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Moronobu Hishikawa - [Two lovers embracing in front of a painted scree...

Print shows a young man sitting on the floor, embracing a young woman straddling him. Also attributed to: Sugimura Jihei, ca. 169-. Adachi modern reprint (Showa). Forms part of: Japanese prints and drawings (L... More

Futon no ue no sinzou to sore o nagameru yūjo

Print shows a courtesan watching a young female student in bed with a client. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. Format: horizontal Chu... More

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).

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

Dai nijūichi zu, Harunobu Suzuki, Woodblock Print, Japan

Print shows a woman using a long (opium?) pipe to beat a man who has been spying on her. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. From the seri... More

[A betrothal ceremony] 17th century - Ukiyo e print

Print shows an interior scene with a man entering on the right outside a room with several women; on the left shows a similarly dressed man addressing a woman behind a screen.

[A lover's quarrel] - Public domain drawing

Print shows a man, scowling, with a shoulder pole and a basket full of jars and bowls, standing in front of a woman with a smug look on her face. Adachi modern reprint (Showa). Forms part of: Japanese prints a... More

[Two lovers in a boat] - Drawing. Public domain image.

Print shows a man and a woman in a boat; the man is holding a small drum and appears to be serenading the woman beneath the moon.

Toyonobu Ishikawa - Kaki mogi[tori?] - Ukiyo e print

Print shows a young man holding a young woman on his shoulders as she reaches to pick persimmons from a branch above them. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print spe... More

Toyonobu Ishikawa - [Two musicians seated on a bench, wearing geta]

Print shows a man and a woman sitting on a bench, playing a shamisen. Adachi modern reprint (Showa). Forms part of: Japanese prints and drawings (Library of Congress).

Engawa no wakai danjo, Harunobu Suzuki, Woodblock Print, Japan

Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. Format: vertical Chuban Nishikie. Signed Suzuki Harunobu. Modern Reproduction, but apparently NOT ba... More

Kiyohiro Torii - [The harmonic couple] - Ukiyo e print

Print shows a man and a woman sitting on a bench, playing a flute, beneath a blossoming tree. Adachi modern reprint (Showa). Forms part of: Japanese prints and drawings (Library of Congress).

Ichikawa komazō no sano no genzaemon segawa kikunojō no keisei tamagik...

Print shows the actor Ichikawa Komazō as Sanno no Genzaemon holding an umbrella and walking with the courtesan Tamagiku, portrayed by the actor Segawa Kikunojō. Title and other descriptive information compiled ... More

Toyonobu Ishikawa - Fūryū yastushi hagoromo - Ukiyo e print

Print shows a woman (possibly the Tennin, an aerial spirit or celestial dancer) standing on a man in order to remove her feather-mantle (hagoromo or heavenly kimono) which is hanging on the branches of a tree; ... More

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

A New Years game, Harunobu Suzuki, Woodblock Print, Japan

Print shows a woman standing at the foot of a ladder leaning against a fence, as a young man, possibly her lover, climbs down the ladder. Adachi modern reprint (Showa). Forms part of: Japanese prints and drawi... More

Yatsushi kusazuribiki. Book illustration from Library of Congress

Print shows a man sitting on the floor clutching a long piece of cloth held by the woman standing next to him; she has her hand on a hairpin, perhaps getting ready to remove it. A screen painting behind the wom... More

Shigemasa Kitao - Izumi Shikibu - Yatsushi koshikibu no naishi

Print shows the poet Izumi Shikibu and a young man, possibly Tachibana no Michisada, Prince Tametaka, or Prince Atsumichi, or possibly Shikibu and her daughter Koshikibu no Naishi. Title and other descriptive i... More

Kisaragi, Isoda Koryūsai - Public domain drawing

Print shows a man and woman at a low table in a room with open window and view of the landscape; the woman is resting her head on her arms on the table. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichi... More

Kujibiki, Isoda Koryūsai - Public domain drawing

Print shows five courtesans attending to two men to determine who will serve each client; screen painting in the background shows a heron flying above waves. Title and other descriptive information compiled by ... More

Tako age suru danjo - Public domain drawing

Print shows a young man holding a string attached to a kite held by a young woman standing on a veranda above him. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists... More

