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

  • Chikanobu
  • Harunobu
  • Hiroshige
  • Hiroshige II
  • Hiroshige III
  • Hokusai
  • Ikuhide
  • Kiyochika
  • Kunichika
  • Kunitoshi
  • Kuniyoshi
  • Kyosai
  • Sadahide
  • Utamaro
  • Yoshikata
  • Yoshimori
  • Yoshitoshi
  • Yoshitoyo
  • Saito, Kiyoshi

Series

  • Famous Bridges in Various Provinces
  • 100 Famous Views in the Various Provinces
  • 100 Famous Views of Edo
  • 100 Pictures by Kyosai
  • 100 Poems Explained by the Nurse
  • 100 Views of Mt. Fuji
  • 100 Views of the Moon
  • 53 Stations of the Tokaido - Upright
  • Annals of the Green Houses
  • Famous Views of 60-Odd Provinces
  • Hokusai Manga
  • The Brocade of Spring [Ehon]
  • Toto Meisho

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)
  • 1945 - 1989 (Showa & Postwar Period)

Medium

  • Ehon
  • Woodblock Print

Size

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

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Panoramic Views of Both Banks of the Sumida River at a Glance

Hokusai

Panoramic Views of Both Banks of the Sumida River at a Glance

JP-211121

$1,200.00
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Kozuke Province, Mount Haruna Under Snow

Hiroshige

Kozuke Province, Mount Haruna Under Snow

JPR-210126

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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

JPR-210896

$2,100.00
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Detailed View of Yokohama

Sadahide

Detailed View of Yokohama

JPR-210791

$12,000.00
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Uki-e: A View of Toeizan's Chudo Hall

Hokusai

Uki-e: A View of Toeizan's Chudo Hall

JPR-210785

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A Poem by Minamoto no Yorimasa

Yoshitoshi

A Poem by Minamoto no Yorimasa

JP-210423

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Three Geisha: Kayo of Osaka, Hitosuru of Kyoto, and Kokichi of Tokyo

Kiyochika

Three Geisha: Kayo of Osaka, Hitosuru of Kyoto, and Kokichi of Tokyo

JPR-209987

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Arai in Totomi Province: Panoramic View of the Open Sea

Yoshimori

Arai in Totomi Province: Panoramic View of the Open Sea

JPR-209984

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Stepping Between the Shoji

Harunobu

Stepping Between the Shoji

JPR-210382

$480.00
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Year-end Market at Kinryuzan Temple, Asakusa

Hiroshige

Year-end Market at Kinryuzan Temple, Asakusa

JP110866

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Mt. Atago at Shiba

Hiroshige

Mt. Atago at Shiba

JP1-21569

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Stonework

Hokusai

Stonework

JP-209103

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In 1153 at Konoe's Palace the Skilled Archer Yorimasa Shooting the Nue

Kuniyoshi

In 1153 at Konoe's Palace the Skilled Archer Yorimasa Shooting the Nue

JP1503

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Hateful Things Are Feared by the World, A Crow Imitating a Cormorant

Kyosai

Hateful Things Are Feared by the World, A Crow Imitating a Cormorant

JP-208818

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Moonlit Night in Mid-Autumn (Ryoya no zu)

Utamaro

Moonlit Night in Mid-Autumn (Ryoya no zu)

JP6120

$900.00
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Yokohama Trade: Westerners Loading Cargo

Sadahide

Yokohama Trade: Westerners Loading Cargo

JPR-209122

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Fuji in the City

Hokusai

Fuji in the City

JP-209283

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Fuji in Asumi Village

Hokusai

Fuji in Asumi Village

JP-209269

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Fuji with a Scaffold

Hokusai

Fuji with a Scaffold

JP-209261

$520.00
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Shogun's Inspection of Ammunition Explosions Over Water

Chikanobu

Shogun's Inspection of Ammunition Explosions Over Water

JPR-208737

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Tokyo Firefighters Climbing Ladders at the First Event of the Year

Kunitoshi

Tokyo Firefighters Climbing Ladders at the First Event of the Year

JPR-209054

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Year-end Market at Kinryuzan Temple, Asakusa

Hiroshige

Year-end Market at Kinryuzan Temple, Asakusa

JPR5514

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Poem by Ise

Hokusai

Poem by Ise

JP-207886

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Drum Bridge at Kameido Tenjin Shrine

Hokusai

Drum Bridge at Kameido Tenjin Shrine

JP1-73745

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