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

42000150

Artist

  • Chikanobu
  • Gekko
  • Hiroshige
  • Hiroshige & Toyokuni III
  • Hokusai
  • Koryusai
  • Kuniyoshi
  • Toyokiyo
  • Yoshiiku
  • Kaburagi, Kiyokata
  • Yukawa, Shodo
  • Takeuchi, Keishu
  • Unsigned / Unknown Artist

Series

  • 100 Famous Views of Edo
  • 24 Paragons of Filial Piety
  • 69 Stations of the Kisokaido
  • Biographies of the Loyal Retainers
  • Essays by Gekko
  • Tale of Genji (Gekko)
  • The 53 Stations by Two Brushes

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

  • 1600 - 1800 (Early Edo)
  • 1800 - 1868 (Edo)
  • 1868 - 1912 (Meiji)

Medium

  • Woodblock Print

Size

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

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First Laugh: Girl with Puppy

Takeuchi, Keishu

First Laugh: Girl with Puppy

JPR-211225

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Girl with Cat Chasing Maple Leaves

Takeuchi, Keishu

Girl with Cat Chasing Maple Leaves

JPR-211217

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Asakusa Ricefield and Torinomachi Festival

Hiroshige

Asakusa Ricefield and Torinomachi Festival

JPR-210779

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Leopards in the Roles of Matsuomaru and Genba

Yoshiiku

Leopards in the Roles of Matsuomaru and Genba

JPR-208806

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Puppy and Butterfly

Unsigned / Unknown Artist

Puppy and Butterfly

JP-93027

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Young Lady with Cat

Toyokiyo

Young Lady with Cat

JPR-209543

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Chapter 35: Wakana II (Spring Shoots II)

Gekko

Chapter 35: Wakana II (Spring Shoots II)

JP-211064

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Okegawa: Tamaya Shinbei and Kojoro

Kuniyoshi

Okegawa: Tamaya Shinbei and Kojoro

JP-210625

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Katsuta Shinemon Taketaka

Kuniyoshi

Katsuta Shinemon Taketaka

JP-210225

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Yokkaichi

Kuniyoshi

Yokkaichi

JP1-17164

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Late Winter: Merchant's Wife

Yukawa, Shodo

Late Winter: Merchant's Wife

JP1-68292

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Asakusa Ricefield and Torinomachi

Hiroshige

Asakusa Ricefield and Torinomachi

JPR1-13862

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A Cat, Two Mice, and Two Lovers

Hokusai

A Cat, Two Mice, and Two Lovers

JP-208833

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Kaku Kyo (Guo Ju)

Chikanobu

Kaku Kyo (Guo Ju)

JPR-111282

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Ou Hou (Wang Bao)

Chikanobu

Ou Hou (Wang Bao)

JPR-111294

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Fujisawa

Hiroshige & Toyokuni III

Fujisawa

JP-207995

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Asakusa Ricefield and Torinomachi

Hiroshige

Asakusa Ricefield and Torinomachi

JP-101025

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Ushimachi, Takanawa

Hiroshige

Ushimachi, Takanawa

JP-111106

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Wanting for a Beautiful Nape: Carp from Sunomata River in Totomi

Kuniyoshi

Wanting for a Beautiful Nape: Carp from Sunomata River in Totomi

JP6237

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The Rat and the Cat of Kuroishi

Gekko

The Rat and the Cat of Kuroishi

JP110145

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Sewing and Cat

Chikanobu

Sewing and Cat

JPR-97127

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August

Gekko

August

JPR-111242

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Yoko (Yang Xiang)

Chikanobu

Yoko (Yang Xiang)

JPR-111318

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Cold Day in Winter

Koryusai

Cold Day in Winter

JPR-92134

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