezu - Public domain textile drawing

Print shows a long procession of men (nobility or government officials) on foot. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: horizontal Ob... More

Haha to ko, print by Sukenobu Nishikawa

Haha to ko, print by Sukenobu Nishikawa

Print shows a mother and her son with an open book; the boy is resting on top of the book, preventing his mother from reading it. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo pr... More

[Soga Goro making puns] - Public domain  drawing

[Soga Goro making puns] - Public domain drawing

Print shows one of the Soga brothers, Goro (Tokimune), dressed as a warrior surrounded by text containing puns. Adachi modern reprint (Showa). Forms part of: Japanese prints and drawings (Library of Congress).

Ueno ikenohata sakura no hanami no kei

Ueno ikenohata sakura no hanami no kei

Print shows many people in a pavilion and in Ueno Park viewing blossoms on cherry trees. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: Uki-e... More

[The black knight], Okumura Masanobu - Ukiyo e print

[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).

[Akaki kinran (gold brocade with red background)] [Shiro aya (white twill weaves, also known as Chinese twill weaves)].

[Akaki kinran (gold brocade with red background)] [Shiro aya (white tw...

Drawings show stylized patterned 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 co... More

[Ra (Usumono gauze weave)] [Sha gauze weave with stripes].

[Ra (Usumono gauze weave)] [Sha gauze weave with stripes].

Drawings show two weaving patterns. Title and date devised by Library staff, no information provided by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. Forms part of: David Murray collection. Forms pa... More

[An elderly man, seen from behind, bathing in a wooden tub]

[An elderly man, seen from behind, bathing in a wooden tub]

Title 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).

[Lotus in the wind, with detail of lotus pod]

[Lotus in the wind, with detail of lotus pod]

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

[Vines and daffodils], Yasukuni Tachibana - Ukiyo e print

[Vines and daffodils], Yasukuni Tachibana - Ukiyo e print

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

Kiyomitsu Torii - Bandō hikosaburō - Ukiyo e print

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

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

[Two women gathering lotus blossoms], Harunobu Suzuki, Woodblock Print, Japan

[Two women gathering lotus blossoms], Harunobu Suzuki, Woodblock Print...

Adachi modern reprint (Showa). Forms part of: Japanese prints and drawings (Library of Congress).

Futon no naka no yūjo to kyaku - Public domain  drawing

Futon no naka no yūjo to kyaku - Public domain drawing

Print shows a screen enclosing a man with a courtesan on a bed. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. Format: horizontal Chuban Nishikie. ... More

Paul Revere - [Britannia frees the dove of peace]

Paul Revere - [Britannia frees the dove of peace]

Newspaper masthead illustration showing Britannia freeing the dove of peace. Illus. in: The Boston Gazette, and Country Journal, no. 769 (1770 January 1), title page. Published in: The American Revolution in d... More

Nidaime ichikawa monnosuke - Public domain portrait print

Nidaime ichikawa monnosuke - Public domain portrait print

Print shows the actor Ichikawa Monnosuke II, full-length portrait, facing left, standing on snow-covered veranda.

Minazuki, Harunobu Suzuki, Woodblock Print, Japan

Minazuki, Harunobu Suzuki, Woodblock Print, Japan

Print shows a man sitting on a bench at a teahouse overlooking the Sumida River, the waitress standing before him holding a fan and teapot, is looking over her left shoulder. Title and other descriptive informa... More

Utagawa Toyoharu - Ukie shin-yoshiwara sōjimai no zu

Utagawa Toyoharu - Ukie shin-yoshiwara sōjimai no zu

Print shows many women gathering together, some still entertaining men, in a large open hall in the Shin-Yoshiwara pleasure district of Tokyo. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-spo... More

Jūgo ōshō - Public domain Japanese woodblock print

Jūgo ōshō - Public domain Japanese woodblock print

Print shows Wang Xiang as a child outdoors with two fish on a frozen river in a snow covered landscape.

