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
  • Hirosada
  • Hiroshige
  • Hiroshige & Toyokuni III
  • Hiroshige II
  • Hiroshige III
  • Hokusai
  • Hokushu
  • Ikuhide
  • Kiyochika
  • Kiyomoto II
  • Kiyotsune
  • Kogyo
  • Koryusai
  • Kuniaki II
  • Kunichika
  • Kunihiro
  • Kunihisa II
  • Kunisada
  • Kunisada II (aka Kunimasa III, Toyokuni IV)
  • Kunisada III
  • Kunitoshi
  • Kuniyasu
  • Kuniyoshi
  • Kyosai
  • Sadafusa
  • Sadahide
  • Sadahiro
  • Sharaku
  • Shigeharu
  • Shunei
  • Shunjo
  • Shunko
  • Shunsho
  • Tadakiyo
  • Toyokuni I
  • Toyokuni II (Toyoshige)
  • Toyokuni III
  • Utamaro
  • Yoshihiro
  • Yoshikata
  • Yoshikuni
  • Yoshimitsu
  • Yoshimori
  • Yoshitaki
  • Yoshitora
  • Yoshitoshi
  • Yoshitoyo
  • Yoshiume
  • Unsigned / Unknown Artist

Series

  • 100 Famous Views in the Various Provinces
  • 100 Pictures by Kyosai
  • 100 Views of the Moon
  • 69 Stations of the Kisokaido
  • Ehon Butai Ogi: Picture Book of Stage Fans
  • Famous Restaurants in Toto
  • Flowers of Japan
  • Ogura 100 Poems by 100 Poets
  • Portraits of the Stage in Fan Shapes
  • The 53 Stations by Two Brushes
  • 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

  • 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

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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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Teranishi Kanshin

Toyokuni III

Teranishi Kanshin

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Kabuki Actor Matsumoto Koshiro IV

Shunei

Kabuki Actor Matsumoto Koshiro IV

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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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Kabuki Actor Nakamura Fukusuke I as Samezaya Shiroza

Toyokuni III

Kabuki Actor Nakamura Fukusuke I as Samezaya Shiroza

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Trial Balloon Launch at the Naval Department Training Ground at Tsukiji

Hiroshige III

Trial Balloon Launch at the Naval Department Training Ground at Tsukiji

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Interior of a Kabuki Theater

Toyokuni I

Interior of a Kabuki Theater

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Benkei Tazaemon

Toyokuni III

Benkei Tazaemon

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Hon’machi Amigoro

Toyokuni III

Hon’machi Amigoro

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Detailed View of Yokohama

Sadahide

Detailed View of Yokohama

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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

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Actor Onoe Kikugoro III Reclining in a Boat on the Sumida River

Kuniyoshi

Actor Onoe Kikugoro III Reclining in a Boat on the Sumida River

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Kabuki Actor Bando Mitsugoro III as Washi no Osaburo Disguised as Yamagatsu Kumao

Kunisada

Kabuki Actor Bando Mitsugoro III as Washi no Osaburo Disguised as Yamagatsu Kumao

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Hazy Night Moon: Kumasaka

Yoshitoshi

Hazy Night Moon: Kumasaka

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Puppeteer Holding a Puppet on a Go Board

Hokusai

Puppeteer Holding a Puppet on a Go Board

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Kabuki Actor Sawamura Tannosuke as the Beauty Ojitsu

Kunichika

Kabuki Actor Sawamura Tannosuke as the Beauty Ojitsu

JP-209941

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Iwai Kumesaburo III as Ayame no Mae

Toyokuni III

Iwai Kumesaburo III as Ayame no Mae

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Kusatsu: Young Master Yoshitaka

Kuniyoshi

Kusatsu: Young Master Yoshitaka

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Banba: Utanosuke and Matabei the Stutterer

Kuniyoshi

Banba: Utanosuke and Matabei the Stutterer

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Takamiya: Kamiya Iemon

Kuniyoshi

Takamiya: Kamiya Iemon

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Wada: Wada Hyoe

Kuniyoshi

Wada: Wada Hyoe

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Hazy Night Moon: Kumasaka

Yoshitoshi

Hazy Night Moon: Kumasaka

JP-208629

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