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River with boulders.. 1900s Japan, public domain image.

River with boulders.. 1900s Japan, public domain image.

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Ejiri. 19th century Japan. Public domain image.

Ejiri. 19th century Japan. Public domain image.

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Fuji from Kawaibashi.. 1900s Japan, public domain image.

Fuji from Kawaibashi.. 1900s Japan, public domain image.

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View of Hakone.. 1900s Japan, public domain image.

View of Hakone.. 1900s Japan, public domain image.

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Ise monogatari = The Tales of Ise.

Ise monogatari = The Tales of Ise.

Picryl description: Public domain photo of Japanese book, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Oriental Hotel at Bund of Kobe.

Oriental Hotel at Bund of Kobe.

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Ise monogatari = The Tales of Ise.

Ise monogatari = The Tales of Ise.

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Ise monogatari = The Tales of Ise.

Ise monogatari = The Tales of Ise.

Picryl description: Public domain photo of Japanese book, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Ohanasan playing "go" game.. 1900s Japan, public domain image.

Ohanasan playing "go" game.. 1900s Japan, public domain image.

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Yoshiwara women in a room in a joroya, playing the fan throwing game (tosen-kyo)

Yoshiwara women in a room in a joroya, playing the fan throwing game (...

Shunshō first came to Edo to study haiku and painting. He became a noted printmaker of actors with his first works dating from 1760. Though originally a member of the Torii school, he soon broke away and began ... More

Family seated on a bench.. 1900s Japan, public domain image.

Family seated on a bench.. 1900s Japan, public domain image.

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Boys with hoops.. 1900s Japan, public domain image.

Boys with hoops.. 1900s Japan, public domain image.

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Ise monogatari = The Tales of Ise.

Ise monogatari = The Tales of Ise.

Picryl description: Public domain photo of Japanese book, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Women brushing silkworm eggs from the cards into the feeding trays

Women brushing silkworm eggs from the cards into the feeding trays

Shunshō first came to Edo to study haiku and painting. He became a noted printmaker of actors with his first works dating from 1760. Though originally a member of the Torii school, he soon broke away and began ... More

General post office, Nagasaki.. 1900s Japan, public domain image.

General post office, Nagasaki.. 1900s Japan, public domain image.

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"Sohrinto" Monument, Nikko.. 1900s Japan, public domain image.

"Sohrinto" Monument, Nikko.. 1900s Japan, public domain image.

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View of Amida Temple, Osaka.. 1900s Japan, public domain image.

View of Amida Temple, Osaka.. 1900s Japan, public domain image.

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View of Matsushima, Osaka.. 1900s Japan, public domain image.

View of Matsushima, Osaka.. 1900s Japan, public domain image.

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Chinzei Hachiro Tametomo, Shunsho Katsukawa

Chinzei Hachiro Tametomo, Shunsho Katsukawa

Shunshō first came to Edo to study haiku and painting. He became a noted printmaker of actors with his first works dating from 1760. Though originally a member of the Torii school, he soon broke away and began ... More

Temmangu Shrine at Kameido. 19th century Japan. Public domain image.

Temmangu Shrine at Kameido. 19th century Japan. Public domain image.

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Lady playing shell game (looking right)

Lady playing shell game (looking right)

Suzuki Harunobu (Japanese: 鈴木 春信; c. 1725 – 15 July 1770) was the first to produce full-color prints (nishiki-e) in 1765, rendering obsolete the former modes of two- and three-color prints. Harunobu was from ... More

Lady with stringed instrument and books

Lady with stringed instrument and books

Suzuki Harunobu (Japanese: 鈴木 春信; c. 1725 – 15 July 1770) was the first to produce full-color prints (nishiki-e) in 1765, rendering obsolete the former modes of two- and three-color prints. Harunobu was from ... More

Women returning from a flower viewing excursion - Koryusai Isoda

Women returning from a flower viewing excursion - Koryusai Isoda

Unlike almost any other Japanese printmakers, Koryūsai was a samurai. He was born in 1735 and worked as a samurai in the service of the Tsuchiya clan. He became a masterless rōnin after the death of the head of... More