Saru o nerau washi - Public domain Japanese woodblock print

Saru o nerau washi - Public domain Japanese woodblock print

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

Komusō, Isoda Koryūsai - Public domain  drawing

Komusō, Isoda Koryūsai - Public domain drawing

Print shows a woman standing beneath a wisteria tree. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: Hashirae Nishikie. Forms part of: Japane... More

Rakugan Matsubaya Somenosuke, Isoda Koryūsai - Ukiyo e print

Rakugan Matsubaya Somenosuke, Isoda Koryūsai - Ukiyo e print

Print shows Somenosuke, a courtesan, full-length portrait, standing, facing left, with two attendants/trainees. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in... More

Hako chotin o motsu nidaime ichikawa monnosuke, Shunsh Katsukawa

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

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

Shinpan ukie shiba shinmeigū no zu

Shinpan ukie shiba shinmeigū no zu

Print shows people entering the Shiba Shinmei Shrine and on the streets and in shops around the shrine.

The hon. John Hancock, Esq. - president of the honourable the Continental Congress

The hon. John Hancock, Esq. - president of the honourable the Continen...

Print shows left profile bust portrait of John Hancock between text on "The Character of a Patriot." Illus. in: Bickerstaff's Boston almanack, ... (Boston, Mass.). Boston : 1777, p. 3. Published in: The Americ... More

Katsukawa Shunzan - Ueno no hanami - Ukiyo e print

Katsukawa Shunzan - Ueno no hanami - Ukiyo e print

Print shows a man, two women, and a young child viewing cherry blossoms at Ueno. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: vertical Oban... More

Ryūka no odoriiko, print by Kiyonaga Torii

Ryūka no odoriiko, print by Kiyonaga Torii

Print shows a full-length portrait of a woman holding a parasol, standing beneath a willow tree. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. For... More

Edomachi nichōme tsutaya uchi hitomachi[?] - Torii Kiyonaga

Edomachi nichōme tsutaya uchi hitomachi[?] - Torii Kiyonaga

Print shows the courtesan Hitomachi with another woman and two young female attendants. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. From the ser... More

Shiokumi, print by Kiyonaga Torii - Ukiyo e print

Shiokumi, print by Kiyonaga Torii - Ukiyo e print

Print shows two women carrying buckets of salt suspended from shoulder poles. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. From the series: Fūzok... More

Ōkawabata yūryō, print by Kiyonaga Torii

Ōkawabata yūryō, print by Kiyonaga Torii

Print shows three women, two standing and one sitting on a bench next to the Sumida(?) River, enjoying the cool evening air. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print s... More

Chōfu no tamagawa - Public domain Japanese woodblock print

Chōfu no tamagawa - Public domain Japanese woodblock print

Print shows two women pounding grain outside a building, a child feeding chickens, and a woman sitting at a loom while looking out a window at the two women.

Koto to shō, Eishi Hosoda - Public domain  drawing

Koto to shō, Eishi Hosoda - Public domain drawing

Print shows two women playing musical instruments, one playing the koto and the other panpipes. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. From t... More

Chōkōsai Eisho - Okamotoya uchi shinateru - Ukiyo e print

Chōkōsai Eisho - Okamotoya uchi shinateru - Ukiyo e print

Print shows the courtesan Shinateru with two young female attendants. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. From the series: Wakana no hat... More

Old Plum Tree, Kubo Shunman - Engraving, Public domain image

Old Plum Tree, Kubo Shunman - Engraving, Public domain image

Public domain scan of an art print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Tamaya uchi shizuka - Public domain portrait painting

Tamaya uchi shizuka - Public domain portrait painting

Print shows Shizuka, a courtesan, bust portrait, holding a book, facing slightly right, with many hairpins. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 200... More

Motoyui o tsukuru musume - Public domain Japanese woodblock print

Motoyui o tsukuru musume - Public domain Japanese woodblock print

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

Saru no ikigimo - Public domain Japanese woodblock print

Saru no ikigimo - Public domain Japanese woodblock print

Print shows a woman with two children standing on the seashore watching a monkey riding on a turtle (or jellyfish).

