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
  • 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
  • Shunei
  • Shunjo
  • Shunko
  • Shunsho
  • Tadakiyo
  • Toyokuni I
  • Toyokuni II (Toyoshige)
  • Toyokuni III
  • Utamaro
  • Yoshihiro
  • Yoshikuni
  • Yoshimitsu
  • Yoshitaki
  • Yoshitora
  • Yoshitoshi
  • Yoshiume
  • Unsigned / Unknown Artist

Series

  • 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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Tsuchinoe: Jiraiya and Arashi Yuminosuke

Toyokuni III

Tsuchinoe: Jiraiya and Arashi Yuminosuke

JPR-209728

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Springtime Haze at the Edo Theater: Kabuki Actors Bando Hikosaburo (R) Nakamura Shikan (C), and Bando Mitsugoro (L)

Kunichika

Springtime Haze at the Edo Theater: Kabuki Actors Bando Hikosaburo (R) Nakamura Shikan (C), and Bando Mitsugoro (L)

JPR-209711

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Kabuki Actors Bando Mitsugoro VI as Gosuke's Wife (Nyobo) Odai, Ichimura Kakitsu IV as the Otokodate Nozarashi Gosuke, and Sawamura Tossho II in a Female Role

Kunisada II (aka Kunimasa III, Toyokuni IV)

Kabuki Actors Bando Mitsugoro VI as Gosuke's Wife (Nyobo) Odai, Ichimura Kakitsu IV as the Otokodate Nozarashi Gosuke, and Sawamura Tossho II in a Female Role

JPR-209652

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Ichikawa Danjuro in a Shibaraku Scene

Toyokuni III

Ichikawa Danjuro in a Shibaraku Scene

JPR-209645

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Kabuki Actor Matsumoto Yonezo

Toyokuni I

Kabuki Actor Matsumoto Yonezo

JPR-209556

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Kabuki Actor Segawa Senjo as Takao

Toyokuni I

Kabuki Actor Segawa Senjo as Takao

JPR-209554

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Portrait of Daruma by Kabuki Actor Nakamura Utaemon IV

Kuniyoshi

Portrait of Daruma by Kabuki Actor Nakamura Utaemon IV

JP1-63137

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Kabuki Actor Bando Mitsugoro

Kunisada

Kabuki Actor Bando Mitsugoro

JP-209834

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Kabuki Actor Nakamura Shikan

Sadafusa

Kabuki Actor Nakamura Shikan

JP-209833

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Kabuki Actor Bando Shuka I as Shiranui Daijin

Toyokuni III

Kabuki Actor Bando Shuka I as Shiranui Daijin

JP-209831

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Kabuki Actors Seki Sanjuro III as Iyami Kincho, and Bando Hikosaburo V as Iyami Kingoro

Toyokuni III

Kabuki Actors Seki Sanjuro III as Iyami Kincho, and Bando Hikosaburo V as Iyami Kingoro

JP-209829

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Scene from a Kabuki Play

Toyokuni III

Scene from a Kabuki Play

JP-209827

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Characters of The Tale of the Soga Brothers in the Guise of the Seven Lucky Gods

Kuniyoshi

Characters of The Tale of the Soga Brothers in the Guise of the Seven Lucky Gods

JP-209826

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Fujisuke, Faithful Servant of the Ishii House

Toyokuni III

Fujisuke, Faithful Servant of the Ishii House

JP-209825

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Kinkanzashi no Jingoro

Toyokuni III

Kinkanzashi no Jingoro

JP-209824

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Kabuki Actor Nakamura Shikan II as Shiratayu in Farewell Perfomance in the 9th Month of 1833

Kuniyoshi

Kabuki Actor Nakamura Shikan II as Shiratayu in Farewell Perfomance in the 9th Month of 1833

JP-209821

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Kabuki Actor Arashi Kanjuro I

Kunisada

Kabuki Actor Arashi Kanjuro I

JP-209820

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Kabuki Actors Seki Sanjuro II as Takaichi Buemon, Bando Tamasaburo I as Takaichi Shonosuke

Kunisada

Kabuki Actors Seki Sanjuro II as Takaichi Buemon, Bando Tamasaburo I as Takaichi Shonosuke

JP-209811

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Kabuki Actor Sawamura Tossho II as Hiranoya Kojiro

Toyokuni III

Kabuki Actor Sawamura Tossho II as Hiranoya Kojiro

JP-209830

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Kabuki Actor Ichikawa Danjuro VII as Kagekiyo

Kunisada

Kabuki Actor Ichikawa Danjuro VII as Kagekiyo

JPR-210525

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Kabuki Actor Nakamura Fukusuke I

Hirosada

Kabuki Actor Nakamura Fukusuke I

JPR-209563

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Kabuki Actor Ichimura Takesaburo I

Toyokuni III

Kabuki Actor Ichimura Takesaburo I

JP-209807

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Kabuki Actor Sawamura Sojuro V as Yoemon

Kuniyoshi

Kabuki Actor Sawamura Sojuro V as Yoemon

JP-209803

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Kabuki Actor Ichikawa Danjuro

Kunisada

Kabuki Actor Ichikawa Danjuro

JP-209802

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