Ukiyo-e | Japanese Woodblock Prints | Ronin Gallery

Explore the largest collection of 17th-19th century original Japanese woodblock prints in the United States at Ronin Gallery. Ukiyo-e, or “pictures of the floating world,” captured the exciting urban popular culture of the Edo period (1603-1868), promoting its beauty, fashions and heroes. While the Buddhist term ukiyo originally emphasized the transitory nature of human life, during the 17th century the term gradually shifted its reference to the ephemeral world of pleasure and indulgence. From 17th century Buddhist woodcuts through 19th century Japanese ukiyo-e print masters, enter a vibrant world of enchanting landscapes and sublime nature studies by Hokusai and Hiroshige, dramatic kabuki actors by Sharaku and Toyokuni, fierce samurai by Kuniyoshi, and elegant beauties by Utamaro. With the ravages of time, war and fire, today few of these precious original Japanese woodblock prints survive outside of museums and important private collections.

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Artist

  • Aikawa, Minwa (ask Gosentei)
  • Ashiyuki
  • Bairei
  • Beisaku
  • Biho
  • Buncho
  • Bunro
  • Chikanobu
  • Chikashige
  • Chikayoshi
  • Chikuseki
  • Eiri
  • Eisen
  • Eishi
  • Eisho
  • Eizan
  • Fusatane
  • Gakutei
  • Gekko
  • Ginko
  • Harunobu
  • Hasui
  • Hidenari
  • Hirokage
  • Hirosada
  • Hiroshige
  • Hiroshige & Toyokuni III
  • Hiroshige II
  • Hiroshige III
  • Hoitsu
  • Hokkei
  • Hokuba
  • Hokuga
  • Hokusai
  • Hokushu
  • Hokutai
  • Ikeda, Terukata
  • Ikuhide
  • Katsushika, Isai
  • Keinen
  • Kiyochika
  • Kiyomitsu
  • Kiyomoto II
  • Kiyonaga
  • Kiyotsune
  • Kogyo
  • Koryusai
  • Koson
  • Koun
  • Kuniaki II
  • Kunichika
  • Kunihiro
  • Kunihisa II
  • Kunimori II
  • Kuninao
  • Kunisada
  • Kunisada II (aka Kunimasa III, Toyokuni IV)
  • Kunisada III
  • Kuniteru
  • Kunitoshi
  • Kuniyasu
  • Kuniyoshi
  • Kyosai
  • Masanobu
  • Masayoshi
  • Mimura, Seizan
  • Miyagawa, Shuntei
  • Morikuni
  • Moronobu
  • Nobukazu
  • Rinsai
  • Sadafusa
  • Sadahide
  • Sadahiro
  • Sadanobu
  • Saigetsu
  • Seiko
  • Sharaku
  • Shigeharu
  • Shigemasa
  • Shigenobu
  • Shimizu, Seifu
  • Shinsai
  • Shoson
  • Shuncho
  • Shundo
  • Shunei
  • Shunjo
  • Shunko
  • Shunman
  • Shunsen
  • Shunsho
  • Shuntei
  • Sonsai
  • Sori III
  • Sugakudo
  • Sukenobu
  • Tadakiyo
  • Tamikuni
  • Teisai, Shuri
  • Toshiaki
  • Toshihide
  • Toshikage
  • Toshikata
  • Toshimasa
  • Toshimine
  • Toyohiro
  • Toyokiyo
  • Toyokuni I
  • Toyokuni II (Toyoshige)
  • Toyokuni III
  • Tsukimaro
  • Utamaro
  • Utamaro II
  • Yasuda, Shodo
  • Yoshifuji
  • Yoshifusa
  • Yoshihiro
  • Yoshiiku
  • Yoshikage II
  • Yoshikata
  • Yoshikazu
  • Yoshikuni
  • Yoshimitsu
  • Yoshimori
  • Yoshitaki
  • Yoshitora
  • Yoshitoshi
  • Yoshitoyo
  • Yoshitsuna
  • Yoshitsuya
  • Yoshitsuya II
  • Yoshiume
  • Zeshin
  • Hasegawa, Kannosuke (Chikuyo)
  • Kaburagi, Kiyokata
  • Kajita, Hanko
  • Kajiwara, Hisako
  • Kawano, Kaoru
  • Kokunimasa (aka Kunimasa V)
  • Mori, Shunkei
  • Saito, Kiyoshi
  • Watanabe, Seitei
  • Yukawa, Shodo
  • Mishima, Shoso
  • Suzuki, Kason
  • Takeuchi, Keishu
  • Fujikawa, Tamenobu
  • Tanigami, Konan
  • Teisai, Sencho
  • Terasaki, Kogyo
  • Tomioka, Eisen
  • Unsigned / Unknown Artist
  • Yamanaka, Kodo
  • Yoshida, Hiroshi
  • Yushin, Ayaoka

