[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]
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]
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
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
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
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 (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)
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 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
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
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
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
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
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
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 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].
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]
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]
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
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
Print shows Bandō Hikosaburō, an actor, full-length portrait, standing, facing left. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. Format: Hosoban... More
Kiyomitsu Torii - Ichimura kamezo no kyo no jirō
Print shows the actor Ichimura Kamezo performing a fan dance. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: Hosoban Benizuri-e. Forms part o... More
[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
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]
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
Print shows the actor Ichikawa Monnosuke II, full-length portrait, facing left, standing on snow-covered veranda.
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
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
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
Public domain photo of Japanese woodblock print, Ukiyo-e, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
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
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
Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: one of a set of Hosoban Nishikie. Forms part of: Japanese prints and drawings (Library of Congress).
Ichimuraza no mae no iroko - Public domain drawing
Print shows two young men dreaming about acting at the theater. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: Hashirae-ban Nishikie. Forms p... More
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 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Public domain scan of an art print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
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
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
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
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 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Print shows Segawa Roko, an actor, as Matsukaze, one of two sisters, with a shoulder pole carrying salt water from the sea.
Iwai hanshirō, Utagawa Kunisada, Japan - Ukiyo e print
Print shows the actor Iwai Hanshirō portraying a woman dressed as a wandering monk. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: vertical O... More
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
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
Print shows a man, standing, holding a large bow and an arrow.
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 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
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
Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: vertical Oban Nishikie, Osaka-e. Forms part of: Japanese prints and drawings (Library of Congress).
Ofusa tokubei, Utagawa Kunisada, Japan - Ukiyo e print
Print shows a full-length portrait of a Ofusa, a young woman about to depart on a suicide journey in order to spend eternity with her lover Tokubei. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunk... More
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
Print shows the actor Onoe Baiko, full-length portrait, standing on a boat, wearing heavy coat and geta, during snowstorm. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print spe... More
Utagawa Toyokuni - Bandō minosuke no mitsuhida
Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: probably the central panel of a vertical Oban Nishikie triptych. Forms part of: Japanese print... More
[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]
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
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
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]
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...
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 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
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
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
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
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 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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.