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

  • Buncho
  • Chikanobu
  • Eisen
  • Eizan
  • Gakutei
  • Gekko
  • Harunobu
  • Hiroshige
  • Hiroshige & Toyokuni III
  • Hokkei
  • Hokusai
  • Koun
  • Kunichika
  • Kunimori II
  • Kunisada
  • Kuniyoshi
  • Nobukazu
  • Sadahide
  • Shinsai
  • Shunei
  • Shunman
  • Shunsen
  • Toshikata
  • Toyokuni III
  • Utamaro
  • Yoshitoshi
  • Unsigned / Unknown Artist

Series

  • 100 Famous Views of Edo
  • 100 Views of the Moon
  • 24 Paragons of Filial Piety
  • 32 Aspects of Women
  • 36 Views of Mt. Fuji (Hiroshige)
  • 53 Stations of the Tokaido (Hokusai)
  • 69 Stations of the Kisokaido
  • Annals of the Green Houses
  • Ehon Butai Ogi: Picture Book of Stage Fans
  • 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
  • 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)

Medium

  • Woodblock Print

Size

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

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Obon Festival Moon

Yoshitoshi

Obon Festival Moon

JP-210422

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A Poem by Wang Changling

Yoshitoshi

A Poem by Wang Changling

JP-210418

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The Moon's Four Strings: Semimaru

Yoshitoshi

The Moon's Four Strings: Semimaru

JP-210406

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Young Couple with a Shamisen

Harunobu

Young Couple with a Shamisen

JP-209602

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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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Kanbara: Kaoyo of the Tamaya

Eisen

Kanbara: Kaoyo of the Tamaya

JPR-209547

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Entertainments of the Yoshiwara Niwaka Festival

Utamaro

Entertainments of the Yoshiwara Niwaka Festival

JPR-209159

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Koto Music

Toshikata

Koto Music

JP-92863

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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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October: Wealthy Merchants Celebrating for God Ebisu

Chikanobu

October: Wealthy Merchants Celebrating for God Ebisu

JP-111648

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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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Chapter 43: Kobai

Toyokuni III

Chapter 43: Kobai

JP-110252

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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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Love After a Music Lesson

Toyokuni III

Love After a Music Lesson

JP-111740

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I Love You So Much

Toyokuni III

I Love You So Much

JP3529

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Koto

Shunman

Koto

JP-208710

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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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