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

162000150

Artist

  • Gekko
  • Hokusai
  • Miyagawa, Shuntei
  • Sugakudo
  • Toyokuni III
  • Utamaro
  • Yoshitoshi
  • Mori, Shunkei
  • Unsigned / Unknown Artist

Series

  • 32 Aspects of Women
  • Book of Selected Insects
  • 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

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

Medium

  • Woodblock Print

Size

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

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Puppy and Butterfly

Unsigned / Unknown Artist

Puppy and Butterfly

JP-93027

$520.00
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Chapter 25: The Fireflies (Hotaru)

Gekko

Chapter 25: The Fireflies (Hotaru)

JP-211054

$345.00
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Chapter 52: The Mayfly (Kagero)

Gekko

Chapter 52: The Mayfly (Kagero)

JP-211004

$285.00
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Chapter 3: The Cicada Shell (Utsusemi)

Gekko

Chapter 3: The Cicada Shell (Utsusemi)

JP-210971

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Horsefly and Green Caterpillar

Utamaro

Horsefly and Green Caterpillar

JPR-100435

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Irises and Grasshopper

Hokusai

Irises and Grasshopper

JP-208702

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Chicks, Bees and Tsuwabuki

Sugakudo

Chicks, Bees and Tsuwabuki

JPR5402

$400.00
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Cone-headed Grasshopper and Praying Mantis

Utamaro

Cone-headed Grasshopper and Praying Mantis

JPR-100439

$2,800.00
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Tree Cricket and Firefly

Utamaro

Tree Cricket and Firefly

JPR-100431

$2,100.00
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Evening Cicada and Spider

Utamaro

Evening Cicada and Spider

JPR-100433

$2,600.00
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Katydid and Centipede

Utamaro

Katydid and Centipede

JPR-100429

$3,400.00
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Mole Cricket and Earwig

Utamaro

Mole Cricket and Earwig

JPR-100427

$2,400.00
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The Delighted Type: A Modern Geisha in the Meiji Era

Yoshitoshi

The Delighted Type: A Modern Geisha in the Meiji Era

JPR-109536

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Catching Fireflies

Miyagawa, Shuntei

Catching Fireflies

JP-94861

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Grasshopper and Flowering Squash

Mori, Shunkei

Grasshopper and Flowering Squash

JP-111322

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The Actor Kawarazaki Gonjuro Viewing Fireflies

Toyokuni III

The Actor Kawarazaki Gonjuro Viewing Fireflies

JPR5297

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Kagero

Gekko

Kagero

JPR3-40681

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