A party of merrymakers at a tea-house in the Yoshiwara

A party of merrymakers at a tea-house in the Yoshiwara

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Santô Kyôden at a Daimyo's Mansion, Kitagawa Utamaro

Santô Kyôden at a Daimyo's Mansion, Kitagawa Utamaro

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Group of women in a room in a palace, watching a monkey dance while a young man seated upon the floor directs the performance.  Behind them the shoji are pushed aside giving a view of the garden

Group of women in a room in a palace, watching a monkey dance while a ...

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

Figures of Jingo Kogo and Takenouchi, Ryu Ryu Kyo Shinsai

Figures of Jingo Kogo and Takenouchi, Ryu Ryu Kyo Shinsai

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Yujo, Totoya Hokkei, Hokkei Totoya

Yujo, Totoya Hokkei, Hokkei Totoya

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Dance of Fuji-musume. 19th century Japan. Public domain image.

Dance of Fuji-musume. 19th century Japan. Public domain image.

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Kintaro and the eagle - Public domain portrait print

Kintaro and the eagle - Public domain portrait print

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Courtesan and attendant; samurai armor in background

Courtesan and attendant; samurai armor in background

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Pharmacie ivoire. - Drawing. Public domain image.
Pictures of the most celebrated caligraphers of China and Japan

Pictures of the most celebrated caligraphers of China and Japan

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Dancing girl with shamisen, Katsushika Hokusai

Dancing girl with shamisen, Katsushika Hokusai

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Hyakujutei, Katsushika Hokusai - Drawing. Public domain image.

Hyakujutei, Katsushika Hokusai - Drawing. Public domain image.

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Midori no Matsu-fuguri, Katsushika Hokusai

Midori no Matsu-fuguri, Katsushika Hokusai

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Gazing at Fuji-san across the Sumida River

Gazing at Fuji-san across the Sumida River

Suzuki Harunobu (Japanese: 鈴木 春信; c. 1725 – 15 July 1770) was the first to produce full-color prints (nishiki-e) in 1765, rendering obsolete the former modes of two- and three-color prints. Harunobu was from ... More

Sake flagon and glass, Katsushika Hokusai

Sake flagon and glass, Katsushika Hokusai

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

Court ladies variously occupied, by Nishikawa Sukenobu

Court ladies variously occupied, by Nishikawa Sukenobu

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Plum blossoms, dandelion and Sakuraso, by Nishikawa Sukenobu

Plum blossoms, dandelion and Sakuraso, by Nishikawa Sukenobu

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Hundred Views of Mount Fuji, Katsushika Hokusai

Hundred Views of Mount Fuji, Katsushika Hokusai

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Carpenter's New Specimen book, Katsushika Hokusai

Carpenter's New Specimen book, Katsushika Hokusai

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Carpenter's New Specimen book, Katsushika Hokusai

Carpenter's New Specimen book, Katsushika Hokusai

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Kyoka Hyaku nin Isshu (Literary celebrities), Katsushika Hokusai

Kyoka Hyaku nin Isshu (Literary celebrities), Katsushika Hokusai

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

In Sunny Japan, Japan, Vintage Postcard by Detroit Publishing Co.

In Sunny Japan, Japan, Vintage Postcard by Detroit Publishing Co.

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The oiran Hanaogi of Ogiya.  She is compared to the famous ninth century poetess Ono no Komachi who is represented in the small cartouche

The oiran Hanaogi of Ogiya. She is compared to the famous ninth centu...

