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

  • Aikawa, Minwa (ask Gosentei)
  • Ashiyuki
  • Bairei
  • Beisaku
  • Biho
  • Buncho
  • Bunro
  • Chikanobu
  • Chikashige
  • Chikayoshi
  • Chikuseki
  • Eiri
  • Eisen
  • Eishi
  • Eisho
  • Eizan
  • Fusatane
  • Gakutei
  • Gekko
  • Ginko
  • Harunobu
  • Hasui
  • Hidenari
  • Hirokage
  • Hirosada
  • Hiroshige
  • Hiroshige & Toyokuni III
  • Hiroshige II
  • Hiroshige III
  • Hoitsu
  • Hokkei
  • Hokuba
  • Hokuga
  • Hokusai
  • Hokushu
  • Hokutai
  • Ikeda, Terukata
  • Ikuhide
  • Katsushika, Isai
  • Keinen
  • Kiyochika
  • Kiyomitsu
  • Kiyomoto II
  • Kiyonaga
  • Kiyotsune
  • Kogyo
  • Koryusai
  • Koson
  • Koun
  • Kuniaki II
  • Kunichika
  • Kunihiro
  • Kunihisa II
  • Kunimori II
  • Kuninao
  • Kunisada
  • Kunisada II (aka Kunimasa III, Toyokuni IV)
  • Kunisada III
  • Kuniteru
  • Kunitoshi
  • Kuniyasu
  • Kuniyoshi
  • Kyosai
  • Masanobu
  • Masayoshi
  • Mimura, Seizan
  • Miyagawa, Shuntei
  • Morikuni
  • Moronobu
  • Nobukazu
  • Rinsai
  • Sadafusa
  • Sadahide
  • Sadahiro
  • Sadanobu
  • Saigetsu
  • Seiko
  • Sharaku
  • Shigeharu
  • Shigemasa
  • Shigenobu
  • Shimizu, Seifu
  • Shinsai
  • Shoson
  • Shuncho
  • Shundo
  • Shunei
  • Shunjo
  • Shunko
  • Shunman
  • Shunsen
  • Shunsho
  • Shuntei
  • Sonsai
  • Sori III
  • Sugakudo
  • Sukenobu
  • Tadakiyo
  • Tamikuni
  • Teisai, Shuri
  • Toshiaki
  • Toshihide
  • Toshikage
  • Toshikata
  • Toshimasa
  • Toshimine
  • Toyohiro
  • Toyokiyo
  • Toyokuni I
  • Toyokuni II (Toyoshige)
  • Toyokuni III
  • Tsukimaro
  • Utamaro
  • Utamaro II
  • Yasuda, Shodo
  • Yoshifuji
  • Yoshifusa
  • Yoshihiro
  • Yoshiiku
  • Yoshikage II
  • Yoshikata
  • Yoshikazu
  • Yoshikuni
  • Yoshimitsu
  • Yoshimori
  • Yoshitaki
  • Yoshitora
  • Yoshitoshi
  • Yoshitoyo
  • Yoshitsuna
  • Yoshitsuya
  • Yoshitsuya II
  • Yoshiume
  • Zeshin
  • Hasegawa, Kannosuke (Chikuyo)
  • Kaburagi, Kiyokata
  • Kajita, Hanko
  • Kajiwara, Hisako
  • Kawano, Kaoru
  • Kokunimasa (aka Kunimasa V)
  • Mori, Shunkei
  • Saito, Kiyoshi
  • Watanabe, Seitei
  • Yukawa, Shodo
  • Mishima, Shoso
  • Suzuki, Kason
  • Takeuchi, Keishu
  • Fujikawa, Tamenobu
  • Tanigami, Konan
  • Teisai, Sencho
  • Terasaki, Kogyo
  • Tomioka, Eisen
  • Unsigned / Unknown Artist
  • Yamanaka, Kodo
  • Yoshida, Hiroshi
  • Yushin, Ayaoka

Subject

  • Actors & Theater
  • Animals & Fish
  • Beauties (bijin-ga)
  • Birds
  • Calligraphy
  • Cats & Dogs
  • Children
  • Comic
  • Flowers & Gardens
  • Insects
  • Legends & History
  • Manga & Bookplates
  • Moon & Night
  • Music & Dance
  • Nature
  • Pastimes
  • Poets & Scholars
  • Portraits
  • Rituals & Beliefs
  • Shunga
  • Spring
  • Summer
  • Sumo
  • Surimono
  • Warriors & Samurai
  • Waterscapes
  • Winter

Period

  • 1600 - 1800 (Early Edo)
  • 1800 - 1868 (Edo)
  • 1868 - 1912 (Meiji)
  • 1912 - 1945 (Taisho & Early Showa)
  • 1989 - Today (Heisei & Reiwa)

Medium

  • Ehon
  • Etching
  • Painting
  • Prints
  • Woodblock Print

Size

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

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Koto

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Koto

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Puppy and Butterfly

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Puppy and Butterfly

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Encyclopedia of Tea Ceremony, Volume II: Incense

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Encyclopedia of Tea Ceremony, Volume II: Incense

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Kimono Embroidery Design Sketchbook

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Kimono Embroidery Design Sketchbook

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Two Beauties with a Lantern

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Two Beauties with a Lantern

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Beauty with a Tray

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Beauty with a Tray

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Seated Beauty: Egoyomi for 1799

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Seated Beauty: Egoyomi for 1799

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Moon Viewing Fun

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Moon Viewing Fun

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Woodpecker on a Cherry Tree

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Woodpecker on a Cherry Tree

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Pattern Book for Kimono Design (Hana Fukusa) (2 Vol.)

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Pattern Book for Kimono Design (Hana Fukusa) (2 Vol.)

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Fuchu

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Fuchu

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Sumo Wrestler Koyanagi Chokichi

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Sumo Wrestler Koyanagi Chokichi

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Courtesan of the House of Daikokuya

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Courtesan of the House of Daikokuya

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Skylarks in Grassland

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Skylarks in Grassland

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Cherry Blossoms and Birds

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Cherry Blossoms and Birds

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Life of Nichiren

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Life of Nichiren

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Kabuki Actor Segawa Somenosuke as Takao

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Kabuki Actor Segawa Somenosuke as Takao

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Dutch Ship Entering Nagasaki Bay

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Dutch Ship Entering Nagasaki Bay

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Nam Myoho Renge Kyo: Devotion to the Law of the Lotus Sutra, Nose Family

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Nam Myoho Renge Kyo: Devotion to the Law of the Lotus Sutra, Nose Family

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Self Satisfaction

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Self Satisfaction

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Fudo Myoo with Seitaka and Kongara

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Fudo Myoo with Seitaka and Kongara

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Seven Hardships Destroyed, Seven Blessings Bestowed

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Seven Hardships Destroyed, Seven Blessings Bestowed

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Fukurokuju the God of Wealth and Longevity

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Fukurokuju the God of Wealth and Longevity

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Two Buddhist Priests

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Two Buddhist Priests

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