Shinagawa yūsho no enseki - Public domain drawing

Print shows five courtesans attending to the needs of a male client; one woman is playing a shamisen, another is preparing a pipe for smoking. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-spo... More

Kayoi komachi, Shunsh Katsukawa - Ukiyo e print

Print shows a man, possibly Fukakusa no Shosho, sleeping while leaning on the shaft of a horse-drawn wagon as Kayoi Komachi peers from behind a curtain on the wagon, which bears the traditional floral design as... More

[Makura ehon no iichibu] - Public domain drawing

Print shows a man reclining. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Overpainted sheet from one of Utamaro's erotic books. Forms part of: Japa... 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

Kengyū shokujo, Shun Ei Katsukawa - Ukiyo e print

Print shows a woman, Orihime, the weaver princess, standing next to a loom and a man, Kengyuu, the cow-herder, standing next to an ox, both on clouds separated by a gap, with the top of a building visible throu... More

Fujin tomarikyaku no zu - Public domain drawing

Print shows five women and one man; three of the women are seated inside tent-like mosquito netting, grooming and exposing their breasts, the other two women and the man stand outside the netting. Title and oth... More

Susu harai, print by Utamaro Kitagawa

Print shows three courtesans helping a young samurai remove his swords. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: one panel of a vertica... More

Miuraya komurasaki shirai gonpachi - Ukiyo e print

Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. From the series: Jitsukurabe iro no minakami : True comparisons of erotic wellsprings. Format: vertica... More

Kira Yoshinaka - Shodan, print by Utamaro Kitagawa, Forty Seven Rōnin

Print shows actors in the roles of Moronō (Kira Yoshinaka) propositioning Lady Kaoyo, Enya's wife, and Wakasanosuke (a noble offended by Moronō's behavior). Title and other descriptive information compiled by N... More

Osono rokusaburō, print by Utamaro Kitagawa

Print shows a woman handing a pipe to her lover who is behind her. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. From the series: Fūryū aikyō kurabe... More

Isaac Cruikshank - John Bull and his piece

Cartoon of a stout man, tongue hanging out, with one arm around a stout, buxom woman wearing a cap and tattered clothing. He uses his other hand to tickle her under the chin. Imp. Pubd Novr 16the 1801 by SWFor... More

Enshoku akisame monogatari - Public domain drawing

Print shows a woman sitting on the floor and a man standing on steps behind her. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. Format: Hosoban Kap... More

Kira Yoshinaka - Shodan, Katsushika Hokusai, Forty Seven Rōnin

Print shows three people (Lady Kaoyo, Moronō, and either Wakasanosuke or Enya Hangan) next to a large trunk representing the treasury. A scene from act one of the play Chūshingura or revenge of the 47 Rōnin. Ti... More

Shin yoshiwara sanmai tsuzuki - Public domain drawing

Print shows several women, with many hairpins and elaborate headdresses, walking down a corridor in a brothel, followed by a man wearing a mask. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-s... More

Shinpan ukie shin yoshiwara ōmonuchi no zu

Print shows a bird's-eye view of men and women passing through the gate between buildings in the New Yoshiwara. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in... More

Kira Yoshinaka - Shodan, Utagawa Kuniyasu, Forty Seven Rōnin

Print shows a woman on the left, Kaoyo, wife of Enya (Asano Naganori), who has received a love letter from Moronō (Kira Yoshinaka), who is standing on the right, and, in the middle, Wakasanosuke about to draw h... More

Genroku no hanami - Public domain Japanese woodblock print

Print shows two women on a red cloth spread on the ground behind a screen, and three men walking away, looking back at them.

Fugu no bijin to kurage no tomo, Shigenobu Yanagawa

Print shows a courtesan followed by a suitor offering her a gift. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. Format: Shikishi Nishikie Surimono... More

Utagawa Toyokuni - Ichikawa ebijūrō no sangobei

Print shows actor Ichikawa Ebijūrō, full-length, seated on floor with shamisen at his feet, holding a fan in right hand, in the role of Sasano Sangobei. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichi... More

Le pierrot je ne sais pas ... Mais la pierrette, pour etre la femme c'...

