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

  • Chikanobu
  • Eizan
  • Gekko
  • Harunobu
  • Hiroshige & Toyokuni III
  • Hokusai
  • Kiyochika
  • Kiyomoto II
  • Kogyo
  • Kunichika
  • Kunisada
  • Kunisada II (aka Kunimasa III, Toyokuni IV)
  • Kuniyoshi
  • Kyosai
  • Shigemasa
  • Shunsho
  • Tadakiyo
  • Toshikage
  • Toshikata
  • Toyokuni I
  • Toyokuni III
  • Utamaro
  • Yoshifuji
  • Yoshiiku
  • Yoshimitsu
  • Yoshitora
  • Yoshitoshi
  • Tomioka, Eisen
  • Unsigned / Unknown Artist

Series

  • 100 Ghost Stories
  • 100 Pictures by Kyosai
  • 100 Poems Explained by the Nurse
  • 100 Poems by 100 Poets (Kuniyoshi)
  • 100 Poems by 100 Poets (Shunsho)
  • 100 Views of the Moon
  • 108 Heroes of the Popular Suikoden
  • 36 Ghosts and Strange Apparitions
  • 53 Stations of the Tokaido (Hokusai)
  • 53 Stations of the Tokaido (Kuniyoshi)
  • 69 Stations of the Kisokaido
  • Biographies of the Loyal Retainers
  • Hokusai Manga
  • Mountains upon Mountains
  • Ogura 100 Poems by 100 Poets
  • Sketches by Yoshitoshi
  • Tale of Genji
  • Tale of Genji (Gekko)
  • The 53 Stations by Two Brushes
  • The Brocade of Spring [Ehon]
  • Women's Activities of the Tokugawa Era
  • 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)

287 Products

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

JPR-211074

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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

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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

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Poet Fujiwara no Okikaze: Higuchi Jiro Kanemitsu on Pine Tree

Kuniyoshi

Poet Fujiwara no Okikaze: Higuchi Jiro Kanemitsu on Pine Tree

JP1-46223

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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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Chapter 32: The Plum Tree Branch (Umegae)

Gekko

Chapter 32: The Plum Tree Branch (Umegae)

JP-211067

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Chapter 43: Red Plum Blossoms

Gekko

Chapter 43: Red Plum Blossoms

JP-211047

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Chapter 40: The Law (Minori)

Gekko

Chapter 40: The Law (Minori)

JP-211044

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Chapter 41: The Seer (Maboroshi)

Gekko

Chapter 41: The Seer (Maboroshi)

JP-211043

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Chapter 12: Suma

Gekko

Chapter 12: Suma

JP-211042

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Chapter 1: The Paulownia Pavilion (Kiritsubo)

Gekko

Chapter 1: The Paulownia Pavilion (Kiritsubo)

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Chapter 52: The Mayfly (Kagero)

Gekko

Chapter 52: The Mayfly (Kagero)

JP-211004

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Chapter 48: Bracken Shoots (Sawarabi)

Gekko

Chapter 48: Bracken Shoots (Sawarabi)

JP-210965

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Chapter 39: Evening Mist (Yugiri)

Gekko

Chapter 39: Evening Mist (Yugiri)

JP-210961

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Poem by Kinto

Yoshitoshi

Poem by Kinto

JP-208648

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Sumiyoshi Full Moon: Lord Teika

Yoshitoshi

Sumiyoshi Full Moon: Lord Teika

JPR-211022

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Reading by Moonlight: Zi Luo

Yoshitoshi

Reading by Moonlight: Zi Luo

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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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