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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4200090

Artist

  • Chikanobu
  • Eisen
  • Gekko
  • Hirokage
  • Hiroshige
  • Hiroshige & Toyokuni III
  • Hokusai
  • Koryusai
  • Kunisada
  • Kunitoshi
  • Kuniyoshi
  • Kyosai
  • Sadahide
  • Toyokiyo
  • Utamaro
  • Yoshiiku
  • Yoshitoshi
  • Kaburagi, Kiyokata
  • Yukawa, Shodo
  • Takeuchi, Keishu
  • Tomioka, Eisen
  • Unsigned / Unknown Artist

Series

  • 100 Famous Views of Edo
  • 100 Pictures by Kyosai
  • 100 Views of Mt. Fuji
  • 100 Views of the Moon
  • 24 Paragons of Filial Piety
  • 53 Stations of the Tokaido (Hokusai)
  • 53 Stations of the Tokaido - Upright
  • 69 Stations of the Kisokaido
  • Biographies of the Loyal Retainers
  • Essays by Gekko
  • Hokusai Manga
  • 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)

85 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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A Serpent Comes Out of the Ash Container

Kyosai

A Serpent Comes Out of the Ash Container

JP-208824

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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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Hokusai Manga, Volume 12

Hokusai

Hokusai Manga, Volume 12

JPR-211130

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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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Fuji the Day After Snow

Hokusai

Fuji the Day After Snow

JP-209236

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Akasaka

Hiroshige

Akasaka

JP1-67451

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Moon Viewing Fun

Unsigned / Unknown Artist

Moon Viewing Fun

JPR-210708

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Magome: Takebayashi Sadashichi

Kuniyoshi

Magome: Takebayashi Sadashichi

JP-210656

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Okegawa: Tamaya Shinbei and Kojoro

Kuniyoshi

Okegawa: Tamaya Shinbei and Kojoro

JP-210625

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Goyu

Hokusai

Goyu

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Oiso

Hokusai

Oiso

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An Iron Cauldron and the Moon at Night: Kofuna no Gengo and Koshi Hanzo

Yoshitoshi

An Iron Cauldron and the Moon at Night: Kofuna no Gengo and Koshi Hanzo

JP-210413

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Katsuta Shinemon Taketaka

Kuniyoshi

Katsuta Shinemon Taketaka

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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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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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Kabuki Actor Nakamura Shikan II

Kunisada

Kabuki Actor Nakamura Shikan II

JP-209799

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Kama in Moonlight

Yoshitoshi

Kama in Moonlight

JPR-104410

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