Utamaro was born in 1753 in Edo (Tokyo) and died in 1806. He is considered the leading Japanese printmaker and painter of bijin. Utamaro started his career as a student of the master painter Toriyama Sekien. Ut... More

Ichimura Takeno jo in the role of the oiran Shosho

Ichimura Takeno jo in the role of the oiran Shosho

Torii Kiyomasu II (鳥居 清倍, c. 1720–1750), like the rest of the Torii artists, in billboards and other images for the promotion of the kabuki theatres. His prints, like many at the time, were made largely using... More

A young man performing the purification ceremony of hand washing at the chozubachi at the entrance to a Shinto  temple.  The chozubachi is inscribed "Otakara maye" (The front of the honorable treasures)

A young man performing the purification ceremony of hand washing at th...

Suzuki Harunobu (Japanese: 鈴木 春信; c. 1725 – 15 July 1770) was the first to produce full-color prints (nishiki-e) in 1765, rendering obsolete the former modes of two- and three-color prints. Harunobu was from ... More

The armies of the allied powers besiege Tientsin (Boxer Rebellion)

The armies of the allied powers besiege Tientsin (Boxer Rebellion)

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A young woman seated upon a bank getting a light for her pipe from a youth who stands bending forward toward her, on the road above.  Background of rice fields and a farmer's house

A young woman seated upon a bank getting a light for her pipe from a y...

Suzuki Harunobu (Japanese: 鈴木 春信; c. 1725 – 15 July 1770) was the first to produce full-color prints (nishiki-e) in 1765, rendering obsolete the former modes of two- and three-color prints. Harunobu was from ... More

Bijin caught in a shower, Utagawa Kunisada

Bijin caught in a shower, Utagawa Kunisada

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

Ichikawa Danjuro VII, with hand on hilt

Ichikawa Danjuro VII, with hand on hilt

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Women examining clam shells with paintings inside prepared for playing the shell game (kai-awase)

Women examining clam shells with paintings inside prepared for playing...

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Head and bust of the noted tea house waitress Orikata of Naniwaya, carrying a bowl of tea upon a black lacquer stand

Head and bust of the noted tea house waitress Orikata of Naniwaya, car...

Utamaro was born in 1753 in Edo (Tokyo) and died in 1806. He is considered the leading Japanese printmaker and painter of bijin. Utamaro started his career as a student of the master painter Toriyama Sekien. Ut... More

Three actors as samurai before bamboo screen, Utagawa Kunisada

Three actors as samurai before bamboo screen, Utagawa Kunisada

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Yu the Great (King Yu of the Xia Dynasty) Fights a Flood Dragon

Yu the Great (King Yu of the Xia Dynasty) Fights a Flood Dragon

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Omi no Okane, the strong woman, Utagawa Kunisada

Omi no Okane, the strong woman, Utagawa Kunisada

Kunisada was a trendsetter in the art of the Japanese woodblock print. Always at the vanguard of his time, he continuously developed his style, which was sometimes radically changed, and did not adhere to styli... More

Votive tablet with pictures of No dancers, Kubo Shunman

Votive tablet with pictures of No dancers, Kubo Shunman

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Selected images from Teikin Orai and Onna Inagawa

Selected images from Teikin Orai and Onna Inagawa

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Genealogical scroll of the rulers of Mewar

Genealogical scroll of the rulers of Mewar

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Infantry Second Lieutenant Tawara Kyujiro

Infantry Second Lieutenant Tawara Kyujiro

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Portrait of the actor Ichikawa Monnosuke II as Date no Yosaku

Portrait of the actor Ichikawa Monnosuke II as Date no Yosaku

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Horse race at Shinobazu Pond. 19th century Japan. Public domain image.

Horse race at Shinobazu Pond. 19th century Japan. Public domain image.

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Nô jûgoban - Private theatricals- one standing, one seated figure

Nô jûgoban - Private theatricals- one standing, one seated figure

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Tawara Toda, the slayer of the monster centipede

Tawara Toda, the slayer of the monster centipede

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The poetess Murasaki Shikibu, Yashima Gakutei

The poetess Murasaki Shikibu, Yashima Gakutei

Yashima Gakutei (Born: 1786, Osaka, Japan, Died: 1868, Osaka, Japan) was an artist and poet who was a pupil of both Totoya Hokkei and Hokusai. Besides his Ukiyo-e prints, Gakutei was known for his kyōka poetry,... More

Two women serving man drinking from deep bowl

Two women serving man drinking from deep bowl

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Banzai! for the great victory of the Imperial Navy in the Russo-Japanese naval battle at Port Arthur

Banzai! for the great victory of the Imperial Navy in the Russo-Japane...

