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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Price

7800520

Artist

  • Chikanobu
  • Eisen
  • Gekko
  • Harunobu
  • Hasui
  • Hiroshige
  • Hiroshige & Toyokuni III
  • Hiroshige II
  • Hokusai
  • Kiyonaga
  • Kunisada
  • Kuniyasu
  • Kuniyoshi
  • Toshikata
  • Toyokuni III
  • Yoshitoshi
  • Yoshitsuya
  • Zeshin
  • Tomioka, Eisen
  • Yamanaka, Kodo

Series

  • Famous Bridges in Various Provinces
  • 100 Views of Mt. Fuji
  • Mountains upon Mountains

Subject

  • Actors & Theater
  • Animals & Fish
  • Architectural
  • Autumn
  • Beauties (bijin-ga)
  • Birds
  • Bridges
  • Calligraphy
  • Cats & Dogs
  • Children
  • Comic
  • Flowers & Gardens
  • Ghosts & Demons (yokai)
  • Insects
  • Landscapes
  • Legends & History
  • Manga & Bookplates
  • Moon & Night
  • Mt. Fuji
  • Music & Dance
  • Nature
  • Pastimes
  • Poets & Scholars
  • Portraits
  • Rain
  • Rituals & Beliefs
  • Shunga
  • Spring
  • Still Life
  • Sumo
  • Surimono
  • Tokaido
  • Warriors & Samurai
  • Waterfalls and Rapids
  • Waterscapes
  • Winter

Period

  • 1800 - 1868 (Edo)

Medium

  • Woodblock Print

Size

  • Small (ie. Chuban)
  • Medium (ie. Oban)

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Kintai Bridge, Suo Province

Hokusai

Kintai Bridge, Suo Province

JPR-210527

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Fuji in a Downpour

Hokusai

Fuji in a Downpour

JP-209262

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Sudden Shower at Okido, Tamagawa

Hokusai

Sudden Shower at Okido, Tamagawa

JP1-26722

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Fuji in Thunderstorm (Yudachi no Fuji)

Hokusai

Fuji in Thunderstorm (Yudachi no Fuji)

JP-111428

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