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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Artist

  • Chikanobu
  • Eisen
  • Gekko
  • Hiroshige
  • Hiroshige II
  • Hokkei
  • Hokusai
  • Kiyochika
  • Kunisada II (aka Kunimasa III, Toyokuni IV)
  • Kuniyoshi
  • Kyosai
  • Nobukazu
  • Sadanobu
  • Toyokuni III
  • Yoshitoshi
  • Takeuchi, Keishu
  • Unsigned / Unknown Artist

Series

  • 100 Pictures by Kyosai
  • 100 Views of Mt. Fuji
  • 100 Views of the Moon
  • 53 Stations of the Tokaido (Kuniyoshi)
  • 53 Stations of the Tokaido - Hoeido
  • 53 Stations of the Tokaido - Upright
  • 60 Odd Provinces of Japan
  • 68 Views of the Various Provinces
  • 69 Stations of the Kisokaido
  • Famous Views of 60-Odd Provinces
  • Hokusai Manga
  • Mountains upon Mountains
  • Sketches by Yoshitoshi
  • Tale of Genji (Gekko)
  • Toto Meisho
  • Women's Activities of the Tokugawa Era

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
  • Senso-e
  • 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)
  • 1912 - 1945 (Taisho & Early Showa)

Medium

  • Etching
  • Woodblock Print

Size

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

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Chapter 40: The Law (Minori)

Gekko

Chapter 40: The Law (Minori)

JP-211044

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Itinerant Musician Visits a Shrine

Hokkei

Itinerant Musician Visits a Shrine

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Uki-e: A View of Toeizan's Chudo Hall

Hokusai

Uki-e: A View of Toeizan's Chudo Hall

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Hitachi Province, Kashima Grand Shrine

Hiroshige

Hitachi Province, Kashima Grand Shrine

JPR-209648

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Moriyama: Zen Master Bodhidharma (Daruma)

Kuniyoshi

Moriyama: Zen Master Bodhidharma (Daruma)

JPR-210701

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Akasaka: Empress Komyo

Kuniyoshi

Akasaka: Empress Komyo

JPR-210694

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The Moon Through a Crumbling Window

Yoshitoshi

The Moon Through a Crumbling Window

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Buddhist Monk Receives Cassia Seeds on a Moonlit Night

Yoshitoshi

Buddhist Monk Receives Cassia Seeds on a Moonlit Night

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Moon of the Southern Sea

Yoshitoshi

Moon of the Southern Sea

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Moon of Enlightenment

Yoshitoshi

Moon of Enlightenment

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Dawn Moon of the Shinto Rites: Festival on a Hill

Yoshitoshi

Dawn Moon of the Shinto Rites: Festival on a Hill

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Obon Festival Moon

Yoshitoshi

Obon Festival Moon

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The Precincts of the Kitano Tenmangu Shrine

Sadanobu

The Precincts of the Kitano Tenmangu Shrine

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August: Niwaka Festival

Nobukazu

August: Niwaka Festival

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Buzen Province, The Passage Under the Rakan Monastery

Hiroshige

Buzen Province, The Passage Under the Rakan Monastery

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Aki Province, Itsukushima, Depiction of a Festival

Hiroshige

Aki Province, Itsukushima, Depiction of a Festival

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Bizen Province, Tanokuchi Coast, Yugasan Torii

Hiroshige

Bizen Province, Tanokuchi Coast, Yugasan Torii

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Izumo Province, Taisha, Depiction of Hotohoto

Hiroshige

Izumo Province, Taisha, Depiction of Hotohoto

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Moon of Enlightenment: Hotei

Yoshitoshi

Moon of Enlightenment: Hotei

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Miya

Hiroshige

Miya

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The Seventh Month, Tanabata, Lanterns for the Star Festival: The Courtesan Chodayu of the Okamotoya House

Eisen

The Seventh Month, Tanabata, Lanterns for the Star Festival: The Courtesan Chodayu of the Okamotoya House

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Year-end Market at Kinryuzan Temple, Asakusa

Hiroshige

Year-end Market at Kinryuzan Temple, Asakusa

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Jorakuji Temple

Toyokuni III

Jorakuji Temple

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General Tamura and the Demon of Suzuka Mountain in Tsuchiyama

Kuniyoshi

General Tamura and the Demon of Suzuka Mountain in Tsuchiyama

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