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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4200040

Artist

  • Chikanobu
  • Eisen
  • Gekko
  • Hiroshige
  • Hiroshige & Toyokuni III
  • Hokusai
  • Kiyochika
  • Koryusai
  • Kunichika
  • Kuniyoshi
  • Kyosai
  • Shigemasa
  • Shunsho
  • Toshikata
  • Toyokiyo
  • Utamaro
  • Yoshifusa
  • Yoshiiku
  • Yoshitoshi
  • Kaburagi, Kiyokata
  • Yukawa, Shodo
  • Takeuchi, Keishu
  • Tomioka, Eisen
  • Unsigned / Unknown Artist

Series

  • 100 Famous Views of Edo
  • 100 Pictures by Kyosai
  • 100 Poems by 100 Poets (Shunsho)
  • 100 Views of Mt. Fuji
  • 100 Views of the Moon
  • 24 Paragons of Filial Piety
  • 36 Views of Mt. Fuji (Hiroshige)
  • 69 Stations of the Kisokaido
  • Biographies of the Loyal Retainers
  • Book of Selected Insects
  • Daily Practice of the Tea Ceremony
  • Essays by Gekko
  • Famous Views of 60-Odd Provinces
  • Flowers of Japan
  • Hokusai Manga
  • Illustrations of the 47 Loyal Retainers
  • Sketches by Yoshitoshi
  • Tale of Genji (Gekko)
  • The 53 Stations by Two Brushes

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)

Medium

  • Ehon
  • Woodblock Print

Size

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

90 Products

First Laugh: Girl with Puppy

Takeuchi, Keishu

First Laugh: Girl with Puppy

JPR-211225

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Girl with Cat Chasing Maple Leaves

Takeuchi, Keishu

Girl with Cat Chasing Maple Leaves

JPR-211217

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Asakusa Ricefield and Torinomachi Festival

Hiroshige

Asakusa Ricefield and Torinomachi Festival

JPR-210779

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Leopards in the Roles of Matsuomaru and Genba

Yoshiiku

Leopards in the Roles of Matsuomaru and Genba

JPR-208806

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Woman with Cat

Eisen

Woman with Cat

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Puppy and Butterfly

Unsigned / Unknown Artist

Puppy and Butterfly

JP-93027

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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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Preface to Volume Two

Hokusai

Preface to Volume Two

JP-209214

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Young Lady with Cat

Toyokiyo

Young Lady with Cat

JPR-209543

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Chapter 35: Wakana II (Spring Shoots II)

Gekko

Chapter 35: Wakana II (Spring Shoots II)

JP-211064

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Title Page: The Fifty-four Chapters of the Tale of Genji

Gekko

Title Page: The Fifty-four Chapters of the Tale of Genji

JP-210963

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Fuji the Day After Snow

Hokusai

Fuji the Day After Snow

JP-209236

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Okegawa: Tamaya Shinbei and Kojoro

Kuniyoshi

Okegawa: Tamaya Shinbei and Kojoro

JP-210625

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Contents Page: One Hundred Views of the Moon

Yoshitoshi

Contents Page: One Hundred Views of the Moon

JP-210491

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Preface to Volume One

Hokusai

Preface to Volume One

JP-209167

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Katsuta Shinemon Taketaka

Kuniyoshi

Katsuta Shinemon Taketaka

JP-210225

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A Master Text of Popular Songs, No. 4

Kunichika

A Master Text of Popular Songs, No. 4

JP-209935

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Yokkaichi

Kuniyoshi

Yokkaichi

JP1-17164

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Late Winter: Merchant's Wife

Yukawa, Shodo

Late Winter: Merchant's Wife

JP1-68292

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Preface to Volume II of One Hundred Views of Mt. Fuji

Hokusai

Preface to Volume II of One Hundred Views of Mt. Fuji

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Daruma of Enlightenment

Yoshitoshi

Daruma of Enlightenment

JPR-209583

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Flower on a Withered Tree, Strolling Like a Dog on the River

Kyosai

Flower on a Withered Tree, Strolling Like a Dog on the River

JP-208823

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Title Page

Toshikata

Title Page

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Asakusa Ricefield and Torinomachi

Hiroshige

Asakusa Ricefield and Torinomachi

JPR1-13862

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