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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3200090

Artist

  • Chikanobu
  • Eizan
  • Gakutei
  • Gekko
  • Harunobu
  • Hiroshige
  • Hiroshige & Toyokuni III
  • Hokusai
  • Koun
  • Kunichika
  • Kunimori II
  • Kunisada
  • Nobukazu
  • Sadahide
  • Shunsen
  • Toshikata
  • Toyokuni III
  • Utamaro
  • Yoshitoshi

Series

  • 100 Famous Views of Edo
  • 100 Views of the Moon
  • 32 Aspects of Women
  • 36 Views of Mt. Fuji (Hiroshige)
  • Hokusai Manga
  • Tale of Genji
  • Tale of Genji (Gekko)
  • The 53 Stations by Two Brushes
  • Women's Activities of the Tokugawa Era

Subject

  • Actors & Theater
  • Animals & Fish
  • Architectural
  • Autumn
  • Beauties (bijin-ga)
  • Birds
  • Bridges
  • Calligraphy
  • Cats & Dogs
  • Children
  • 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)

Medium

  • Woodblock Print

Size

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

64 Products

Chapter 18: Wind in the Pines (Matsukaze)

Gekko

Chapter 18: Wind in the Pines (Matsukaze)

JP-211060

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Chapter 24: Butterflies (Kocho)

Gekko

Chapter 24: Butterflies (Kocho)

JP-211055

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Playing the Koto: Nagoya Woman of the Koka Era

Toshikata

Playing the Koto: Nagoya Woman of the Koka Era

JPR-210870

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Shizu Peak Moon: Hideyoshi

Yoshitoshi

Shizu Peak Moon: Hideyoshi

JP-208622

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Mount Ji Ming Moon: Zi Fang

Yoshitoshi

Mount Ji Ming Moon: Zi Fang

JP-208621

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Suzaku Gate Moon: Hakuga Sammi

Yoshitoshi

Suzaku Gate Moon: Hakuga Sammi

JP-208611

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Chikubushima Moon: Tsunemasa

Yoshitoshi

Chikubushima Moon: Tsunemasa

JP-208604

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The Moon of the Moor: Yasumasa

Yoshitoshi

The Moon of the Moor: Yasumasa

JP-210468

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Young Man Dancing at a Party

Utamaro

Young Man Dancing at a Party

JPR-209993

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View of Nihonbashi Tori 1-chome

Hiroshige

View of Nihonbashi Tori 1-chome

JPR-210156

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A Poem by Wang Changling

Yoshitoshi

A Poem by Wang Changling

JPR-210153

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Courtesan Ainare of Kadoebiya with Kamuro Kanomo and Konomo

Kunisada

Courtesan Ainare of Kadoebiya with Kamuro Kanomo and Konomo

JP-209808

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Beauty with Koto

Kunimori II

Beauty with Koto

JP-209780

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Entertainments of the Yoshiwara Niwaka Festival

Utamaro

Entertainments of the Yoshiwara Niwaka Festival

JPR-209159

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Playing the Koto

Chikanobu

Playing the Koto

JPR-208741

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Preparing for a Concert

Chikanobu

Preparing for a Concert

JPR-208727

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Mitsuuji Amusing Himself at a Hot Springs Resort

Toyokuni III

Mitsuuji Amusing Himself at a Hot Springs Resort

JPR-209065

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With the Shamisen Teacher

Toyokuni III

With the Shamisen Teacher

JP2898

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Love and Music

Toyokuni III

Love and Music

JP1641

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Minamoto no Hiromasa (Hakuga no Sanmi)

Hokusai

Minamoto no Hiromasa (Hakuga no Sanmi)

JP-209111

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Mulberry-picking Old Man (Saisoro)

Hokusai

Mulberry-picking Old Man (Saisoro)

JP-209110

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Musashi: Moon at Tatsumi, Lord Tsunayoshi, and Lady Osame

Chikanobu

Musashi: Moon at Tatsumi, Lord Tsunayoshi, and Lady Osame

JPR-208634

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The Suruga District in Edo

Hiroshige

The Suruga District in Edo

JPR-208553

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The Moon at Saga

Yoshitoshi

The Moon at Saga

JPR-109568

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