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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Kabuki Actor Ichikawa Danjuro IX as Matsuomaru
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Kabuki Actor Ichikawa Sadanji I as Konoha no Minezo
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Geisha from the Hiramatsu Restaurant in Nihonbashi
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Kabuki Actor Ichimura Kakitsu IV in the Play Yagura Daiko Oto mo Yoshiwara
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Kabuki Actor Nakamura Shikan IV as Shindo Kojiro
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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
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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 Actor Ichimura Uzaemon as (Thistle) Oniazami Seikichi
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Kabuki Actor Nakamura Shikan IV as Ishikawa Goemon
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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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Kabuki Actor Sawamura Tanosuke III as the Female Kansuke
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Sawamura Tanosuke III as Stepdaughter Kakezara
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Introducing Two Kabuki Plays at the Nakamura Theater
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Kabuki Actors Onoe Kikugoro, Kataoka Gado and Bando Kakyo
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