Massacre of the Protestants in Calabria

Massacre of the Protestants in Calabria

Public domain illustrated book page scan, 16th-17th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

[Jūichidanme - act eleven of the Chūshingura - breaking down the entrance]

[Jūichidanme - act eleven of the Chūshingura - breaking down the entra...

Print shows a group of warriors advancing on building under a full moon during the winter. Print shows a scene during the attack on Kira Yoshinaka's home by the 47 rōnin, with a group of samurai advancing on th... More

Nihonzutsumi, Tsukimaro Kitagawa - Ukiyo e print

Nihonzutsumi, Tsukimaro Kitagawa - Ukiyo e print

Print shows two porters carrying a sedan chair and a third person with an umbrella walking along embankment with city in the background. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored... More

Fujisawa, Katsushika Hokusai - Public domain  drawing

Fujisawa, Katsushika Hokusai - Public domain drawing

Print shows two travelers, a man and a women or both women, and a porter at a shrine on the Tōkaidō Road. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-... More

Katsukawa Shunsen (勝川 春扇) - Sakana sukui

Katsukawa Shunsen (勝川 春扇) - Sakana sukui

Print shows two women working a net and two children gathering clams as a third child looks on. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format... More

Shin ōyama ukikei - Public domain  drawing

Shin ōyama ukikei - Public domain drawing

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

Shimada, Katsushika Hokusai - Public domain  drawing

Shimada, Katsushika Hokusai - Public domain drawing

Print shows two people riding on the shoulders of porters, with other porters carrying large bags and trunks, in Shimada, possibly crossing the Ōi River, on the Tōkaidō Road. Title and other descriptive informa... More

Toyohiro Utagawa: Niwatori - Public domain  drawing

Toyohiro Utagawa: Niwatori - Public domain drawing

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

Tsuchiyama, Katsushika Hokusai - Ukiyo e print

Tsuchiyama, Katsushika Hokusai - Ukiyo e print

Print shows three combs. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. From the series: Tōkaidō Road. Format: horizontal Yatsugiri-ban Nishikie. L... More

Genkurō Yoshitsune to Musashibō Benkei - Ukiyo e print

Genkurō Yoshitsune to Musashibō Benkei - Ukiyo e print

Print shows two samurai warriors. Public domain photograph of 19th-century woodblock print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Mii no banshō - Public domain Japanese woodblock print

Mii no banshō - Public domain Japanese woodblock print

Print shows bird's-eye view of the temple bell and other temple buildings on the coast with mountains in the background.

Tai no yume Ebisu no soroban - Public domain scan / drawing

Tai no yume Ebisu no soroban - Public domain scan / drawing

Print shows a red snapper in a basket dreaming that Ebisu, one of the seven lucky gods of Japan, is using an abacus. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialis... More

Gotenyama no hanami hidari - Public domain  drawing

Gotenyama no hanami hidari - Public domain drawing

Print shows three women, one holding a parasol and one speaking to the third woman who is holding out a pair of zori for the woman exiting a sedan chair (see FP 2 - JPD, no. 2289), with cherry blossoms above an... More

Himegimi no gozabune, Utamaro ii, 1800-1820

Himegimi no gozabune, Utamaro ii, 1800-1820

Print shows a princess and two servants on a boat, one holding a parasol and one holding a small box. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. ... More

Mimeguri no hanami - Public domain Japanese woodblock print

Mimeguri no hanami - Public domain Japanese woodblock print

Print shows three women with a male attendant carrying a parasol, and a child walking along riverbank among cherry trees.

