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

  • Ashiyuki
  • Beisaku
  • Chikanobu
  • Eisen
  • Gakutei
  • Gekko
  • Ginko
  • Hirokage
  • Hiroshige
  • Hiroshige & Toyokuni III
  • Hiroshige II
  • Hokkei
  • Hokusai
  • Kiyochika
  • Kiyomitsu
  • Koryusai
  • Kunichika
  • Kunihisa II
  • Kunisada
  • Kunisada II (aka Kunimasa III, Toyokuni IV)
  • Kuniyoshi
  • Kyosai
  • Nobukazu
  • Sadahide
  • Shigenobu
  • Shunei
  • Shunsho
  • Shuntei
  • Toshiaki
  • Toshihide
  • Toshimasa
  • Toyokuni I
  • Toyokuni III
  • Yoshifusa
  • Yoshiiku
  • Yoshikage II
  • Yoshikazu
  • Yoshitora
  • Yoshitoshi
  • Yoshitsuna
  • Yoshitsuya
  • Zeshin
  • Kokunimasa (aka Kunimasa V)
  • Tomioka, Eisen
  • Unsigned / Unknown Artist

Subject

  • Actors & Theater
  • Animals & Fish
  • Beauties (bijin-ga)
  • Children
  • Comic
  • Flowers & Gardens
  • Genji
  • Ghosts & Demons (yokai)
  • Landscapes
  • Legends & History
  • Music & Dance
  • Pastimes
  • Portraits
  • Rain
  • Shunga
  • Spring
  • Sumo
  • Surimono
  • Tattoo
  • Tokaido
  • Warriors & Samurai
  • Waterscapes
  • Winter

Period

  • 1800 - 1868 (Edo)

Medium

  • Woodblock Print

Size

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

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Kabuki Actor Ichikawa Danjuro VII as Unno Kotaro Yukiuji Disguised as Yamagatsu Buo

Kunisada

Kabuki Actor Ichikawa Danjuro VII as Unno Kotaro Yukiuji Disguised as Yamagatsu Buo

JPR-210526

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Kabuki Actor Bando Mitsugoro III as Washi no Osaburo Disguised as Yamagatsu Kumao

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Kabuki Actor Bando Mitsugoro III as Washi no Osaburo Disguised as Yamagatsu Kumao

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Tawara Toda (Fujiwara no Hidesato)

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Tawara Toda (Fujiwara no Hidesato)

JPR-209994

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Tawara Toda Hidesato and Giant Centipede

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Tawara Toda Hidesato and Giant Centipede

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Kurou-kanja Iyonokami Minamoto no Yoshitsune

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Kurou-kanja Iyonokami Minamoto no Yoshitsune

JPR-210003

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Genji no Tsuna Finding Kintoki at Mount Ashigara

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Genji no Tsuna Finding Kintoki at Mount Ashigara

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Kabuki Actor Seki Sanjuro

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Kabuki Actor Seki Sanjuro

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Taira no Shinno Masakado

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Taira no Shinno Masakado

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Kabuki Actor Ichikawa Danjuro VII as Kagekiyo

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Kabuki Actor Ichikawa Danjuro VII as Kagekiyo

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Gentoku Visiting Komei in Snow

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Gentoku Visiting Komei in Snow

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The Battle of Yashima in the Genpei War

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The Battle of Yashima in the Genpei War

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Tale of the Soga Brothers: The Killing of Ten

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Tale of the Soga Brothers: The Killing of Ten

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Kuro Hankan Yoshitsune (Minamoto Yoshitsune)

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Kuro Hankan Yoshitsune (Minamoto Yoshitsune)

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Emperor Gaozu of Han Dynasty

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Emperor Gaozu of Han Dynasty

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Ichikawa Danjuro as Minamoto no Yoshitsune

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Ichikawa Danjuro as Minamoto no Yoshitsune

JP1-21034

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Watonai Riding on the Tiger

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Watonai Riding on the Tiger

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Kabuki Actor Bando Mitsugoro as Shogun Taro Yoshikado)

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Kabuki Actor Bando Mitsugoro as Shogun Taro Yoshikado)

JPR-110368

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Kabuki Actor Nakamura Utaemon

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Kabuki Actor Nakamura Utaemon

JP-107798

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