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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Price

4200200

Artist

  • Biho
  • Hasui
  • Hiroshige
  • Kogyo
  • Seiko
  • Utamaro
  • Yoshitoshi
  • Yukawa, Shodo
  • Tanigami, Konan

Series

  • 100 Famous Views of Edo
  • 100 Views of the Moon

Subject

  • Actors & Theater
  • Beauties (bijin-ga)
  • Birds
  • Flowers & Gardens
  • Ghosts & Demons (yokai)
  • Landscapes
  • Manga & Bookplates
  • Moon & Night
  • Nature
  • Rain
  • Rituals & Beliefs
  • Spring
  • Waterscapes

Period

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

Medium

  • Ehon
  • Woodblock Print

Size

  • Small (ie. Chuban)
  • Medium (ie. Oban)
  • Oversized

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Selected Designs from Annals of Greenhouses (Reprint)

Utamaro

Selected Designs from Annals of Greenhouses (Reprint)

JPR-211089

$360.00
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Daimyo's Assistant

Yukawa, Shodo

Daimyo's Assistant

JP1-68290

$620.00
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Buddhist Monk Receives Cassia Seeds on a Moonlit Night

Yoshitoshi

Buddhist Monk Receives Cassia Seeds on a Moonlit Night

JPR-92050

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Matsuyama Kagami

Kogyo

Matsuyama Kagami

JPR5955

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Christmas Cactus Flower

Tanigami, Konan

Christmas Cactus Flower

JPR-100380

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Kanawa (The Iron Crown)

Kogyo

Kanawa (The Iron Crown)

JPR-207827

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Yumi Yawata (The Bow at Hachiman)

Kogyo

Yumi Yawata (The Bow at Hachiman)

JPR-207828

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Naniwa

Kogyo

Naniwa

JP5793

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Atago-kuya

Kogyo

Atago-kuya

JP110111

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Teppozu and Tsukiji Hongan-ji Temple

Hiroshige

Teppozu and Tsukiji Hongan-ji Temple

JPR-99004

$4,200.00
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Yamauba

Kogyo

Yamauba

JP5798

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Hibariyama

Kogyo

Hibariyama

JPR5449

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Woodpecker on a Cherry Tree

Seiko

Woodpecker on a Cherry Tree

JP110250

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Rain at Maekawa in Soshu

Hasui

Rain at Maekawa in Soshu

JPR-109924

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Lake Kawaguchi

Hasui

Lake Kawaguchi

JPR-109914

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Rooster and Hen

Biho

Rooster and Hen

JPR3-61913

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