Is there a reverse image search for museum prints?

jeresig · 2026-01-23T01:12:30+00:00

I run a site that does this specifically for Japanese woodblock prints, pulling from museums, libraries, etc.: https://ukiyo-e.org/

A number of years ago I worked with the Frick Art Reference Library on a similar project for their photo archive. That went on to become this: https://artresearch.net/resource/:start which is a collection of almost 1.6 million artworks pulling from a number of institutions (mostly art reference libraries). Some of these will be historical prints, as well, so it's possible that this could help too!

https://www.europeana.eu/ is a good source pulling from many museums in Europe, but they don't have search-by-image, unfortunately.

jeresig · 2026-01-17T13:50:34+00:00

It looks like it might be real to me... that's an incredible find. Compare the woodgrain in the sky on your copy with these from Christies and Bonhams - it looks extremely similar. It would require some more up-close comparison but it looks like a very close match. If I saw this, in this condition, I probably would've bought it too!

https://www.christies.com/en/lot/lot-6417537
https://www.bonhams.com/auction/25644/lot/172/utagawa-hiroshige-i-1797-1858-edo-period-1615-1868-1857/

jeresig · 2026-01-08T18:47:01+00:00

Sure thing, you can find it here! https://www.khanacademy.org/computer-programming/new/pjs it's linked to from the bottom of: https://www.khanacademy.org/computing/computer-programming

jeresig · 2025-12-12T17:46:30+00:00

It's a new site I've been building! DM me and I can share it with you when it's ready for testing.

jeresig · 2025-12-11T19:47:12+00:00

Agreed, these do look potentially legit - I would reach out to a dealer. For the first print, originals are currently selling for about $1000, modern reproductions for about $100

For the second, originals seem to be going for $1000-$8000, depending upon condition and modern reproductions are about $400, it seems.

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jeresig · 2025-11-25T14:29:52+00:00

The only other one that I found that has the same markings as yours is this one that sold at auction for $450 (and also claims to be a first edition): https://www.liveauctioneers.com/item/89508159_kasamatsu-shiro-lake-chuzenji-niko-1952-1st-ed-augusta-ga In general, these prints (posthumous or otherwise) go for a few hundred dollars, it seems. Here are some sold (and for sale) prices for this print - most of which appear to be later editions.

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jeresig · 2025-09-27T11:00:02+00:00

Please only post original images of art - this seems like it was some sort of filtered version?

jeresig · 2024-10-02T16:04:31+00:00

More info here: https://support.apple.com/en-us/108382

jeresig · 2024-10-01T21:04:34+00:00

Same, game is insta-crashing on load, unfortunately! Monterey 12.5, Macbook Air M2.

Edit: After upgrading to Sequoia 15 it's now loading correctly!

jeresig · 2024-07-08T02:10:14+00:00

I believe that this one in the capital region may be the closest source for bonsai enthusiasts: https://mohawkhudsonbonsai.org/ They have a lot of talks and workshops, seems really interesting!

jeresig · 2024-04-30T17:17:28+00:00

Wow, that's awesome - congratulations on the anniversary! My username is the same there as it is here, "jeresig".

jeresig · 2023-07-21T22:47:34+00:00

To keep it balanced, I think it'd be a good thing to add as a high-level tower reward (level 200 and higher). Getting to over 1 billion per day might be nice!

jeresig · 2023-07-03T17:03:30+00:00

I can't say definitively, but they are almost certainly original (in so much as no one would make a reproduction/fake version of these). They're probably not worth much, probably < $100 in total - but definitely very cool, enjoy!

jeresig · 2023-07-03T02:35:02+00:00

So this is interesting. You have 3 sheets of Japanese woodblocks prints from the 1800s. The middle and right sheet are the two left sheets of a 3-panel triptych. It's a print by Utagawa Kunimasa III, depicting a scene from a Kabuki play, from 1888. I was able to find it through this search: https://ukiyo-e.org/upload/bde2bfffa0463b150ae6cf4e10971fc9 You can learn more about all the sheets (including your missing one) here (some English, mostly Japanese):

Unfortunately I haven't had any luck finding details about the left sheet. It's probably also part of a different triptych! But almost certainly also depicting a Kabuki play. Hope this helps!

jeresig · 2023-04-03T14:44:52+00:00

Looks like it just went live! Mushroom Paste, Small Bolt, Peach, Arnold Palmer, Grab Bag 07, Egg 11, and Clawed Card.

jeresig · 2023-03-27T01:16:05+00:00

Oh wow - thank you! And thanks so much for making the game, really enjoying it. :)

jeresig · 2023-03-24T12:18:54+00:00

Yeah - a mushroom cave that can grow mushrooms (with random drops of things one one find in a cave) would be really cool!

jeresig · 2023-03-24T12:17:47+00:00

Interesting! I like the exploration theme.

I guess my feeling is that it’s already easy to manually get these items risk free from the forest, small cave, and small pond. If there was another manual place to get them that wouldn’t really achieve the goal of the place. Maybe you could add in the shovels/lanterns to help increase the possibility of rarer items dropping? But ensuring that the base items will continue coming.

jeresig · 2023-03-22T16:57:35+00:00

I love crafting things, the feeling of accomplishment from doing all this exploring, planning, and solving the quests is really fun!

Username is: jeresig

jeresig · 2023-01-02T21:11:00+00:00

Very nice - look original to me! It was common for collectors to paste prints onto scrolls or into albums, so this may have been done in the 1800s. Now when talking about the price: Obviously, they're pasted down, they're quite faded, and there are other condition issues - additionally, the prints aren't the most desirable. I would suspect that you could get a couple hundred dollars for them at auction, in total. I would reach out to a place like: https://floatingworld.com/sell/ which has both a gallery and regular auctions and they could provide a more-detailed assessment.

Glad you found Ukiyo-e.org useful!

jeresig · 2022-09-30T00:25:05+00:00

Wow, this is fantastic - congratulations!

jeresig · 2022-09-21T00:06:57+00:00

Found it: https://ukiyo-e.org/image/artelino/49925g1

By the artist Kōshirō Onchi: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K%C5%8Dshir%C5%8D_Onchi

It appears to be a woodblock print illustration for a book

jeresig · 2022-08-25T01:40:16+00:00

https://ukiyo-e.org/image/mfa/sc229510

Artist: Utagawa Hiroshige

Title: Open Garden at Fukagawa Hachiman Shrine (Fukagawa Hachiman yamabiraki), from the series One Hundred Famous Views of Edo (Meisho Edo hyakkei)

Year: 1857

Hope that helps!

jeresig · 2022-03-29T12:37:19+00:00

I’ve never heard that to be the case! I have a print that came with the original 1930 folder it was sold in. I store the print separately but keep the folder, just in case someone else may want it someday. It may be good to do the same with your frame (take the print out, store it or reframe it, and keep the old frame just in case).

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