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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170050

Artist

  • Gekko
  • Hiroshige
  • Hokusai
  • Kunichika
  • Kuniyoshi
  • Toshikata
  • Utamaro
  • Yoshifusa
  • Yoshitoshi
  • Unsigned / Unknown Artist

Series

  • 100 Views of Mt. Fuji
  • 100 Views of the Moon
  • 36 Views of Mt. Fuji (Hiroshige)
  • Biographies of the Loyal Retainers
  • Book of Selected Insects
  • Daily Practice of the Tea Ceremony
  • Famous Views of 60-Odd Provinces
  • Flowers of Japan
  • Illustrations of the 47 Loyal Retainers
  • Tale of Genji (Gekko)

Subject

  • Actors & Theater
  • Animals & Fish
  • Architectural
  • Autumn
  • Beauties (bijin-ga)
  • Birds
  • Bridges
  • Calligraphy
  • Cats & Dogs
  • Children
  • Cityscape
  • Comic
  • Flowers & Gardens
  • Genji
  • Ghosts & Demons (yokai)
  • Insects
  • Kuchi-e
  • Landscapes
  • Legends & History
  • Manga & Bookplates
  • Moon & Night
  • Mt. Fuji
  • Music & Dance
  • Nature
  • Pastimes
  • Poets & Scholars
  • Portraits
  • Rain
  • Rituals & Beliefs
  • Shunga
  • Spring
  • Still Life
  • Summer
  • Sumo
  • Surimono
  • Tattoo
  • Tokaido
  • Warriors & Samurai
  • Waterfalls and Rapids
  • Waterscapes
  • Winter
  • Yokohama-e & Nagasaki-e

Period

  • 1800 - 1868 (Edo)
  • 1868 - 1912 (Meiji)

Medium

  • Woodblock Print

Size

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

18 Products

Title Page: The Fifty-four Chapters of the Tale of Genji

Gekko

Title Page: The Fifty-four Chapters of the Tale of Genji

JP-210963

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A Master Text of Popular Songs, No. 4

Kunichika

A Master Text of Popular Songs, No. 4

JP-209935

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Preface to Volume II of One Hundred Views of Mt. Fuji

Hokusai

Preface to Volume II of One Hundred Views of Mt. Fuji

JP-111454

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Title Page

Toshikata

Title Page

JP-107537

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Mimura Jiroemon Kanetsune

Gekko

Mimura Jiroemon Kanetsune

JPR-208681

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Title Page: Daily Practice of the Tea Ceremony

Toshikata

Title Page: Daily Practice of the Tea Ceremony

JPR-208712

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Kiura Okaemon Sadayuki

Kuniyoshi

Kiura Okaemon Sadayuki

JPR-208143

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Preface for Ehon Mushi Erabi

Utamaro

Preface for Ehon Mushi Erabi

JPR-100907

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Calligraphy Performance at Flower Mountain

Gekko

Calligraphy Performance at Flower Mountain

JP-92603

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The Legend of Otake and Dainichi-Nyorai

Kuniyoshi

The Legend of Otake and Dainichi-Nyorai

JPR-92145

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Title Page

Hiroshige

Title Page

JPR1-21556

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Title Page: An Educational Account of Self-Made Men

Kunichika

Title Page: An Educational Account of Self-Made Men

JP-110762

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Cover for Ehon Fujin Fuzoku Zukushi

Gekko

Cover for Ehon Fujin Fuzoku Zukushi

JP-110766

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Introduction

Yoshitoshi

Introduction

JP-207990

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Takeda Shingen and Yamagata Saburo

Yoshifusa

Takeda Shingen and Yamagata Saburo

JPR-96042

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Title Page

Unsigned / Unknown Artist

Title Page

JP-110764

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Title Page

Toshikata

Title Page

JP-92517

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Title Page: Famous Places in the 60-odd Provinces

Hiroshige

Title Page: Famous Places in the 60-odd Provinces

JP-209846

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