Drawing of a man with a long, pointed nose, in ragged clothes and a cap, standing behind and to the right of a masked figure, with a pot on his head, perhaps the mime, Pierrot. No copyright information found wi... More

Akasaka no zu, Utagawa Kunisada, Japan

Print shows a woman standing on a cloud outside an inn where women are serving and entertaining men at the Akasaka station on the Tōkaidō Road. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sp... More

Yozakura no shita de chanoyu wo suru mitsūji

Print showing a woman and a man beneath a blossoming cherry tree. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: one panel of a vertical Oban... More

Kawarazaki gonjūrō [to] ichikawa kohanji - Ukiyo e print

Print shows actors Kawarazaki Gonjūrō and Ichikawa Kohanji portraying the roles of a man seated on a bench, possibly in a tearoom, and a woman looking at him through an opening behind the bench. Title and other... More

Izumi Shikibu - Sanjūichi seishōnagon sanjūni koshikibu no naishi

Print shows (top half) Sei Shōnagon raising or lowering a blind, and (bottom half) Koshikibu no Naishi (or Izumi Shikibu) touching the hem of a man's clothing, he appears startled or angered, several women are ... More

Broadhead Worsted Mills / J. Ottmann, Lith., Puck Building, N.Y.

Stock poster for woolens or tailors, showing a woman in riding clothes placing a letter in the hollow of a tree; a sign nailed to the tree is blank for later printing, and in the distance is the Broadhead Worst... More

Gojū kogō no tsubone gojūni tomoegozen

Print shows (top half) Kogō no Tsubone, the emperor's mistress, lying on the floor, playing a biwa while a man on horseback, Nakakuni, a messenger for the emperor, in the background is watching through the open... More

Absinthe extra-supérieure J. Édouard Pernot. Société Anonyme Montbélia...

Poster showing a man and woman at a cafe, he smiles and watches as she tastes his drink.

Cupid's round-up / Ehrhart. - Political cartoon, public domain image

Illustration shows cupids on horseback lassoing attractive young couples and herding them toward the "Matrimonial Corral" in the background. Illus. in: Puck, v. 54, no. 1384 (1903 September 9), centerfold. Cop... More

Goggles have their uses / Ehrhart., Political Cartoon

Illustration shows a vignette cartoon showing a fashionably dressed woman wearing goggles taking a drive in an automobile. Through a series of vignettes her slim figure and dress attract considerable attention,... More

Out in Salt Lake City / Ehrhart.

Illustration shows two Mormon elders discussing another Mormon who has been found guilty of bigamy. Caption: Elder Heaperholmes He has been tried by the church and found guilty of bigamy. / Elder Holikuss Gu... More

General Kuropatkin & his staff joyfully leaving St. Petersburg for the...

Print shows the Russian general A.N. Kuropatkin parting with difficulty from two grief-stricken women while his staff waits in the background. Descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo prin... More

A bunch of spring sprouts / Ehrhart.

Illustration shows a vignette cartoon with, at center, a young woman asking Cupid about his flower garden where all the blossoms has male and female faces, includes verse; also, six vignettes showing scenes fro... More

Spurring him on / Ehrhart. - Political cartoon, public domain image

Illustration shows a well-dressed couple discussing the amount of money a jockey earned the previous racing season; the woman suggests that since her husband is much larger than the jockey, then he should be ab... More

The diversions of high society / Albert Levering.

Illustration shows a large crowd of men and woman, all wearing formal evening clothes, three women wearing short red dresses have secured the attentions of several young men, to the chagrin of others, during an... More

His father's money / CH [monogram]., Political Cartoon

Illustration shows a young rake beneath a cloud of past exploits, smoking, and spilling a glass of alcohol, in the presence of a young woman fashionably dressed in red. An overturned chair and empty champagne b... More

Anything to oblige / Keppler. - Political cartoon, public domain image

Illustration shows William Jennings Bryan as Romeo, hanging off a balcony, speaking to an old woman labeled "Democrary" as Juliet, with "Nurse Grover" Cleveland standing behind her. The full moon in the upper l... More

Puck Easter 1907 / L.M. Glackens., Puck magazine cover

Illustration shows a large mean-looking hen wearing a large black bonnet, standing over her brood, fully mature men and women hatching from eggs who seem intent on meeting each other. Illus. in: Puck, v. 61, n... More

Love's stratagem, Movie Poster - Art nouveau public domain poster

Motion picture poster for "Love's Stratagem" showing three scenes from the movie set against an art nouveau design. IMP - Independent Moving Pictures Co. of America, 111 E. 14th St. New York City. No. 1. Purch... More

Making hay while the rain falls / W.E. Hill '10.

