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
  • Buncho
  • Chikanobu
  • Chikashige
  • Eisen
  • Gekko
  • Harunobu
  • Hirosada
  • Hiroshige
  • Hiroshige & Toyokuni III
  • Hokusai
  • Hokushu
  • Kiyomoto II
  • Kiyotsune
  • Kogyo
  • Koryusai
  • Kuniaki II
  • Kunichika
  • Kunihiro
  • Kunihisa II
  • Kunisada
  • Kunisada II (aka Kunimasa III, Toyokuni IV)
  • Kunisada III
  • Kuniyasu
  • Kuniyoshi
  • Sadafusa
  • Sadahiro
  • Sharaku
  • Shigeharu
  • Shigemasa
  • Shunei
  • Shunjo
  • Shunko
  • Shunsho
  • Tadakiyo
  • Toshikage
  • Toshikata
  • Toyokuni I
  • Toyokuni II (Toyoshige)
  • Toyokuni III
  • Utamaro
  • Yoshihiro
  • Yoshikuni
  • Yoshimitsu
  • Yoshitaki
  • Yoshitora
  • Yoshitoshi
  • Yoshiume
  • Unsigned / Unknown Artist

Series

  • 100 Poems Explained by the Nurse
  • 100 Poems by 100 Poets (Kuniyoshi)
  • 100 Poems by 100 Poets (Shunsho)
  • 100 Views of the Moon
  • 53 Stations of the Tokaido (Hokusai)
  • 69 Stations of the Kisokaido
  • Ehon Butai Ogi: Picture Book of Stage Fans
  • Famous Restaurants in Toto
  • Flowers of Japan
  • Mountains upon Mountains
  • Ogura 100 Poems by 100 Poets
  • Portraits of the Stage in Fan Shapes
  • Sketches by Yoshitoshi
  • Tale of Genji
  • 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

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

  • Ehon
  • Painting
  • Woodblock Print

Size

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

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Ichikawa Danjuro Stepping on a Demon

Kiyomoto II

Ichikawa Danjuro Stepping on a Demon

JPR-211288

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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

JPR-211281

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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

JPR-92365

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Teranishi Kanshin

Toyokuni III

Teranishi Kanshin

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Kabuki Actor Matsumoto Koshiro IV

Shunei

Kabuki Actor Matsumoto Koshiro IV

JP-208376

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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

JP5851

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Selected Chinese Poems in Seven Syllables (Toshisen ehon shichigon zekku) (2 volumes)

Shigemasa

Selected Chinese Poems in Seven Syllables (Toshisen ehon shichigon zekku) (2 volumes)

JPR-211119

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Ehon Toshien Gogonzekku (Selected Chinese Poems in Five Syllables)

Hokusai

Ehon Toshien Gogonzekku (Selected Chinese Poems in Five Syllables)

JPR-211092

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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

JP1-46223

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Chapter 32: The Plum Tree Branch (Umegae)

Gekko

Chapter 32: The Plum Tree Branch (Umegae)

JP-211067

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Chapter 43: Red Plum Blossoms

Gekko

Chapter 43: Red Plum Blossoms

JP-211047

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Chapter 40: The Law (Minori)

Gekko

Chapter 40: The Law (Minori)

JP-211044

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Chapter 41: The Seer (Maboroshi)

Gekko

Chapter 41: The Seer (Maboroshi)

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Chapter 12: Suma

Gekko

Chapter 12: Suma

JP-211042

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Chapter 1: The Paulownia Pavilion (Kiritsubo)

Gekko

Chapter 1: The Paulownia Pavilion (Kiritsubo)

JP-211032

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Chapter 52: The Mayfly (Kagero)

Gekko

Chapter 52: The Mayfly (Kagero)

JP-211004

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Chapter 48: Bracken Shoots (Sawarabi)

Gekko

Chapter 48: Bracken Shoots (Sawarabi)

JP-210965

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Chapter 39: Evening Mist (Yugiri)

Gekko

Chapter 39: Evening Mist (Yugiri)

JP-210961

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Poem by Kinto

Yoshitoshi

Poem by Kinto

JP-208648

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Kabuki Actor Nakamura Fukusuke I as Samezaya Shiroza

Toyokuni III

Kabuki Actor Nakamura Fukusuke I as Samezaya Shiroza

JP-209772

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Interior of a Kabuki Theater

Toyokuni I

Interior of a Kabuki Theater

JPR-210801

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Benkei Tazaemon

Toyokuni III

Benkei Tazaemon

JPR-210797

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Hon’machi Amigoro

Toyokuni III

Hon’machi Amigoro

JPR-210794

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Kabuki Actor Ichikawa Danjuro VII as Unno Kotaro Yukiuji Disguised as Yamagatsu Buo

Kunisada

Kabuki Actor Ichikawa Danjuro VII as Unno Kotaro Yukiuji Disguised as Yamagatsu Buo

JPR-210526

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