It has been pointed out that the expression of light used by KOBAYASHI Kiyochika (1847-1915), which made him not only popular in his days but also outstanding in Japanese art history, was based on European prints including lithographs. This report deals with “View of Takanawa Ushimachi under the Hazy Moon” by Kiyochika to suggest the influence of American lithographs by referring to an example of Currier & Ives Prints. “View of Takanawa Ushimachi under the Hazy Moon” shows the American type of steam locomotive which has a cowcatcher. According to the history of the Japan National Railway, this type of train was not in use in Tokyo in 1879 when Kiyochika published the print. Most of the nishiki-e prints in those days depicted the British type of trains which in fact were running in Tokyo, for example, as seen in UTAGAWA Kuniteru's “Steam Train in Service at Takanawa, Tokyo.” Not based on the real sight, Kiyochika's depiction of the train must have derived from some other visual source. There were three major sources of this sort of information in those days, namely scientific books and educational books which were originally introduced from China, illustrations in the essays written by people who actually went to European countries or the United States, and paintings that came from foreign countries. But the depictions of trains in the books were too rough or simple to be the model of Kiyochika's train. “The Lightning Express Trains— Leaving the Junction” in Currier & Ives Prints shows not only a very close type of train to that in Kiyochika' s print but also a similar expression of light and clouds. The influence of American lithographs can be pointed out also in other works by Kiyochika, such as the print of a hunting scene with a characteristic of American painting, and a fire scene which shows a similar expression of fire to Currier & Ives Prints. It seems that American art influenced Japanese art, more than widely understood, in the process of learning Western painting methods and techniques in the Meiji era.