Illustration shows a heart-shaped cameo with a young woman and a young man sitting on hay in a barn during a rain storm. Illus. in: Puck, v. 68, no. 1743 (1910 July 27), cover. Copyright 1910 by Keppler & Schwarzmann.

Puck magazine cover - Shoplifting / Gordon Grant '10.

Love-lorn lyrics of a lonesome lad / Gordon Ross.

Illustration shows a lonely man with arms crossed and chin on his chest, sitting in a chair next to a small table with a shelf of books, his dog at his feet, and on the table a tobacco pipe billowing smoke show... More

This is the man who tells his wife that "woman's place is in the home"...

Illustration shows a woman wearing a large hat and a red dress sitting at a table in a nightclub with a man who is holding her hand across the table.

Caricature, After the hug / W.E. Hill '12., public domain cartoon imag...

Illustration shows a woman wearing a large hat standing next to a man wearing a tuxedo and top hat. Caption: He You smashed two cigars in my inside pocket just then! / She That's nothing! You bent a whole pa... More

Red for danger, - stop! / Gordon Grant '13.

Illustration shows a young couple in an embrace in a wooded area during Autumn, with Cupid perched on a branch holding a cluster of red leaves over their heads. Caption: And yet how many there are who run by C... More

You never can tell A Selig farce comedy.

Motion picture poster for "You Never can Tell" shows two men dressed as gladiators in front of a motion picture camera. In the lower left is an insert for "Who Got Stung" showing a group of women attacking a g... More

"A touch of brimstone Hilarious comedy : Back stage life.

Poster for Federal Theatre Project presentation of "A Touch of Brimstone" at the Columbia, showing two women and a man.

John Bull satisfied! - Public domain portrait drawing

A pot-bellied John Bull with one arm around a heavyset trollope in a long dress with pink stripes and pink dots on the sleeves, who stands with her arms folded. With his other arm, John Bull reaches over to ho... More

John Bull satisfied!. Book illustration from Library of Congress

A pot-bellied John Bull with one arm around a heavyset trollope in a long dress with pink stripes and pink dots on the sleeves, who stands with her arms folded. With his other arm, John Bull reaches over to ho... More

The girl who gave him the cold shoulder / John Held, Jr.

Cover of Life magazine showing sunburned woman pulling down shoulder strap of her beach blouse as man smiles. Caption label from exhibit "Monstrous Craws...": The jaunty spirit of the Jazz Age came to life in t... More

The girl who gave him the cold shoulder / John Held, Jr.

Cover of Life magazine showing sunburned woman pulling down shoulder strap of her beach blouse as man smiles. Caption label from exhibit "Monstrous Craws...": The jaunty spirit of the Jazz Age came to life in t... More

The girl who gave him the cold shoulder / John Held, Jr.

Cover of Life magazine showing sunburned woman pulling down shoulder strap of her beach blouse as man smiles. Caption label from exhibit "Monstrous Craws...": The jaunty spirit of the Jazz Age came to life in t... More

The girl who gave him the cold shoulder / John Held, Jr.

