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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Kyosai
Hateful Things Are Feared by the World, A Crow Imitating a Cormorant
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Toyokuni III
Ichikawa Danjuro VIII as Endo Musha: Poem by Fujiwara no Nakafumi
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Sadahide
Yokohama Trade: Westerners Loading Cargo
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Toyokuni III
Plum Garden at Omurai: The Seven Plants of Autumn
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Hokushu
Kabuki Actor Nakamura Utaemon III as Ishikawa Goemon at the Okehazama Battle
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Kunichika
Sawamura Tanosuke III as Stepdaughter Kakezara
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Hirosada
Kabuki Actor Mimasu Daigoro IV as Iwafuji
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Kunisada
Kabuki Actor Kataoka Ichizo as Naosuke Gonbei
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Kunisada
Kabuki Actor Ichikawa Monnosuke as the Geisha Chokichi
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Kunisada
Kabuki Actor Bando Mitsugoro as Yamatoya Hanbei
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Kunisada
Kabuki Actor Sawamura Tossho as Funagashira-Koheiji
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Kunisada
Kabuki Actor Nakamura Shikan as Sato Tadanobu
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