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

  • Ashiyuki
  • Beisaku
  • Buncho
  • Chikanobu
  • Chikashige
  • Eisen
  • Gekko
  • Harunobu
  • Hirosada
  • Hiroshige
  • Hiroshige & Toyokuni III
  • Hiroshige II
  • Hokusai
  • Hokushu
  • Kiyochika
  • Kiyomoto II
  • Kiyotsune
  • Kogyo
  • Koryusai
  • Kuniaki II
  • Kunichika
  • Kunihiro
  • Kunihisa II
  • Kunisada
  • Kunisada II (aka Kunimasa III, Toyokuni IV)
  • Kunisada III
  • Kuniyasu
  • Kuniyoshi
  • Miyagawa, Shuntei
  • Nobukazu
  • Sadafusa
  • Sadahide
  • Sadahiro
  • Sharaku
  • Shigeharu
  • Shunei
  • Shunjo
  • Shunko
  • Shunsho
  • Tadakiyo
  • Toshikata
  • Toyohiro
  • Toyokuni I
  • Toyokuni II (Toyoshige)
  • Toyokuni III
  • Utamaro
  • Yoshihiro
  • Yoshikage II
  • Yoshikuni
  • Yoshimitsu
  • Yoshitaki
  • Yoshitora
  • Yoshitoshi
  • Yoshiume
  • Watanabe, Seitei
  • Takeuchi, Keishu
  • Tomioka, Eisen
  • Unsigned / Unknown Artist

Series

  • 100 Famous Views of Edo
  • 100 Views of Mt. Fuji
  • 100 Views of the Moon
  • 108 Heroes of the Popular Suikoden
  • 24 Paragons of Filial Piety
  • 36 Ghosts and Strange Apparitions
  • 53 Stations of the Tokaido - Hoeido
  • 53 Stations of the Tokaido - Upright
  • 53 Stations of the Tokaido - chuban
  • 68 Views of the Various Provinces
  • 69 Stations of the Kisokaido
  • Book of Selected Insects
  • Chushingura (Hiroshige)
  • Edo Meisho
  • Ehon Butai Ogi: Picture Book of Stage Fans
  • Famous Restaurants in Toto
  • Famous Views of 60-Odd Provinces
  • Famous and Heroic Leaders
  • Flowers of Japan
  • Illustrations of the 47 Loyal Retainers
  • Ogura 100 Poems by 100 Poets
  • Portraits of the Stage in Fan Shapes
  • Shadow Pictures of a Benevolent Reign
  • Snow, Moon and Flowers (Hiroshige)
  • Snow Moon and Flowers (Hokusai)
  • Tale of Genji (Gekko)
  • The 53 Stations by Two Brushes
  • The Brocade of Spring [Ehon]
  • Toto Meisho
  • Ukiyo-e 12 Months
  • Women's Activities of the Tokugawa Era
  • Yoshitoshi's Courageous Warriors

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)
  • 1945 - 1989 (Showa & Postwar Period)

Medium

  • Painting
  • Woodblock Print

Size

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

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Higuchi Jiro (Kanemitsu) Fighting a Giant Monkey

Kuniyoshi

Higuchi Jiro (Kanemitsu) Fighting a Giant Monkey

JP-211112

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Shinano Province, The Moon Reflected in the Sarashina Paddy-fields, Mount Kyodai

Hiroshige

Shinano Province, The Moon Reflected in the Sarashina Paddy-fields, Mount Kyodai

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Tsukudajima and Fukagawa

Hiroshige

Tsukudajima and Fukagawa

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Act XI, Scene III: The Capture of Moronao

Hiroshige

Act XI, Scene III: The Capture of Moronao

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Ichikawa Danjuro Stepping on a Demon

Kiyomoto II

Ichikawa Danjuro Stepping on a Demon

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Kabuki Actor Ichikawa Danjuro VII in a Shibaraku Role with Bando Zenji as Namazu Bozu

Kunisada

Kabuki Actor Ichikawa Danjuro VII in a Shibaraku Role with Bando Zenji as Namazu Bozu

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Nakayama Yaichiro, Marino Yashiro, Mekake Kikuno, Iwata Senjuro and Kamata Matahachi

Kuniyoshi

Nakayama Yaichiro, Marino Yashiro, Mekake Kikuno, Iwata Senjuro and Kamata Matahachi

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No. 14, Miotsukushi

Kunisada II (aka Kunimasa III, Toyokuni IV)

No. 14, Miotsukushi

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Teranishi Kanshin

Toyokuni III

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Dawn: Girl and Mouse

Takeuchi, Keishu

Dawn: Girl and Mouse

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Moon of Kintoki's Mountain

Yoshitoshi

Moon of Kintoki's Mountain

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Kabuki Actor Matsumoto Koshiro IV

Shunei

Kabuki Actor Matsumoto Koshiro IV

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Moon at Kitayama: Toyohara Sumiaki

Yoshitoshi

Moon at Kitayama: Toyohara Sumiaki

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Fuji under the Moon (Gekka no Fuji)

Hokusai

Fuji under the Moon (Gekka no Fuji)

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Iwai Kumezaburo as Princess Sayo: Poem by Kakinomoto no Hitomaro

Toyokuni III

Iwai Kumezaburo as Princess Sayo: Poem by Kakinomoto no Hitomaro

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Poet Fujiwara no Okikaze: Higuchi Jiro Kanemitsu on Pine Tree

Kuniyoshi

Poet Fujiwara no Okikaze: Higuchi Jiro Kanemitsu on Pine Tree

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Chapter 25: The Fireflies (Hotaru)

Gekko

Chapter 25: The Fireflies (Hotaru)

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Chapter 10: The Green Branch (Sakaki)

Gekko

Chapter 10: The Green Branch (Sakaki)

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Chapter 14: Pilgrimage to Sumiyoshi (Miotsukushi)

Gekko

Chapter 14: Pilgrimage to Sumiyoshi (Miotsukushi)

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Chapter 50: The Eastern Cottage (Azumaya)

Gekko

Chapter 50: The Eastern Cottage (Azumaya)

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Poem by Kinto

Yoshitoshi

Poem by Kinto

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Kabuki Actor Nakamura Fukusuke I as Samezaya Shiroza

Toyokuni III

Kabuki Actor Nakamura Fukusuke I as Samezaya Shiroza

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Fujikawa: Yamanaka Village, Formerly Called Mt. Miyako

Hiroshige

Fujikawa: Yamanaka Village, Formerly Called Mt. Miyako

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Snow at Akabane in Shiba

Hiroshige

Snow at Akabane in Shiba

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