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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Kuniyoshi
Kabuki Actor Ichikawa Danjuro VIII as Jiraiya with a Monster Toad
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Kuniyoshi
Scene from Kabuki Play: Yoshibei, Chokichi and Yoshibei's Wife Oume
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Kuniyoshi
Kuzunoha Fox from Shinoda Forest and Abe no Yasuna
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Kuniyoshi
Hayano Kanpei, Ono Sadakuro, Yoichibei and Okaru
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Kuniyoshi
Young Samurai Shume no Kokingo, Igami no Gonta and Gonta's Sister Osato
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Chikanobu
Scene from a Kabuki Play: Imoseyama Onna Teikin
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Chikanobu
Kabuki Actors Nakamura Fukusuke, Ichikawa Danjuro and Onoe Kikugoro
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Chikanobu
Kabuki Play: Onoe Kikugoro as Bonji no Kiyojiro and Iwai Matsunosuke as Omaki
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Kunichika
Miuraya Scene: Sukeroku and Courtesan Agemaki
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Kunihisa II
Kabuki Actor Nakamura Fukusuke as Nichiren Quelling Storm on His Exile to Sado Island
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Kunichika
Introducing Two Kabuki Plays at the Nakamura Theater
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Toyokuni III
Mitate Hakkenden; The Story of Eight Dogs
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Kunichika
Ichikawa Danjuro as Kumagai Naozane and Onoe Kikugoro as Taira no Atsumori at the Ichinotani Battle
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Kuniaki II
Sumo Westlers Onigadake Doemon and Akitsushima Kuniemon
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