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
  • Animals & Fish
  • Autumn
  • Beauties (bijin-ga)
  • Birds
  • Bridges
  • Cats & Dogs
  • Children
  • Ghosts & Demons (yokai)
  • Landscapes
  • Legends & History
  • Mt. Fuji
  • Music & Dance
  • Poets & Scholars
  • Portraits
  • Rain
  • Spring
  • Summer
  • Surimono
  • Tokaido
  • Warriors & Samurai
  • Waterfalls and Rapids
  • Waterscapes
  • Winter

Period

  • 1600 - 1800 (Early Edo)
  • 1800 - 1868 (Edo)

Medium

  • Woodblock Print

Size

  • Small (ie. Chuban)
  • Medium (ie. Oban)
  • Large (ie. Triptych)
  • Extra Large

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Onoe Kikugoro as Kintaro (Golden Child)

Toyokuni I

Onoe Kikugoro as Kintaro (Golden Child)

JP-207812

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Interior of a Kabuki Theater

Toyokuni I

Interior of a Kabuki Theater

JPR-210801

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Kabuki Actor Seki Sanjuro

Toyokuni I

Kabuki Actor Seki Sanjuro

JP-209823

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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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Matsumoto Koshiro as Igami-no-Gonta and Matsutaro

Toyokuni I

Matsumoto Koshiro as Igami-no-Gonta and Matsutaro

JP2005

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The Actor Bando Mitsugoro

Toyokuni I

The Actor Bando Mitsugoro

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Kabuki Actor Bando Mitsugoro

Toyokuni I

Kabuki Actor Bando Mitsugoro

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Kabuki Actor Matsumoto Yonezo

Toyokuni I

Kabuki Actor Matsumoto Yonezo

JPR-209556

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Kabuki Actor Segawa Senjo as Takao

Toyokuni I

Kabuki Actor Segawa Senjo as Takao

JPR-209554

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Kabuki Actor Segawa Senjo as Sushiya Osato

Toyokuni I

Kabuki Actor Segawa Senjo as Sushiya Osato

JPR-209555

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Kabuki Actor Nakamura Utaemon III as Shikan

Toyokuni I

Kabuki Actor Nakamura Utaemon III as Shikan

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Kabuki Actor Onoe Kikugoro as Shohei's Wife Otsuru

Toyokuni I

Kabuki Actor Onoe Kikugoro as Shohei's Wife Otsuru

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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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Kabuki Actor Nakamura Shikan

Toyokuni I

Kabuki Actor Nakamura Shikan

JPR-109652

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Wisdom (Chi)

Toyokuni I

Wisdom (Chi)

JPR-209379

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Visiting Komachi (Kayoi Komachi)

Toyokuni I

Visiting Komachi (Kayoi Komachi)

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Kabuki Actor Sawamura Gennosuke I

Toyokuni I

Kabuki Actor Sawamura Gennosuke I

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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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Hiroshige & Toyokuni III

Sakanoshita

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Kanagawa

Hiroshige & Toyokuni III

Kanagawa

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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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Kakegawa

Hiroshige & Toyokuni III

Kakegawa

JP-208030

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