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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Kunichika
Kabuki Actor Sawamura Tannosuke as the Beauty Ojitsu
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Yoshitoshi
Dawn Moon and Tumbling Snow: Kobayashi Heihachiro
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Yoshitoshi
In the Moonlight Under the Trees a Beautiful Woman Comes
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Yoshitoshi
An Iron Cauldron and the Moon at Night: Kofuna no Gengo and Koshi Hanzo
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Kunisada
Act IX from the series The Storehouse of Loyal Retainers, a Primer
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Gekko
Picture of Captain Osawa and Six Others, the Seven-man Suicide Squad from the Warship Yaeyama, Pushing Forward in Rongcheng Bay
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Toyokuni III
Kabuki Actor Iwai Kumesaburo III as Shiranui Daijin
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Hiroshige
Musashi Province, Sumida River, Snowy Morning
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