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 Sawamura Tannosuke as the Beauty Ojitsu
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Barber: Kabuki Actor Sawamura Tossho II as Misao, the Wife of Takechi Mitsuhide
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Kabuki Actor Ichikawa Sadanji I as Konoha no Minezo
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Kabuki Actors Nakamura Sensho as Sodehagi and Kawarasaki Sakimatsu as Her Daughter
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Geisha from the Hiramatsu Restaurant in Nihonbashi
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Kabuki Actor Ichikawa Danjuro as Shibata Katsuie
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Kabuki Actor Ichimura Uzaemon XIII as Jiraiya
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Ichikawa Danjuro as Kumagai Naozane and Ichikawa Yonezo as Taira no Atsumori
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Kabuki Actors Nakamura Sojuro as Akoya, Nakamura Shikan IV as Kagekiyo, and Nakamura Sagisuke
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Kabuki Play Modoribashi, Inoue Kikugoro V as the Demon of Mt. Atago Disguised as Sayuri
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Sawamura Tanosuke III as Stepdaughter Kakezara
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Miuraya Scene: Sukeroku and Courtesan Agemaki
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Ichikawa Danjuro as Kumagai Naozane and Onoe Kikugoro as Taira no Atsumori at the Ichinotani Battle
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Kabuki Actors Onoe Kikugoro, Kataoka Gado and Bando Kakyo
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