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

  • Bairei
  • Buncho
  • Chikanobu
  • Chikashige
  • Chikuseki
  • Eisen
  • Eisho
  • Eizan
  • Gekko
  • Harunobu
  • Hirosada
  • Hiroshige
  • Hiroshige & Toyokuni III
  • Hiroshige II
  • Hoitsu
  • Hokusai
  • Hokushu
  • Ikeda, Terukata
  • Keinen
  • Kiyochika
  • Kunichika
  • Kunisada
  • Kunisada II (aka Kunimasa III, Toyokuni IV)
  • Kuniyoshi
  • Nobukazu
  • Rinsai
  • Shundo
  • Shunei
  • Shunjo
  • Shunko
  • Shunman
  • Shunsen
  • Shunsho
  • Sugakudo
  • Tadakiyo
  • Tamikuni
  • Toshihide
  • Toshikage
  • Toshikata
  • Toyokuni I
  • Toyokuni II (Toyoshige)
  • Toyokuni III
  • Utamaro
  • Yasuda, Shodo
  • Yoshitora
  • Yoshitoshi
  • Yoshiume
  • Zeshin
  • Kajita, Hanko
  • Takeuchi, Keishu
  • Fujikawa, Tamenobu
  • Tanigami, Konan
  • Tomioka, Eisen
  • Unsigned / Unknown Artist

Series

  • 100 Famous Views of Edo
  • 100 Poems by 100 Poets (Kuniyoshi)
  • 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 Ghosts and Strange Apparitions
  • 68 Views of the Various Provinces
  • Bairei's Flowers and Birds
  • Biographies of Modern Heroes
  • Biographies of the Loyal Retainers
  • Book of Selected Insects
  • Daily Practice of the Tea Ceremony
  • Ehon Butai Ogi: Picture Book of Stage Fans
  • Famous Restaurants in Toto
  • Famous Views of 60-Odd Provinces
  • Hokusai Manga
  • Illustrations of the 47 Loyal Retainers
  • Mitate 36 Selected Poems
  • Portraits of the Stage in Fan Shapes
  • Shadow Pictures of a Benevolent Reign
  • Tale of Genji (Gekko)
  • Toto Meisho
  • 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)
  • 1912 - 1945 (Taisho & Early Showa)

Medium

  • Ehon
  • Painting
  • Woodblock Print

Size

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

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The Lovers Shinanoya Ohan and Obiya Choemon

Utamaro

The Lovers Shinanoya Ohan and Obiya Choemon

JPR-211123

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Kabuki Actor Matsumoto Koshiro IV

Shunei

Kabuki Actor Matsumoto Koshiro IV

JP-208376

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Sage and Tiger

Shunman

Sage and Tiger

JPR1-67021

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An Auspicious Day to Become an Adult

Toyokuni III

An Auspicious Day to Become an Adult

JPR-210957

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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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Chapter 30: Thoroughwort Flowers (Fujibakama)

Gekko

Chapter 30: Thoroughwort Flowers (Fujibakama)

JP-211056

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Chapter 43: Red Plum Blossoms

Gekko

Chapter 43: Red Plum Blossoms

JP-211047

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Chapter 42: The Perfumed Prince

Gekko

Chapter 42: The Perfumed Prince

JP-211046

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Chapter 8: Under the Cherry Blossoms (Hana no En)

Gekko

Chapter 8: Under the Cherry Blossoms (Hana no En)

JP-211035

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Adjusting Her Hairpin in the Lantern Light

Toyokuni III

Adjusting Her Hairpin in the Lantern Light

JPR-210954

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Horikiri Iris Garden

Hiroshige

Horikiri Iris Garden

JP-210845

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Benkei Tazaemon

Toyokuni III

Benkei Tazaemon

JPR-210797

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Hon’machi Amigoro

Toyokuni III

Hon’machi Amigoro

JPR-210794

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Rinzan of the Akatsutaya

Eisho

Rinzan of the Akatsutaya

JPR-209997

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Courtesan Hitomoto from the House of Daimonjiya

Utamaro

Courtesan Hitomoto from the House of Daimonjiya

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Sumo Wrestler Edogazaki Genji

Shunko

Sumo Wrestler Edogazaki Genji

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Adonis Plant

Gekko

Adonis Plant

JPR-210873

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Begonia

Gekko

Begonia

JPR-210872

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Chrysanthemum Garden

Gekko

Chrysanthemum Garden

JPR-210871

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Red Plum Blossoms

Shunman

Red Plum Blossoms

JPR-210817

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Memorial Portrait of Tsukioka Yoshitoshi

Toshikage

Memorial Portrait of Tsukioka Yoshitoshi

JP-210492

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In the Moonlight Under the Trees a Beautiful Woman Comes

Yoshitoshi

In the Moonlight Under the Trees a Beautiful Woman Comes

JP-210476

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Theater District: Dawn Moon

Yoshitoshi

Theater District: Dawn Moon

JP-210408

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Tenjin Shrine at Kameido

Hiroshige

Tenjin Shrine at Kameido

JPR-210347

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