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

90080

Artist

  • Harunobu
  • Hokusai
  • Utamaro

Series

  • 100 Views of Mt. Fuji
  • Annals of the Green Houses
  • Hokusai Manga
  • The Brocade of Spring [Ehon]

Subject

  • Actors & Theater
  • Animals & Fish
  • Architectural
  • Autumn
  • Beauties (bijin-ga)
  • Birds
  • Bridges
  • Calligraphy
  • Cats & Dogs
  • Children
  • 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

Period

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

Medium

  • Ehon
  • Woodblock Print

Size

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

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Stepping Between the Shoji

Harunobu

Stepping Between the Shoji

JPR-210382

$480.00
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Stonework

Hokusai

Stonework

JP-209103

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Moonlit Night in Mid-Autumn (Ryoya no zu)

Utamaro

Moonlit Night in Mid-Autumn (Ryoya no zu)

JP6120

$900.00
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Fuji in the City

Hokusai

Fuji in the City

JP-209283

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Fuji in Asumi Village

Hokusai

Fuji in Asumi Village

JP-209269

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Fuji with a Scaffold

Hokusai

Fuji with a Scaffold

JP-209261

$520.00
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Stone Sculptures

Hokusai

Stone Sculptures

JP-209104

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Roof

Hokusai

Roof

JP3-19060

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Fine Views in the Eastern Capital at a Glance (Toto Shokei Ichiran), Volume 2

Hokusai

Fine Views in the Eastern Capital at a Glance (Toto Shokei Ichiran), Volume 2

JPR-211093

$780.00
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