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Two court ladies with caged bird, Katsushika Hokusai

Two court ladies with caged bird, Katsushika Hokusai

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The fountain of youth. 1920s Japan, public domain image.

The fountain of youth. 1920s Japan, public domain image.

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Scrap Book, Volume 6, p.81 Alexander Anderson scrapbooks

Scrap Book, Volume 6, p.81 Alexander Anderson scrapbooks

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The 52 Stages of Printmaking

The 52 Stages of Printmaking

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Ise Monogatari Emaki, Scroll I.

Ise Monogatari Emaki, Scroll I.

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Ise Monogatari Emaki, Scroll II.

Ise Monogatari Emaki, Scroll II.

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Ise monogatari = The Tales of Ise.

Ise monogatari = The Tales of Ise.

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Ise monogatari = The Tales of Ise.

Ise monogatari = The Tales of Ise.

Picryl description: Public domain photo of Japanese book, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Seimei shoka zukan = The River Festival

Seimei shoka zukan = The River Festival

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Scroll 2, scene 34 - Public domain dedication image

Scroll 2, scene 34 - Public domain dedication image

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Cooking, Reciting a Sutra, Study, and Sumo Wrestling

Cooking, Reciting a Sutra, Study, and Sumo Wrestling

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A Temple - Early photography, Public domain image

A Temple - Early photography, Public domain image

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Views : A Row of Houses, Bridge, and Park

Views : A Row of Houses, Bridge, and Park

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Cherry Flower-Street, at Mukojima, Tokio

Cherry Flower-Street, at Mukojima, Tokio

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Storehouse for Treasure at Nikko

Storehouse for Treasure at Nikko

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The Bronze Gate (Iyetsugu's Tomb) at Shiba Tokio

The Bronze Gate (Iyetsugu's Tomb) at Shiba Tokio

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Oji Tea House at Tokio. 19th century Japan. Public domain image.

Oji Tea House at Tokio. 19th century Japan. Public domain image.

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

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

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Waterfall of Riuzu, Nikko. 19th century Japan. Public domain image.

Waterfall of Riuzu, Nikko. 19th century Japan. Public domain image.

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Fuji from Yoshiwara (Tokaido). 19th century Japan. Public domain image.

Fuji from Yoshiwara (Tokaido). 19th century Japan. Public domain image...

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Kitchen (preparing dinner). 19th century Japan. Public domain image.

Kitchen (preparing dinner). 19th century Japan. Public domain image.

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51 - Drawing. Public domain image.

51 - Drawing. Public domain image.

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Ise Monogatari Emaki, Scroll III.

Ise Monogatari Emaki, Scroll III.

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Ise Monogatari Emaki, Scroll III.

Ise Monogatari Emaki, Scroll III.

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Ise Monogatari Emaki, Scroll III.

Ise Monogatari Emaki, Scroll III.

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Ise Monogatari Emaki, Scroll III.

Ise Monogatari Emaki, Scroll III.

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Ise Monogatari Emaki, Scroll III.

Ise Monogatari Emaki, Scroll III.

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Ise Monogatari Emaki, Scroll II.

Ise Monogatari Emaki, Scroll II.

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Ise Monogatari Emaki, Scroll III.

Ise Monogatari Emaki, Scroll III.

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Scroll 3, scene 14 - Public domain dedication image

Scroll 3, scene 14 - Public domain dedication image

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Scroll 3, scene 26. 18th Century Japan. Public domain image.

Scroll 3, scene 26. 18th Century Japan. Public domain image.

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Shrine's Gate at Nikko - Early photography, Public domain image

Shrine's Gate at Nikko - Early photography, Public domain image

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