Karasaki no yau, Eizan Kikukawa - Ukiyo e print

Karasaki no yau, Eizan Kikukawa - Ukiyo e print

Print shows a woman standing on a cloud, holding an umbrella and a paper lantern, as it rains on a village in the background. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print ... More

Maki Bokusen - Harukoma - Public domain  drawing

Maki Bokusen - Harukoma - Public domain drawing

Print shows a person with a hobby horse. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. Format: Shikishi Nishikie Surimono. Forms part of: Japanese... More

Segawa Rokō no Matsukaze - Public domain Japanese woodblock print

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

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

Yuki no ashita, Utagawa Kunisada, Japan

Yuki no ashita, Utagawa Kunisada, Japan

Print shows an upper class woman standing near a well and two women, possibly servants, getting water at the well. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists... More

Nanadaime ichikawa danjūrō no ebiza ko no ju

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

Shya - Public domain Japanese woodblock print

Shya - Public domain Japanese woodblock print

Print shows a man, standing, holding a large bow and an arrow.

Courtesans in a Peony Garden LACMA M.81.105.2

Courtesans in a Peony Garden LACMA M.81.105.2

File:Courtesans_in_a_Peony_Garden_LACMA_M.81.105.2.jpg ) .Description..Title.Courtesans in a Peony Garden..Description..: Japan, mid-19th century.: Prints; woodcuts.: Triptych of color woodblock prints.: Gift o... More

Embankment by Kuichigai Moat in Asakusa; The Actor Kataoka Nizaemon VIII as Tamigaya Iemon LACMA M.2007.152.50

Embankment by Kuichigai Moat in Asakusa; The Actor Kataoka Nizaemon VI...

File:Embankment_by_Kuichigai_Moat_in_Asakusa;_The_Actor_Kataoka_Nizaemon_VIII_as_Tamigaya_Iemon_LACMA_M.2007.152.50.jpg ) .Description..Title.Embankment by Kuichigai Moat in Asakusa; The Actor Kataoka Nizaemon ... More

Utagawa Hiroshige - Sanjo Bridge, Kyoto LACMA M.2003.67.6

Utagawa Hiroshige - Sanjo Bridge, Kyoto LACMA M.2003.67.6

File:Sanjo_Bridge,_Kyoto_LACMA_M.2003.67.6.jpg ) .Description..Title.Sanjō Bridge, Kyoto..Description..: Japan, 1855, 8th month.: Series: Double-brush 53 stages, no. 55.: Prints; woodcuts.: Color woodblock prin... More

Nakamura shikan no sadaka (to) nakamura matsue no hinadori

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

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

Fumi o motsu onna - Public domain  drawing

Fumi o motsu onna - Public domain drawing

Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: vertical Oban Nishikie diptych. Forms part of: Japanese prints and drawings (Library of Congress).

Onoe baikō, Utagawa Toyokuni - Public domain  drawing

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

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

[A cat cleaning its claws] - Public domain portrait drawing

[A cat cleaning its claws] - Public domain portrait 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

[Blue blossom of morning glory on vine]

[Blue blossom of morning glory on vine]

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

Yamauba, Hokkei Totoya - Public domain  drawing

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

Tenmangū no kakejiku - Public domain portrait drawing

Tenmangū no kakejiku - Public domain portrait drawing

Print shows a man, possibly Sugawara Michizane as Tenjin, facing front, sitting in the Tenman Shrine (in Osaka?). Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists ... More

[Blue flower blossom and bud at the end of a stalk]

[Blue flower blossom and bud at the end of a stalk]

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

[Woman, possibly a courtesan, sitting next to a flowerpot, facing left with head turned to the right, wearing kimono with starburst design that mimics the plants in the pot]

[Woman, possibly a courtesan, sitting next to a flowerpot, facing left...

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

[A bird, possibly crow or raven, facing left, standing among leaves with head cocked as though looking closely or listening]

[A bird, possibly crow or raven, facing left, standing among leaves wi...

