Thematic Index

This thematic index enables exploration of the collection through a hierarchical classification of visual subjects, inspired by Jörgensen’s pyramid. Each theme brings together categories and subcategories (entities, scenes, symbols, techniques) to support the search and discovery of photographs.


100 steps (51) 47 Ronin (37) abacus (12) accident (14) acrobat (23) actor (115) Aden (5) Ainu (75) Ajikawa (6) Akasaka (6) Akashi (6) altar (52) Amanohashidate (7) Amazake (20) Arakawa (4) Arashiyama (70) arch (6) archer (29) architecture (7) Arima (30) armor (66) arsenal (27) Ashinoyu (11) Ashio (11) Atagoyama (20) Atami (25) Australia (4) autumn (12) autumn (7) avenue (108) azalea (11) baby (192) back (8) back (20) Bakumatsu (181) ball (26) bamboo (87) Bangkok (5) bank (14) barracks (11) barrier (7) basin (6) basket (103) basketry (13) bath (46) battledore (41) bay (115) beach (268) beef; bull (44) beggar (54) Beijing (41) bell (133) Bellevue (5) bench (63) Benten Hall (10) big/grand (7) bird (16) biwa (100) Bizen (7) blind (57) Bluff (16) boat (864) boat (134) bonsai (7) Book (14) bookplate (20) box (17) box (25) Breast (17) bridge (1.1k) bronze (142) broom (44) broom (5) brothel (7) Buddha (357) Buddhist (1.3k) Buddhist (215) building (8) bund (89) bundle/faggot (7) Burma (26) Byodoin (7) Calligraphy (19) Cane (20) Cannon (32) card; map (30) carp (28) carpenter (59) carpenter (7) cart (89) cart (3) cat (12) cavalry (31) cave (50) ceiling (12) cemetery (147) ceremony (55) chair (38) cherry blossom viewing (133) cherry tree (294) child (872) Cholon (11) chrysanthemum (106) Chubu (47) Chugoku (50) church (40) city (50) cliff (9) Clothing (18) club (17) coal (10) collection (12) competition (27) concession (4) construction site (10) coolie (89) cooper (15) corpse (9) costume (140) Cotton (20) courtyard (12) craftsman (259) crowd (347) cryptomeria (173) curtain (11) Customs (18) Cyca (13) Dainichido (44) Daiya River (15) dance (11) dancer (345) debris (60) decapitation (5) Dejima (15) destroyed (8) Disheveled Hair (18) district (6) dock (16) doctor (27) Dog (26) Dogashima (44) doll (53) door (556) Dotonbori (16) dragon (12) drawing (124) dressing (38) earthquake (39) Edo (25) Egypt (30) Eikando (6) Embroidery (13) emperor (23) Emperor of Japan (26) empress (7) England (10) engraving (33) equipment (17) Eurasian (9) execution (28) exhibition (56) expression (13) fabric (105) Factory (19) fallow deer (137) family (13) famine (51) fan (173) farm (69) farmer (58) farrier (9) Feather Duster (19) festival (141) field (243) firefighter (25) fish (27) fishing (65) Flag (23) flower (574) flower arrangement (30) flute (72) folding screen (125) forest (12) fountain (36) France (35) frontispiece (12) fruit (56) Fujikawa (36) Fujin (4) Fujinomiya (24) Fujiya (13) Fukagawa (8) fukiage (21) Fukuoka (6) Fukushima (7) funeral (57) Fushimi Inari (36) Futagoyama (5) Futarasan Shrine (5) futatsudo (18) futon (30) Garcerie (34) garden (1.1k) garden lantern (23) geyser (9) gift (5) Gifu (19) gilding (9) Ginkakuji (38) Ginza (14) go (66) gojo slope (37) Gorge (16) Gosho (20) Gotenba (6) government (8) Gozenobo (5) grave (216) Great Britain (26) Great Buddha (256) Greece (10) Greenhouse (23) greeting (145) groom (60) guardian lion-dogs (27) Haiphong (23) hairdresser (79) hairpin (37) hairstyle (103) Hakodate (34) Hakone (407) Hamagoten (4) Hanada (8) hanging scroll (72) Hanoi (20) happi coat (35) Harbor (20) harvest (166) Harvesting (14) hat (10) Hatta (12) Heian Shrine (2) hell valley (28) Higashi Honganji (21) Higashiyama (5) hill (11) Himeji (13) Hiroshima (18) Hokkaido (52) Hokogatake (19) Honcho Street (9) Honganji (48) Honmura (12) Horikiri (84) horse (149) Horyuji (12) hospital (8) Hotta (53) house (643) houseboat (84) household (36) humor (39) Hyogo (550) Ikaruga (5) ikegami (20) Ikuta (13) illustration (6) Imaichi (121) imperial (159) Inasa (18) incline (8) India (27) Indochina (63) industry (6) infirmary (18) inkstone box (33) inscription (9) interior (420) iris (119) Ishiyama (37) island (241) Italy (55) Itsukushima (98) Iwabuchi (19) Iwakuni (10) Iwaoka (12) Izumi (6) Japanese archery (6) Japanese cedar (173) Japanese pipe (111) Japonism (7) Java (6) Jikwan (9) Jimpuro (28) Jizo (69) judgment (5) junk boat (125) Kabuki (53) Kadomatsu (Traditional Japanese New Year Decoration) (6) Kagoshima (13) Kagurado (Dance Hall) (4) Kakejiku (Hanging Scroll) (5) Kamakura (328) Kameido (132) Kamigamo (10) Kamo River (63) kamuro (20) Kanagawa (1.9k) Kanazawa (39) kanji (21) Kannon (17) Kanto (5.4k) Karamon (97) karuta (9) Kashiwazaki (26) Kasuga Shrine (32) katanugi (34) Katsura (19) Katsura River (17) Kawaguchi (8) Kawasaki (8) Kawasaki (10) kegon (32) kendo (24) Kimono (14) Kinkaku-ji (126) kintai bridge (24) Kiso (6) kiso river (19) Kitano (34) kitchen/cooking (84) Kiyomizu-dera (51) Kiyomori (10) knick-knack (78) knot (15) Kobe (553) Kodaiji (16) Kofu (5) Koganei (18) Koishikawa (8) Kokyu (Japanese String Instrument) (7) Komagatake (4) Komusō (Itinerant Buddhist Monk) (15) Kongobuji (6) Konkonchiki (23) koraku garden (21) Korea (46) Korean (7) kotatsu (16) koto (194) Kunozan Toshogu Shrine (7) Kuonji Temple (7) Kurodanidera (6) Kyushu (93) lacquer (244) lake (502) landscape (1.4k) lantern (660) lantern (23) laundry (54) leather (41) legation (4) legend (259) letter (123) lighthouse (14) lily (7) lotus (125) maiko beach (39) makeup (7) Manchukuo (7) Manchuria (17) Manganji (15) maple (78) maple (48) marbling (23) mask (24) Massage (14) massage (33) masseur (46) masterless samurai (48) Matoi (13) Matsuyama (6) mausoleum (24) meal (257) Meganebashi (54) Meiji (449) memorial (12) merchant (345) Metaki Waterfall (77) metal (7) Miidera (53) Mikoshi (Portable Shrine) (7) military (400) mill (35) Minatogawa (7) Mine (27) Mino (147) Minobu (14) Miogi (13) mirror (105) Mississippi (56) Mitake (6) Mitate (Artistic Parody or Representation) (8) Mito (7) Miyagino (13) Miyajima (133) Miyako (6) Miyanoshita (175) moat (79) monk (231) Monkey (11) moon guitar (73) mortar (24) mosaic (9) mosquito net (13) Motomachi (57) Mount Asama (8) Mount Fuji (98) Mount Hiei (5) mount koya (33) Mount Suwa (18) mountain (25) mountain (8) mulberry tree (6) Muroran (6) musician (730) Myokokuji (6) mythical fish (8) Nagano (13) Nagaoka (5) Nagara (6) Nagara River (10) Naginata (18) Nagoya (71) Nakanotake (5) nakasendo (23) Nanzenji (6) Nara (455) Narita (11) nectarine (37) negishi (32) Netherlands (11) New Delhi (10) newspaper (6) Night (11) Nihonbashi (8) Niigata (7) niijubashi (20) Nijo (11) Nishi-Otani (58) nishihonganji (18) Nishinoyama (12) no eyebrows (2) nobility (8) Noh (18) nude (291) Numazu (10) Nunobiki (165) nursemaid (11) Obama (10) ocean liner (20) Ochanomizu (5) Odawara (2) official (31) official (5) Okayama (18) Okuma (9) old man (168) old-fashioned pattern (28) Omiya (14) Omizuya (49) Omori (12) Omuro (9) Osaka (352) Otsu (80) Oura (37) outside (99) Owakudani (5) Ozashiki (Traditional Japanese Room) (9) pagoda (458) painter (27) painting (34) painting (12) palace (110) palanquin (190) palanquin (32) palm tree (17) panorama (321) Papenberg (115) Paper (10) paper lantern (68) Paris (18) park (431) path (157) pavilion (198) peasant (234) peddler (133) pedestal table (36) peony (32) person (8.8k) pestle (24) phoenix (6) photo-crayon (79) photographer (345) photographer (13) pilgrim (139) pine (59) pipe (12) Piratori (8) Plan (7) plant (102) plantation (31) Ploughing (24) pole (58) pond (229) porcelain (35) port (324) Port Arthur (16) portal (23) porter (118) post office (14) postman (12) pottery (11) prayer (10) preparation (36) priest (101) Prince (10) procession (54) profile (7) prostitute (138) punishment (7) purification (11) Raijin (4) rain (6) rapids (142) reading (178) red-light district (58) Referee (14) replanting (25) rest (9) restaurant (13) revolving (5) rice (122) rice field (130) rickshaw (636) rifle (10) Rinnoji (8) river (1.2k) river (13) road (491) rock (59) rokkakudo (21) room (35) Rope (17) round fan (183) Russia (65) Ryounkaku (17) Ryukoji Temple (4) sacred (35) Sagami (7) Sagano (6) Saigon (134) sake (102) Sakurai (5) Sanbutsudo (11) Sanjinko (8) sanjo bridge (24) Sanjusangendo (66) Sannomiya (7) Sapporo (13) Saruhashi (11) Sarusawa Pond (72) sash (100) Satsuma (12) School (13) screen (41) screen (75) sculptor (9) sculpture (132) sea (311) Sengakuji Temple (17) Sengen Mountain (53) Sensuijima (7) Seppuku (21) seppuku (10) sericulture (69) sewing (44) sexy (10) shamisen (514) sheath (4) Shijō (10) Shijō Bridge (11) Shimabara (10) Shimogamo (15) Shimonoseki (42) Shinkoji (24) Shinkyo (Sacred Bridge) (45) Shinshō-ji Temple (7) Shinto (1.9k) Shintomi-za Theater (7) ship (108) shiraito (23) Shisakajima (8) Shitennoji Temple (66) shogun (26) Shokonsha Shrine (7) shop (140) Shop (17) shrine (386) shrine (321) Shugakuin Imperial Villa (8) shuttlecock (42) Siam (10) silk (11) Singapore (21) singer (15) ski (6) sleep (91) sliding door (41) sliding door (24) small hand drum (128) smile (75) snow (120) Soba (17) Sofukuji Temple (23) Sokokura (4) Soldier (16) sorrento (26) soup stock (16) spinning (90) spring (6) Stable (14) staircase (158) stall (142) statue (510) steamer (25) stone (101) straw (6) street (608) Suizenji (7) Sumida River (46) sumo (55) suo (22) Suruga (7) Suwa (142) swimming (13) Switzerland (12) tahoto (pagoda) (38) taiko drum (138) Taiwan (16) Takao (7) Takino (5) Takinogawa (41) Tama River (11) tamadare (38) Tamondori Street (7) Tatami mat (15) Tateba (10) tattoo (75) Tayu (17) tea ceremony (29) temple (17) Tenjin (5) tent (30) text (249) Thailand (12) theater (186) Tianjin (85) title (42) tobacco (57) Tochigi (1.7k) Todaiji (42) toilet (136) Toji (10) Tokaido (83) Tokyo (1.9k) Tomioka (15) Tomo (15) Tonomine (7) tool (5) torii (627) tower (8) toy (60) train (48) tramway (6) Trans-Siberian (27) treasure (21) tree (65) Tsukiji (18) Tsuruga (16) tub (5) typhoon (12) umbrella (546) Umbrella (23) United States (121) urami (17) utensil (10) valley (4) various (398) vegetable (82) vehicle (12) Venice (7) veranda (3) villa (25) village (236) Vladivostok (27) volcano (10) Wada (7) Wakanoura (13) Wakayama (11) walk (17) wall (84) war (23) Washington (10) waterfall (493) Weapon (17) weaving (12) well (19) West (26) Western (389) western (7) wind (27) winter (7) wisteria (187) woman (6.1k) wood (17) wooden sandals (32) worker (16) Worker (19) Workshop (15) wrestler (78) Yabakei (6) Yabusame (6) yaksha (10) Yamada (6) Yamamoto (45) Yamanaka (7) Yamashiro (5) Yamato (11) Yangon (24) Yasaka (48) Yashamon (14) Yasukuni (9) Yokohama (851) Yomeimon Gate (214) Yoro (5) Yoshida (4) Yoshino (12) Young (13) Yumoto (52) Zenkō-ji Temple (8) Zojoji (9) zoo (20)