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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12000140

Artist

  • Chikanobu
  • Gekko
  • Kiyochika
  • Kyosai
  • Nobukazu
  • Sadanobu
  • Yoshitoshi
  • Takeuchi, Keishu
  • Unsigned / Unknown Artist

Series

  • 100 Views of the Moon
  • Sketches by Yoshitoshi
  • Tale of Genji (Gekko)
  • Women's Activities of the Tokugawa Era

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
  • 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

  • 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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The Moon Through a Crumbling Window

Yoshitoshi

The Moon Through a Crumbling Window

JP-208626

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Buddhist Monk Receives Cassia Seeds on a Moonlit Night

Yoshitoshi

Buddhist Monk Receives Cassia Seeds on a Moonlit Night

JP-208607

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Moon of the Southern Sea

Yoshitoshi

Moon of the Southern Sea

JP-208606

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Moon of Enlightenment

Yoshitoshi

Moon of Enlightenment

JP-208601

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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

JP-210490

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Obon Festival Moon

Yoshitoshi

Obon Festival Moon

JP-210422

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The Precincts of the Kitano Tenmangu Shrine

Sadanobu

The Precincts of the Kitano Tenmangu Shrine

JPR-210290

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August: Niwaka Festival

Nobukazu

August: Niwaka Festival

JPR-109612

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Moon of Enlightenment: Hotei

Yoshitoshi

Moon of Enlightenment: Hotei

JP1-46966

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Pulling Young Pines on the Day of the Rat

Yoshitoshi

Pulling Young Pines on the Day of the Rat

JPR-209587

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Daruma of Enlightenment

Yoshitoshi

Daruma of Enlightenment

JPR-209583

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Illustration for Marishiten

Takeuchi, Keishu

Illustration for Marishiten

JP-96064

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Watching a Noh Performance

Chikanobu

Watching a Noh Performance

JPR-208739

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Chapter 54: Yume no Ukihashi (Floating Bridge of Dreams)

Gekko

Chapter 54: Yume no Ukihashi (Floating Bridge of Dreams)

JPR3-40674

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Guardian God and Rochishin

Yoshitoshi

Guardian God and Rochishin

JP-104229

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Procession at Nikko

Chikanobu

Procession at Nikko

JP-110854

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Setsubun: Warding Off Bad Luck

Chikanobu

Setsubun: Warding Off Bad Luck

JPR-97284

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Expelling Demons with Beans on Setsubun

Kyosai

Expelling Demons with Beans on Setsubun

JP-104237

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Life of Nichiren

Unsigned / Unknown Artist

Life of Nichiren

JP-207868

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Buddhist Monk Receives Cassia Seeds on a Moonlit Night

Yoshitoshi

Buddhist Monk Receives Cassia Seeds on a Moonlit Night

JP1-46923

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Dawn Moon of the Shinto Rites

Yoshitoshi

Dawn Moon of the Shinto Rites

JP1-47015

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A Poem by Gen'i

Yoshitoshi

A Poem by Gen'i

JPR-104463

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Sugawara no Michizane

Kiyochika

Sugawara no Michizane

JPR1-70657

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