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

7600380

Artist

  • Kunisada
  • Kuniyoshi
  • Shunei
  • Shunko
  • Tamikuni
  • Toyokuni III
  • Yoshitoshi
  • Kajita, Hanko

Series

  • 69 Stations of the Kisokaido

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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Sumo Wrestlers Koshigahama and Akitsukaze

Kunisada

Sumo Wrestlers Koshigahama and Akitsukaze

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Sumo Wrestler Edogazaki Genji

Shunko

Sumo Wrestler Edogazaki Genji

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Sekigahara: Hanaregoma Chokichi and Nuregami Chogoro

Kuniyoshi

Sekigahara: Hanaregoma Chokichi and Nuregami Chogoro

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Nihonbashi: Ashikaga Yorikane, Narukami Katsunosuke, and Ukiyo Tohei

Kuniyoshi

Nihonbashi: Ashikaga Yorikane, Narukami Katsunosuke, and Ukiyo Tohei

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Arashi Kitsuzaburo as Sumo Wrestler Horikoma Chokichi

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Arashi Kitsuzaburo as Sumo Wrestler Horikoma Chokichi

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Sumo Wrestlers Iwatoyama (Mt. Iwato) and Hiodoshi (Crimson Threat)

Kunisada

Sumo Wrestlers Iwatoyama (Mt. Iwato) and Hiodoshi (Crimson Threat)

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Origin of Sumo

Kajita, Hanko

Origin of Sumo

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The Wrestler Kachozan

Shunei

The Wrestler Kachozan

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A Beauty Holding a Puppet of a Sumo Wrestler

Kunisada

A Beauty Holding a Puppet of a Sumo Wrestler

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A Beauty Holding a Puppet of Sumo Wrestler Shiranui Dakuemon

Kunisada

A Beauty Holding a Puppet of Sumo Wrestler Shiranui Dakuemon

JP-208695

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A Beauty Holding a Puppet of a Sumo Wrestler Hidenoyama Raigoro

Kunisada

A Beauty Holding a Puppet of a Sumo Wrestler Hidenoyama Raigoro

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A Beauty Holding a Puppet of a Sumo Wrestler Arauma Kichigoro

Kunisada

A Beauty Holding a Puppet of a Sumo Wrestler Arauma Kichigoro

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Sekigahara: Sumo Wrestlers Hanaregoma Chokichi and Nuregami Chogoro

Kuniyoshi

Sekigahara: Sumo Wrestlers Hanaregoma Chokichi and Nuregami Chogoro

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Chapter XXIII, Hatsune: Rokusuke from Ketani Village; Vassal for War Commander Kato Kiyomasa in the Sengoku Period

Kuniyoshi

Chapter XXIII, Hatsune: Rokusuke from Ketani Village; Vassal for War Commander Kato Kiyomasa in the Sengoku Period

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Sumo Wrestler Nishikigi Tsukagoro

Shunei

Sumo Wrestler Nishikigi Tsukagoro

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Legendary Kawazu and Matano Bout

Kunisada

Legendary Kawazu and Matano Bout

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Sumo wrestler Shirafuji Genta and Kappa

Yoshitoshi

Sumo wrestler Shirafuji Genta and Kappa

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Sumo Wrestler Iwagawa Jirokichi

Toyokuni III

Sumo Wrestler Iwagawa Jirokichi

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Onogawa Saisuke aka Onogawa Kisaburo the 5th Yokozuna

Shunko

Onogawa Saisuke aka Onogawa Kisaburo the 5th Yokozuna

JPR1-75967

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