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Exploring Japanese Landmarks in Nishiki-e and Photographs

Ogasawara Islands

It became a territory of Japan in 1876 and is now part of Ogasawara Village, Tokyo. Located about 1,000 meters south of Tokyo, it consists of about 30 islands. It was registered as a World Natural Heritage Site in 2011.

Nishiki-e and Paintings

父島二見港図

父島扇ヶ浦図

常世之瀧図

母島南浦之図

母島東岬石門之図

Photos

母島

小笠原母島沖村海岸

Landmarks around Ogasawara Islands

Izu Oshima Island Mt. Nokorigi Misaki Izu Kannonzaki Shuzenji Yokosuka Atami Kujukuri Kanazawa Hakkei

The NDL Image Bank is a public-domain digital gallery of the National Diet Library, the national library in Japan. Our website has thousands of out-of-copyright Japanese artworks and images from our library’s extensive collection!

The NDL Gallery is online content that you can enjoy using the digitized materials of the National Diet Library. It also provides information on exhibitions in the National Diet Library.

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The NDL Digital Exhibitions features the NDL’s unique collections with explanations covering various themes such as nishiki-e, landscape photographs and historical materials. Discover your favorites!