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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Price

1200040

Artist

  • Aikawa, Minwa (ask Gosentei)
  • Bairei
  • Buncho
  • Eisen
  • Harunobu
  • Hirokage
  • Hiroshige
  • Hiroshige II
  • Hokusai
  • Katsushika, Isai
  • Kunisada
  • Kunitoshi
  • Kuniyoshi
  • Kyosai
  • Masanobu
  • Moronobu
  • Sadahide
  • Shigemasa
  • Shimizu, Seifu
  • Shunsho
  • Utamaro
  • Yoshiiku
  • Yoshitoshi
  • Watanabe, Seitei
  • Unsigned / Unknown Artist

Series

  • 100 Pictures by Kyosai
  • 100 Poems by 100 Poets (Shunsho)
  • 100 Views of Mt. Fuji
  • 100 Views of the Moon
  • 53 Stations of the Tokaido (Hokusai)
  • 53 Stations of the Tokaido - Upright
  • 69 Stations of the Kisokaido
  • Annals of the Green Houses
  • Ehon Butai Ogi: Picture Book of Stage Fans
  • Hokusai Manga
  • Mountains upon Mountains
  • Sketches by Yoshitoshi

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)

Medium

  • Ehon
  • Woodblock Print

Size

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

269 Products

Fuji through Smoke

Hokusai

Fuji through Smoke

JP-209205

$780.00
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A Serpent Comes Out of the Ash Container

Kyosai

A Serpent Comes Out of the Ash Container

JP-208824

$450.00
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Leopards in the Roles of Matsuomaru and Genba

Yoshiiku

Leopards in the Roles of Matsuomaru and Genba

JPR-208806

$1,800.00
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Fuji of Arms (Buhen no Fuji)

Hokusai

Fuji of Arms (Buhen no Fuji)

JP-111452

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Fuji under the Moon (Gekka no Fuji)

Hokusai

Fuji under the Moon (Gekka no Fuji)

JP-111426

$580.00
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One Hundred Views of Mt. Fuji (Fugaku Hyakkei), Volume III

Hokusai

One Hundred Views of Mt. Fuji (Fugaku Hyakkei), Volume III

JPR-211135

$780.00
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Hokusai Manga, Volume 12

Hokusai

Hokusai Manga, Volume 12

JPR-211130

$650.00
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Bairei Album of One Hundred Birds (Bairei Hyakucho Gafu), Volume 3

Bairei

Bairei Album of One Hundred Birds (Bairei Hyakucho Gafu), Volume 3

JPR-211128

$780.00
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Bairei Album of One Hundred Birds (Bairei Hyakucho Gafu) [Complete Set]

Bairei

Bairei Album of One Hundred Birds (Bairei Hyakucho Gafu) [Complete Set]

JPR-211127

$1,700.00
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Fuji in the Mountains (Sanchu no Fuji)

Hokusai

Fuji in the Mountains (Sanchu no Fuji)

JP-111606

$480.00
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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

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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

$880.00
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Pictures of Valiant Warriors (Buyu sakigake zue), Volume 2

Eisen

Pictures of Valiant Warriors (Buyu sakigake zue), Volume 2

JPR-211118

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Unai no Tomo (A Child's Friends), Volume 2

Shimizu, Seifu

Unai no Tomo (A Child's Friends), Volume 2

JPR-211117

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Encyclopedia of Tea Ceremony, Volume II: Incense

Unsigned / Unknown Artist

Encyclopedia of Tea Ceremony, Volume II: Incense

JPR-211109

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Chigusa no Hana (A Thousand Kinds of Flowers), Volumes II, III & IV

Bairei

Chigusa no Hana (A Thousand Kinds of Flowers), Volumes II, III & IV

JPR-211101

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God's Pictures (Tsushin Gafu)

Aikawa, Minwa (ask Gosentei)

God's Pictures (Tsushin Gafu)

JPR-211094

$480.00
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Ehon Toshien Gogonzekku (Selected Chinese Poems in Five Syllables)

Hokusai

Ehon Toshien Gogonzekku (Selected Chinese Poems in Five Syllables)

JPR-211092

$660.00
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Sohitsu Gafu (Hasty Sketches), Volume II

Hiroshige

Sohitsu Gafu (Hasty Sketches), Volume II

JPR-211091

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Kacho Sansui Hosoga Zukushi (Pictures of Fine Diagrams of Flowers & Birds, Mountains & Rivers)

Katsushika, Isai

Kacho Sansui Hosoga Zukushi (Pictures of Fine Diagrams of Flowers & Birds, Mountains & Rivers)

JPR-211090

$240.00
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Selected Designs from Annals of Greenhouses (Reprint)

Utamaro

Selected Designs from Annals of Greenhouses (Reprint)

JPR-211089

$360.00
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Shoshoku Gatsu, Volume I (Pictures of Various Occupations)

Hiroshige II

Shoshoku Gatsu, Volume I (Pictures of Various Occupations)

JPR-211088

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Kimono Embroidery Design Sketchbook

Unsigned / Unknown Artist

Kimono Embroidery Design Sketchbook

JP-208794

$400.00
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Preface to Volume Two

Hokusai

Preface to Volume Two

JP-209214

$220.00
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