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

  • Eizan
  • Gekko
  • Hokusai
  • Kiyochika
  • Kiyomoto II
  • Kogyo
  • Kunichika
  • Kunisada
  • Kunisada II (aka Kunimasa III, Toyokuni IV)
  • Kuniyoshi
  • Kyosai
  • Shunsho
  • Tadakiyo
  • Toyokuni I
  • Toyokuni III
  • Yoshifuji
  • Yoshiiku
  • Yoshimitsu
  • Yoshitora
  • Yoshitoshi
  • Tomioka, Eisen

Series

  • 100 Ghost Stories
  • 100 Pictures by Kyosai
  • 100 Poems by 100 Poets (Kuniyoshi)
  • 100 Views of the Moon
  • 108 Heroes of the Popular Suikoden
  • 36 Ghosts and Strange Apparitions
  • 53 Stations of the Tokaido (Kuniyoshi)
  • 69 Stations of the Kisokaido
  • Biographies of the Loyal Retainers
  • Hokusai Manga
  • Ogura 100 Poems by 100 Poets
  • Sketches by Yoshitoshi
  • Yoshitoshi's Courageous Warriors

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)

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Ichikawa Danjuro Stepping on a Demon

Kiyomoto II

Ichikawa Danjuro Stepping on a Demon

JPR-211288

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Kyoto: The Nue; The End

Kuniyoshi

Kyoto: The Nue; The End

JPR-210681

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Shimonosuwa: Yaegaki-hime

Kuniyoshi

Shimonosuwa: Yaegaki-hime

JPR-210663

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Hokusai Manga, Volume 12

Hokusai

Hokusai Manga, Volume 12

JPR-211130

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Abe no Yasuchika Exorcizing the Fox-woman Tamamo no Mae

Kuniyoshi

Abe no Yasuchika Exorcizing the Fox-woman Tamamo no Mae

JPR-211075

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Fuchibe Iga no Kami Kills Oto no Miya

Kuniyoshi

Fuchibe Iga no Kami Kills Oto no Miya

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The Ghost of Nitta Yoshioki on a White Horse Attacking His Murderer Takezawa

Kuniyoshi

The Ghost of Nitta Yoshioki on a White Horse Attacking His Murderer Takezawa

JPR-211072

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Unuma: Yoemon and His Wife Kasane

Kuniyoshi

Unuma: Yoemon and His Wife Kasane

JPR-210679

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Okute: The Old Woman of the Lonely House

Kuniyoshi

Okute: The Old Woman of the Lonely House

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Hosokute: Lord Horikoshi

Kuniyoshi

Hosokute: Lord Horikoshi

JPR-210687

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Tsumagome: Abe no Yasuna and Fox Kuzunoha

Kuniyoshi

Tsumagome: Abe no Yasuna and Fox Kuzunoha

JPR-210676

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Oiwake: Oiwa and Takuetsu

Kuniyoshi

Oiwake: Oiwa and Takuetsu

JPR-210675

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Odai: Teranishi Kanshin

Kuniyoshi

Odai: Teranishi Kanshin

JPR-210668

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Itahana: Onzoshi Ushiwakamaru

Kuniyoshi

Itahana: Onzoshi Ushiwakamaru

JP-210659

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Annaka: Seigen

Kuniyoshi

Annaka: Seigen

JP-210657

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Mount Yoshino Midnight Moon: Iga no Tsubone

Yoshitoshi

Mount Yoshino Midnight Moon: Iga no Tsubone

JP-208612

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Moon of the Lonely House

Yoshitoshi

Moon of the Lonely House

JP-210509

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A Poem by Tsunenobu

Yoshitoshi

A Poem by Tsunenobu

JP-210424

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Obsession (Shunen)

Hokusai

Obsession (Shunen)

JP-210244

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Laughing Demoness (Warai Hannya)

Hokusai

Laughing Demoness (Warai Hannya)

JP-210243

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Tawara Toda Hidesato and Giant Centipede

Kunisada

Tawara Toda Hidesato and Giant Centipede

JPR-210005

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Chinzei Hachiro Tametomo Fighting an Oni

Hokusai

Chinzei Hachiro Tametomo Fighting an Oni

JPR-209983

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Modoribashi: Actor Ichikawa Sadanji as Watanabe no Tsuna and Onoe Kikugoro Disguised Demon

Kunichika

Modoribashi: Actor Ichikawa Sadanji as Watanabe no Tsuna and Onoe Kikugoro Disguised Demon

JP110837

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Sagami-no-kami Hojo Takatoki Warding Off a Group of Tengu

Yoshitoshi

Sagami-no-kami Hojo Takatoki Warding Off a Group of Tengu

JPR-209924

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