Cover of Life magazine showing sunburned woman pulling down shoulder strap of her beach blouse as man smiles. Caption label from exhibit "Monstrous Craws...": The jaunty spirit of the Jazz Age came to life in t... More

Naniwa no bessō akebono no zu - Public domain Japanese woodblock print

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

Naniwa no bessō akebono no zu - Public domain Japanese woodblock print

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

Naniwa no bessō akebono no zu - Public domain Japanese woodblock print

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

Naniwa no bessō akebono no zu - Public domain Japanese woodblock print

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

Naniwa no bessō akebono no zu - Public domain Japanese woodblock print

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

Naniwa no bessō akebono no zu - Public domain Japanese woodblock print

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

Naniwa no bessō akebono no zu - Public domain Japanese woodblock print

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

Know all men by these presents - Public domain drawing

Cover illustration shows a woman seated on the floor next to a table whose surface is covered with gifts. Above gifts from various gentlemen callers are displayed: a photograph, horn with bell, a box, a purse, ... More

Know all men by these presents - Public domain drawing

Cover illustration shows a woman seated on the floor next to a table whose surface is covered with gifts. Above gifts from various gentlemen callers are displayed: a photograph, horn with bell, a box, a purse, ... More

Know all men by these presents - Public domain drawing

Cover illustration shows a woman seated on the floor next to a table whose surface is covered with gifts. Above gifts from various gentlemen callers are displayed: a photograph, horn with bell, a box, a purse, ... More

Toyonobu Ishikawa - Sanogawa ichimatsu to segawa kikunojō no aiaigasa

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

Toyonobu Ishikawa - Sanogawa ichimatsu to segawa kikunojō no aiaigasa

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

An Unselfish love, Movie Poster

Motion picture poster for "An Unselfish Love" shows a man and a woman on a farm standing by a hog pen. An Edison film. No. 5851.

An Unselfish love, Movie Poster

Motion picture poster for "An Unselfish Love" shows a man and a woman on a farm standing by a hog pen. An Edison film. No. 5851.

Amerikajin yuko sakamori, Utagawa Yoshitora - Ukiyo e print

Japanese print shows an American man holding a glass and a Japanese courtesan holding a bottle. Signature: Yoshitora ga. Engraving attributed to: Hori[-]ko Masa. Extensive unidentified writing on backing sheet.... More

Amerikajin yuko sakamori, Utagawa Yoshitora - Ukiyo e print

Japanese print shows an American man holding a glass and a Japanese courtesan holding a bottle. Signature: Yoshitora ga. Engraving attributed to: Hori[-]ko Masa. Extensive unidentified writing on backing sheet.... More

[Humorous picture showing a Chinese man, kneeling, speaking to a woman...

Signed on block by artist in lower right, includes chop. Includes extensive Japanese text. Descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. From the series: Nihon ban... More

[Humorous picture showing a Chinese man, kneeling, speaking to a woman...

Signed on block by artist in lower right, includes chop. Includes extensive Japanese text. Descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. From the series: Nihon ban... More

Crim. con., British Cartoon Print, Political Cartoon

Cartoon print showing a woman who has taken an amorous couple by surprise, and says, "Get out of my house, you hussey, I hired you to do your own business, not mine." Criminal conversation is a legal term for a... More

Crim. con., British Cartoon Print, Political Cartoon

Cartoon print showing a woman who has taken an amorous couple by surprise, and says, "Get out of my house, you hussey, I hired you to do your own business, not mine." Criminal conversation is a legal term for a... More

Uwaki no sō, print by Utamaro Kitagawa

Print shows a woman with combs in her hair and a shawl draped over her bare shoulders, exposing her breasts. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 20... More

Uwaki no sō, print by Utamaro Kitagawa

Print shows a woman with combs in her hair and a shawl draped over her bare shoulders, exposing her breasts. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 20... More

[A Russian general, shaking with fear, telephones the Czar(?) who is a...

Signed on block by artist in lower right, includes chop. Includes extensive Japanese text. Descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. From the series: Nihon ban... More

[A Russian general, shaking with fear, telephones the Czar(?) who is a...

Signed on block by artist in lower right, includes chop. Includes extensive Japanese text. Descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. From the series: Nihon ban... More

The general out-generalled, or, first come, first served, British Cart...

Wellington demands attention outside a house, while Duke of Argyll, inside with Harriette Wilson, pretends not to recognize him. Forms part of: British Cartoon Prints Collection (Library of Congress).

The general out-generalled, or, first come, first served, British Cart...

Wellington demands attention outside a house, while Duke of Argyll, inside with Harriette Wilson, pretends not to recognize him. Forms part of: British Cartoon Prints Collection (Library of Congress).

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