Series

  • Famous Restaurants in Toto
  • The 53 Stations by Two Brushes

Subject

  • Actors & Theater
  • Beauties (bijin-ga)
  • Birds
  • Bridges
  • Cats & Dogs
  • Children
  • Flowers & Gardens
  • Genji
  • Ghosts & Demons (yokai)
  • Landscapes
  • Legends & History
  • Moon & Night
  • Mt. Fuji
  • Music & Dance
  • Pastimes
  • Poets & Scholars
  • Portraits
  • Rain
  • Rituals & Beliefs
  • Spring
  • Tokaido
  • Warriors & Samurai
  • Waterfalls and Rapids
  • Waterscapes
  • Winter

Period

  • 1800 - 1868 (Edo)

Medium

  • Woodblock Print

Size

  • Medium (ie. Oban)
  • Large (ie. Triptych)

70 Products

No. 14, Miotsukushi

Kunisada II (aka Kunimasa III, Toyokuni IV)

No. 14, Miotsukushi

JPR-211264

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Chapter 9: Aoi

Kunisada II (aka Kunimasa III, Toyokuni IV)

Chapter 9: Aoi

JPR-210868

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The Iseta Restaurant: Ichikawa Danjuro VIII as Fukuoka Mitsugi

Hiroshige & Toyokuni III

The Iseta Restaurant: Ichikawa Danjuro VIII as Fukuoka Mitsugi

JPR1-71067

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Genji Figures with Flowers

Kunisada II (aka Kunimasa III, Toyokuni IV)

Genji Figures with Flowers

JPR-210062

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Kabuki Actors Bando Mitsugoro VI as Gosuke's Wife (Nyobo) Odai, Ichimura Kakitsu IV as the Otokodate Nozarashi Gosuke, and Sawamura Tossho II in a Female Role

Kunisada II (aka Kunimasa III, Toyokuni IV)

Kabuki Actors Bando Mitsugoro VI as Gosuke's Wife (Nyobo) Odai, Ichimura Kakitsu IV as the Otokodate Nozarashi Gosuke, and Sawamura Tossho II in a Female Role

JPR-209652

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Two Beauties in the Doorway

Kunisada II (aka Kunimasa III, Toyokuni IV)

Two Beauties in the Doorway

JP-209795

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Beauties

Kunisada II (aka Kunimasa III, Toyokuni IV)

Beauties

JP-107948

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Morning Glory: Actors Ichikawa Danjuro VIII and Asao Okuyama III

Hiroshige & Toyokuni III

Morning Glory: Actors Ichikawa Danjuro VIII and Asao Okuyama III

JPR-209472

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Minamoto no Yorimitsu and Four Retainers Defeating Shutendoji

Kunisada II (aka Kunimasa III, Toyokuni IV)

Minamoto no Yorimitsu and Four Retainers Defeating Shutendoji

JPR-209031

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No. 1

Kunisada II (aka Kunimasa III, Toyokuni IV)

No. 1

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No. 24

Kunisada II (aka Kunimasa III, Toyokuni IV)

No. 24

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No. 5

Kunisada II (aka Kunimasa III, Toyokuni IV)

No. 5

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No. 6

Kunisada II (aka Kunimasa III, Toyokuni IV)

No. 6

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No. 20

Kunisada II (aka Kunimasa III, Toyokuni IV)

No. 20

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No.2

Kunisada II (aka Kunimasa III, Toyokuni IV)

No.2

JPR-209070

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Chosei-In on Mount Kenmoku in Sasanoto

Kunisada II (aka Kunimasa III, Toyokuni IV)

Chosei-In on Mount Kenmoku in Sasanoto

JPR1-62154

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View of Kasumigaseki in Toto

Kunisada II (aka Kunimasa III, Toyokuni IV)

View of Kasumigaseki in Toto

JPR1-51392

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Dedication of Kyoka Poems for Kinryuzan Temple

Kunisada II (aka Kunimasa III, Toyokuni IV)

Dedication of Kyoka Poems for Kinryuzan Temple

JPR-93978

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Nihonbashi

Hiroshige & Toyokuni III

Nihonbashi

JP-208036

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Shirasuka: Kabuki Actor Ichikawa Danjuro VIII as Jiraiya

Hiroshige & Toyokuni III

Shirasuka: Kabuki Actor Ichikawa Danjuro VIII as Jiraiya

JP-208035

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Sakanoshita

Hiroshige & Toyokuni III

Sakanoshita

JP-208034

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Kanagawa

Hiroshige & Toyokuni III

Kanagawa

JP-208033

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Okazaki

Hiroshige & Toyokuni III

Okazaki

JP-208032

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Shono

Hiroshige & Toyokuni III

Shono

JP-208031

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