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

  • Buncho
  • Chikanobu
  • Eisen
  • Eizan
  • Gakutei
  • Gekko
  • Harunobu
  • Hiroshige
  • Hiroshige & Toyokuni III
  • Hokkei
  • Hokusai
  • Kiyochika
  • Koun
  • Kunichika
  • Kunimori II
  • Kunisada
  • Kuniyoshi
  • Nobukazu
  • Sadahide
  • Shigemasa
  • Shinsai
  • Shunei
  • Shunman
  • Shunsen
  • Shunsho
  • Toshikata
  • Toyokuni III
  • Utamaro
  • Yoshifusa
  • Yoshitoshi
  • Unsigned / Unknown Artist

Series

  • 100 Famous Views of Edo
  • 100 Poems by 100 Poets (Shunsho)
  • 100 Views of Mt. Fuji
  • 100 Views of the Moon
  • 24 Paragons of Filial Piety
  • 32 Aspects of Women
  • 36 Views of Mt. Fuji (Hiroshige)
  • 53 Stations of the Tokaido (Hokusai)
  • 69 Stations of the Kisokaido
  • Annals of the Green Houses
  • Biographies of the Loyal Retainers
  • Book of Selected Insects
  • Daily Practice of the Tea Ceremony
  • Ehon Butai Ogi: Picture Book of Stage Fans
  • Famous Views of 60-Odd Provinces
  • Flowers of Japan
  • Hokusai Manga
  • Illustrations of the 47 Loyal Retainers
  • Tale of Genji
  • Tale of Genji (Gekko)
  • The 53 Stations by Two Brushes
  • 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)

Medium

  • Ehon
  • Woodblock Print

Size

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

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Koto

Unsigned / Unknown Artist

Koto

JPR-211280

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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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Chapter 18: Wind in the Pines (Matsukaze)

Gekko

Chapter 18: Wind in the Pines (Matsukaze)

JP-211060

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Chapter 24: Butterflies (Kocho)

Gekko

Chapter 24: Butterflies (Kocho)

JP-211055

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Chapter 37: The Flute (Yokobue)

Gekko

Chapter 37: The Flute (Yokobue)

JP-211040

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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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Hon’machi Amigoro

Toyokuni III

Hon’machi Amigoro

JPR-210794

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Irises from the Pleasure Quarter

Toyokuni III

Irises from the Pleasure Quarter

JPR-210901

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Playing the Koto: Nagoya Woman of the Koka Era

Toshikata

Playing the Koto: Nagoya Woman of the Koka Era

JPR-210870

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Woman with Koto

Shunei

Woman with Koto

JPR-210814

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Itinerant Musician Visits a Shrine

Hokkei

Itinerant Musician Visits a Shrine

JPR-210810

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Nojiri: Hirai Yasumasa and Hakamadare Yasusuke

Kuniyoshi

Nojiri: Hirai Yasumasa and Hakamadare Yasusuke

JPR-210684

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Kakegawa

Hokusai

Kakegawa

JPR-210550

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Mount Miyaji Moon: Moronaga

Yoshitoshi

Mount Miyaji Moon: Moronaga

JP-208642

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Saga Moor Moon

Yoshitoshi

Saga Moor Moon

JP-208639

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Reflected Moonlight

Yoshitoshi

Reflected Moonlight

JP-208630

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Shizu Peak Moon: Hideyoshi

Yoshitoshi

Shizu Peak Moon: Hideyoshi

JP-208622

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Mount Ji Ming Moon: Zi Fang

Yoshitoshi

Mount Ji Ming Moon: Zi Fang

JP-208621

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Suzaku Gate Moon: Hakuga Sammi

Yoshitoshi

Suzaku Gate Moon: Hakuga Sammi

JP-208611

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Chikubushima Moon: Tsunemasa

Yoshitoshi

Chikubushima Moon: Tsunemasa

JP-208604

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The Moon and the Helm of a Boat: Taira no Kiyotsune

Yoshitoshi

The Moon and the Helm of a Boat: Taira no Kiyotsune

JP-210510

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Sarugaku Moon

Yoshitoshi

Sarugaku Moon

JP-210508

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The Moon at Kitayama: Toyohara Sumiaki

Yoshitoshi

The Moon at Kitayama: Toyohara Sumiaki

JP-210506

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