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Toy Pictures

Toy pictures were a type of nishiki-e designed primarily for children and were popular starting in the late Edo period and through to the end of the Meiji period. Children enjoyed playing with them and also learned about daily life while playing with them.

新板かつて道具尽

新板かつて道具尽

〔新板鳥つくし〕

〔新板鳥つくし〕

新板鳥つくし

新板鳥つくし

新板けだもの尽

新板けだもの尽

新板諸職諸商人十二支見立尽

新板諸職諸商人十二支見立尽

(勝手道具尽)

(勝手道具尽)

新板植木つくし

新板植木つくし

新板もんづくし

新板もんづくし

新板馬づくし

新板馬づくし

新板車つくし

新板車つくし

(纏つくし)

(纏つくし)

新板手遊火消道具尽

新板手遊火消道具尽

しんはん凧つくし

しんはん凧つくし

新板纏つくし

新板纏つくし

しんばんまとゐづくし

しんばんまとゐづくし

See Also

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.

Digital Exhibitiions logo

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!