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

  • Bairei
  • Beisaku
  • Chikanobu
  • Chikayoshi
  • Eisen
  • Eishi
  • Eizan
  • Gekko
  • Ginko
  • Hirokage
  • Hiroshige
  • Hiroshige III
  • Hokusai
  • Ikuhide
  • Keinen
  • Kiyochika
  • Kiyonaga
  • Koryusai
  • Kuniaki II
  • Kunichika
  • Kunihisa II
  • Kuninao
  • Kunisada
  • Kunisada II (aka Kunimasa III, Toyokuni IV)
  • Kunisada III
  • Kunitoshi
  • Kuniyasu
  • Kuniyoshi
  • Kyosai
  • Miyagawa, Shuntei
  • Nobukazu
  • Sadahide
  • Shunsen
  • Toshiaki
  • Toshihide
  • Toshimasa
  • Toyokuni I
  • Toyokuni II (Toyoshige)
  • Toyokuni III
  • Utamaro
  • Yasuda, Shodo
  • Yoshikage II
  • Yoshikata
  • Yoshikazu
  • Yoshitora
  • Yoshitoshi
  • Yoshitsuna
  • Yoshitsuya
  • Yoshitsuya II
  • Kokunimasa (aka Kunimasa V)
  • Saito, Kiyoshi
  • Unsigned / Unknown Artist

Subject

  • Actors & Theater
  • Animals & Fish
  • Beauties (bijin-ga)
  • Children
  • Flowers & Gardens
  • Ghosts & Demons (yokai)
  • Legends & History
  • Moon & Night
  • Music & Dance
  • Portraits
  • Spring
  • Tattoo
  • Warriors & Samurai
  • Winter
  • Yokohama-e & Nagasaki-e

Period

  • 1800 - 1868 (Edo)
  • 1868 - 1912 (Meiji)

Medium

  • Woodblock Print

Size

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

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Onoe Kikugoro as Captain Matsuzaki

Kunichika

Onoe Kikugoro as Captain Matsuzaki

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Modoribashi: Actor Ichikawa Sadanji as Watanabe no Tsuna and Onoe Kikugoro Disguised Demon

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Modoribashi: Actor Ichikawa Sadanji as Watanabe no Tsuna and Onoe Kikugoro Disguised Demon

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Kabuki Actors Ichimura Kakitsu IV (R), Bando Hikosaburo V (C), and Kawarasaki Gonjuro I (L) in the Play Arishi Sugata Yume ni Mizuumi

Kunichika

Kabuki Actors Ichimura Kakitsu IV (R), Bando Hikosaburo V (C), and Kawarasaki Gonjuro I (L) in the Play Arishi Sugata Yume ni Mizuumi

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Kabuki Actors Ichimura Kakitsu IV as Kusunoki Koma-hime (R) and Bando Hikosaburo V as Korokumaru (L) in the Play Shobu-dachi Tsui no Kyokaku

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Kabuki Actors Ichimura Kakitsu IV as Kusunoki Koma-hime (R) and Bando Hikosaburo V as Korokumaru (L) in the Play Shobu-dachi Tsui no Kyokaku

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Kabuki Actors Kawarasaki Gonjuro I, Sawamura Tanosuke III, and Ichimura Uzaemon XIII

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Kabuki Actors Kawarasaki Gonjuro I, Sawamura Tanosuke III, and Ichimura Uzaemon XIII

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Actors Sawamura Tossho II as Mitsushima Samon, Otani Konohei as a Police Officer (Torite) (R), Nakamura Shikan IV as Jinriki Tamigoro, Nakamura Nakazo III as Kimyo-in (C), Otani Monza as a Bad Guy, and Otani Tomoemon V as Shirataki no Yokichi

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Actors Sawamura Tossho II as Mitsushima Samon, Otani Konohei as a Police Officer (Torite) (R), Nakamura Shikan IV as Jinriki Tamigoro, Nakamura Nakazo III as Kimyo-in (C), Otani Monza as a Bad Guy, and Otani Tomoemon V as Shirataki no Yokichi

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Kabuki Actors Ichimura Kakitsu IV as Tamaya Shinbei and Bando Mitsugoro VI as Mikuni Kojoro in the Play Tsuki no Demura Rokuya no Hitofushi

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Kabuki Actors Ichimura Kakitsu IV as Tamaya Shinbei and Bando Mitsugoro VI as Mikuni Kojoro in the Play Tsuki no Demura Rokuya no Hitofushi

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Kabuki Actors Bando Hikosaburo V, Ichimura Kakitsu IV, and Kawarasaki Gonjuro I in the Play Yagura Daiko Oto mo Yoshiwara

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Kabuki Actors Bando Hikosaburo V, Ichimura Kakitsu IV, and Kawarasaki Gonjuro I in the Play Yagura Daiko Oto mo Yoshiwara

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Kabuki Actors Ichimura Kakitsu IV, Sawamura Tanosuke III, and Seki Sanjuro III in the play Keisei Soga Kuruwa Kagami

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Kabuki Actors Ichimura Kakitsu IV, Sawamura Tanosuke III, and Seki Sanjuro III in the play Keisei Soga Kuruwa Kagami

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Viewing Cherry Blossoms

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Viewing Cherry Blossoms

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Springtime Haze at the Edo Theater: Kabuki Actors Bando Hikosaburo (R) Nakamura Shikan (C), and Bando Mitsugoro (L)

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Springtime Haze at the Edo Theater: Kabuki Actors Bando Hikosaburo (R) Nakamura Shikan (C), and Bando Mitsugoro (L)

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Ichikawa Danjuro as Kumagai Naozane and Ichikawa Yonezo as Taira no Atsumori

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Ichikawa Danjuro as Kumagai Naozane and Ichikawa Yonezo as Taira no Atsumori

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Kabuki Actors Ichikawa Kyuzo, Bando Kakyo, Onoe Kikugoro, Nakamura Dengoro, and Onoe Matsusuke

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Kabuki Actors Ichikawa Kyuzo, Bando Kakyo, Onoe Kikugoro, Nakamura Dengoro, and Onoe Matsusuke

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The Wife of Tokugawa Ieyasu

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The Wife of Tokugawa Ieyasu

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The Ghost Sohachi

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The Ghost Sohachi

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Raiko and the Earth Spider with Kabuki Actor Onoe Kikugoro as the Earth Spider

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Raiko and the Earth Spider with Kabuki Actor Onoe Kikugoro as the Earth Spider

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Kabuki Play Modoribashi, Inoue Kikugoro V as the Demon of Mt. Atago Disguised as Sayuri

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Kabuki Play Modoribashi, Inoue Kikugoro V as the Demon of Mt. Atago Disguised as Sayuri

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Tokaiya Ginpei

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Tokaiya Ginpei

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Silence in the Snow

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Silence in the Snow

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Kabuki Play Toyama-jo Yukige no Kiyomizu

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Kabuki Play Toyama-jo Yukige no Kiyomizu

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Ichikawa Danjuro

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Ichikawa Danjuro

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Miuraya Scene: Sukeroku and Courtesan Agemaki

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Miuraya Scene: Sukeroku and Courtesan Agemaki

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Introducing Two Kabuki Plays at the Nakamura Theater

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Introducing Two Kabuki Plays at the Nakamura Theater

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Ichikawa Danjuro as Kumagai Naozane and Onoe Kikugoro as Taira no Atsumori at the Ichinotani Battle

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Ichikawa Danjuro as Kumagai Naozane and Onoe Kikugoro as Taira no Atsumori at the Ichinotani Battle

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