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

Tengu nado - Public domain  drawing

Tengu nado - Public domain drawing

Drawing shows three vignettes, warrior on horseback, warrior with large ax, and an old man sitting, beating a drum, with a man kneeling before him. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunke... More

Onden no suisha, Katsushika Hokusai - Ukiyo e print

Onden no suisha, Katsushika Hokusai - Ukiyo e print

Print shows women doing laundry at a waterwheel; Mount Fuji in the background. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. From the series: Fuga... More

Bobalition of slavery - Public domain portrait print

Bobalition of slavery - Public domain portrait print

Another in the series of "bobalition" broadsides, marking the July 14 celebration of the anniversary of the abolition of the slave trade. (See no. 1819-2). The text, facetiously dated "Uly 14teenth 18 hundred ... More

Susaki shiohigari, Andō Hiroshige - Ukiyo e print

Susaki shiohigari, Andō Hiroshige - Ukiyo e print

Print shows several people gathering salt in a shallow inlet. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. From the series: Edo meisho : Famous v... More

Narumi, Andō Hiroshige - Public domain image related to music prformance, drawing

Narumi, Andō Hiroshige - Public domain image related to music prforman...

Print shows travelers and porters carrying a sedan chair passing shops on a street at the Narumi station on the Tōkaidō Road. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print ... More

Mitsuke, Andō Hiroshige - Public domain  drawing

Mitsuke, Andō Hiroshige - Public domain drawing

Print shows ferry boats on the Tenryu River at the Mitsuke station on the Tōkaidō Road. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. From the serie... More

Kiso kaidō ono no bakufu - Public domain scan of drawing

Kiso kaidō ono no bakufu - Public domain scan of drawing

Print shows travelers looking at the Ono Falls on the Kiso Road, with two buildings set to the sides of the falls. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists... More

Utagawa Hiroshige - Seki, Andō Hiroshige - Ukiyo e print

Utagawa Hiroshige - Seki, Andō Hiroshige - Ukiyo e print

Print shows travelers outside a men's clothing shop selling hats and short kimonos, also standing at the entrance to a gated area, some shops closed with painted designs on fabric at the Seki station on the Tōk... More

Hara, Andō Hiroshige, depicting Mount Fuji

Hara, Andō Hiroshige, depicting Mount Fuji

Print shows two travelers and a porter next to a rice paddy with two herons and a view of Mount Fuji at the Hara station on the Tōkaidō Road. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-spon... More

Kusatsu, Andō Hiroshige - Public domain  drawing

Kusatsu, Andō Hiroshige - Public domain drawing

Print shows porters carrying large containers and sedan chairs on street passing in front of a teahouse at the Kusatsu station on the Tōkaidō Road. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunke... More

Ladies whipping girls. Book illustration from Library of Congress

Ladies whipping girls. Book illustration from Library of Congress

A white woman whipping a slave girl. Illus. in: Picture of slavery in the United States of America / George Bourne. Middletown, Conn. : E. Hunt, 1834, p. 109. Reference copy in: LOT 4422-A-3.

Murasame no fuji, Katsushika Hokusai - Ukiyo e print

Murasame no fuji, Katsushika Hokusai - Ukiyo e print

Print shows travelers walking in the rain, two are using shoulder poles to carry parcels. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. From the s... More

Yokkaichi - Public domain Japanese woodblock print

Yokkaichi - Public domain Japanese woodblock print

Print shows travelers at, and passing on horseback, a rest stop near a small shrine and a torii at the Yokkaichi station on the Tōkaidō Road.

[Cat]. Book illustration from Library of Congress Andō Hiroshige

[Cat]. Book illustration from Library of Congress Andō Hiroshige

Ukiyo-e drawing showing a cat. Illus. in: Hiroshige gajō, early 1840s. Number "11." Possibly exhibited: "The Floating world of Ukiyo-e: shadows, dreams and substances," organized by the Library of Congress, 2001.

Hamamatsu - Public domain Japanese woodblock print

Hamamatsu - Public domain Japanese woodblock print

Print shows travelers on foot and horseback, some in sedan chairs, with porters, on street, passing row of inns or tearooms, departing from the Hamamatsu station on the Tōkaidō Road.

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