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Sakura: Cherry Blossoms in Japanese Cultural History
Hanami: Blossom Viewing Party
Kitao Shigemasa (1739–1820). Yayoi or Sangatsu, Asukayama Hanami (Third Lunar Month, Blossom Viewing at Asuka Hill), from the series Jūnikagetsu (Twelve Months), between 1772 and 1776. Color woodblock print. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (019.00.00)
Celestial View of the Hasedera Temple
Utagawa Hiroshige II (1826–1869). Yamato Hasedera (Hasedera in Yamato Province) from the series Shokoku Meisho Hyakkei (One-Hundred Famous Views of Japan), 1859. Color woodblock print. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (021.00.00)
Distant View of Mount Fuiji
Andō Hiroshige (1797–1858). Kazusa Kanōzan (Mount Kanō in Kazusa Province), from the series Fuji Sanjūrokkei (Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji), 1858. Color woodblock print. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (022.00.00)
Elegant Beauties
Torii Kiyonaga (1752–1815). Ōka no Nibijin (Two Beauties Under a Cherry Tree), 1782 or 1783. Color woodblock print. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (024.00.00)
Springtime in Edo
Torii Kiyonaga (1752–1815). Hanami-zuki (Cherry Blossom Viewing Month), from the series Shin-Yoshiwara jukkei (Ten Views of Shin-Yoshiwara), between 1785 and 1789. Color woodblock print. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (039.00.00)
Imperial Palace in Kyoto
Suzuki Shōnen (1849–1918). “Gosho,” Miyako meisho gafu, kokon shomeika zuga (“Imperial Palace,” from Album of Famous Places in the Capital, from the Past and Present, a Collection of Famous Artists’ Paintings), ca. 1894. Color woodblock book. Japanese Collection, Asian Division, Library of Congress (023.00.00)
Gion Weeping Cherry
Yamada Shōkei (b. 1866, fl. 1890s). “Gion shidare-zakura,” Miyako meisho gafu, kokon shomeika zuga (“Gion Weeping Cherry,” from Album of Famous Places in the Capital from the Past and Present, a Collection of Famous Artists’ Paintings), ca. 1894. Color woodblock book. Japanese Collection, Asian Division, Library of Congress (023.01.00)
Plum Blossoms in Early Spring
Andō Hiroshige (1797–1858). Massaki atari yori Suijin no mori Uchikawa Sekiya no sato o miru zu (View from Massaki of the Suijin Shrine Woods, Uchikawa Inlet, and Sekiya), from the series Meisho edo hyakkei (One-Hundred Famous Views of Edo), 1857, Color woodblock print in accordion album. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (031.00.00)
Temple Gardens
Andō Hiroshige (1797–1858). Higurashi no sato jiin no rinsen (Temple Gardens, Nippori), from the series: Meisho edo hyakkei (One-hundred Famous Views of Edo), 1857. Color woodblock print in accordion album. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (031.00.01)
Humorous Redition of Hanami Party
Utagawa Hirokage (fl. 1851–1866). Asukayama no hanami (Flower Viewing at Asuka Hill) in Edo Meisho Dōkezukush (Comical Collection of Famous Places in Edo), 1859. Color woodblock album. Japanese Collection, Asian Division, Library of Congress (045.00.00)
Sakura by the Sumida River
Andō Hiroshige (1797–1858). Sumida tsutsumi hanami no zu (Viewing cherry blossoms along the Sumida River), from the series Tōto meisho (Famous views in the Eastern Capital), between 1848 and 1854. Color woodblock print. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (030.00.00)
Actors' Hanami Party
Shunkōsai Hokushū (fl. 1810–1832). Yakusha no hanami (Actors Viewing Cherry Blossoms), ca. 1819. Color woodblock print. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (029.00.00)
Hinamatsuri—Springtime Girls’ Day Festival
Odake Kunikazu (1868–1931). Mukōjima shunkei (Spring Scene at Mukōjima), from the series Tokyo jūnikagetsu no uchi sangatsu (The Twelve Months of Tokyo, March),1901. Color woodblock print. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (032.00.00)
Sakura Textbook
Nihongo Kyōiku Shinkōkai (Society for the Promotion of the Japanese Language). Sakura from the series Nihon Bunka Tokuhon (Primer on Japanese Culture). Tokyo, Japan: Nihongo Kyōiku Shinkokai, 1942. Japanese Collection, Asian Division, Library of Congress (013.00.00)
Speed Embodied
Munetsugu Satomi (1900–1995). Japan: Japanese Government Railways. Color lithographic poster. Osaka, Japan: H. B. Process Seihan Printing Co., 1937. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (028.00.00)
Japonisme: West
Helen Hyde (1868–1919). Blossom Time in Tokyo, 1914. Color woodcut. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (038.00.00)
Sakura: Cherry Blossoms in Japanese Cultural History
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Japanese Sakura for Armchair Travelers
Holiday Outing of a Japanese School
Underwood & Underwood. Holiday Outing of a Japanese School, under the Beautiful Cherry Blossoms, Tokyo, Japan, 1904. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (034.00.00)
Cherry Trees by the River Tokio
Underwood & Underwood. Cherry Trees by the River Tokio, 1908. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (035.00.00)
The National Flower of Japan
Underwood & Underwood. Cherry Blossoms, the National Flower of Japan, during Cherry-Bloom Holiday Week, Uyeno Park, Tokyo, Japan, 1904. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (046.01.00)
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