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

  • Beisaku
  • Chikanobu
  • Eisen
  • Gekko
  • Harunobu
  • Hiroshige
  • Hiroshige II
  • Hokusai
  • Kiyochika
  • Kogyo
  • Kunichika
  • Kunisada II (aka Kunimasa III, Toyokuni IV)
  • Kuniyoshi
  • Miyagawa, Shuntei
  • Nobukazu
  • Sadahide
  • Toshikata
  • Toyohiro
  • Toyokuni III
  • Utamaro
  • Yoshikage II
  • Yoshitoshi
  • Watanabe, Seitei
  • Takeuchi, Keishu
  • Tomioka, Eisen
  • Unsigned / Unknown Artist

Series

  • Shadow Pictures of a Benevolent Reign

Subject

  • Actors & Theater
  • Autumn
  • Beauties (bijin-ga)
  • Birds
  • Bridges
  • Children
  • Flowers & Gardens
  • Genji
  • Ghosts & Demons (yokai)
  • Insects
  • Landscapes
  • Legends & History
  • Moon & Night
  • Music & Dance
  • Pastimes
  • Poets & Scholars
  • Portraits
  • Rain
  • Rituals & Beliefs
  • Shunga
  • Spring
  • Summer
  • Sumo
  • Tattoo
  • Tokaido
  • Warriors & Samurai
  • Waterfalls and Rapids
  • Waterscapes
  • Winter

Period

  • 1800 - 1868 (Edo)

Medium

  • Woodblock Print

Size

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

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Adjusting Her Hairpin in the Lantern Light

Toyokuni III

Adjusting Her Hairpin in the Lantern Light

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Peering through the Shoji

Toyokuni III

Peering through the Shoji

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Kabuki Actor Kawarazaki Gonjuro I as Katanaya Hanshichi

Toyokuni III

Kabuki Actor Kawarazaki Gonjuro I as Katanaya Hanshichi

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Tsuchinoe: Jiraiya and Arashi Yuminosuke

Toyokuni III

Tsuchinoe: Jiraiya and Arashi Yuminosuke

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Mitsuuji on the Veranda by Moonlight

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Mitsuuji on the Veranda by Moonlight

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Kabuki Actor Ichimura Takesaburo I

Toyokuni III

Kabuki Actor Ichimura Takesaburo I

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Ichikawa Danjuro VIII as Endo Musha: Poem by Fujiwara no Nakafumi

Toyokuni III

Ichikawa Danjuro VIII as Endo Musha: Poem by Fujiwara no Nakafumi

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Fireworks over Ryogoku Bridge in the Eastern Capital: Illustration of the Prosperity of the River Opening

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Fireworks over Ryogoku Bridge in the Eastern Capital: Illustration of the Prosperity of the River Opening

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Mishima: Kabuki Actor Segawa Kikunojo V as Osen

Toyokuni III

Mishima: Kabuki Actor Segawa Kikunojo V as Osen

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Snow Viewing at Azumabashi

Toyokuni III

Snow Viewing at Azumabashi

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Kabuki Actor Iwai Hanshiro VI as Minazuruhime

Toyokuni III

Kabuki Actor Iwai Hanshiro VI as Minazuruhime

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Chapter 11: Hanachirusato

Toyokuni III

Chapter 11: Hanachirusato

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Chapter 27: Kagaribi

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Chapter 27: Kagaribi

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Chapter 52: Kagero

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Chapter 52: Kagero

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Young Lord Tsurukiyo

Toyokuni III

Young Lord Tsurukiyo

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Full Moon Night

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Full Moon Night

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Moon

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Moon

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Danjuro as Gontaro on Nihonbashi Bridge

Toyokuni III

Danjuro as Gontaro on Nihonbashi Bridge

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Poem by Fujiwara no Takamitsu: Kabuki Actor Sawamura Gennosuke as Yorikane

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Poem by Fujiwara no Takamitsu: Kabuki Actor Sawamura Gennosuke as Yorikane

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Poem by Kakinomoto no Hitomaru: Kabuki Actor Iwai Kumezaburo as Matsuura Sayohime

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Poem by Kakinomoto no Hitomaru: Kabuki Actor Iwai Kumezaburo as Matsuura Sayohime

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Yamamoto Kansuke Haruyoshi

Toyokuni III

Yamamoto Kansuke Haruyoshi

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Kabuki Actor Bando Hikosaburo as Kenkaya Gorokichi

Toyokuni III

Kabuki Actor Bando Hikosaburo as Kenkaya Gorokichi

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Shirai Gonpachi and the Kamuro

Toyokuni III

Shirai Gonpachi and the Kamuro

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The Actor Kawarazaki Gonjuro Viewing Fireflies

Toyokuni III

The Actor Kawarazaki Gonjuro Viewing Fireflies

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