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
  • Eisen
  • Eizan
  • Gekko
  • Harunobu
  • Hiroshige
  • Hiroshige & Toyokuni III
  • Hiroshige II
  • Hiroshige III
  • Hoitsu
  • Hokusai
  • Keinen
  • Kogyo
  • Koson
  • Kunisada
  • Kuniyoshi
  • Masayoshi
  • Morikuni
  • Rinsai
  • Saigetsu
  • Seiko
  • Shoson
  • Shunman
  • Sugakudo
  • Toshikata
  • Toyohiro
  • Toyokuni III
  • Tsukimaro
  • Utamaro
  • Zeshin
  • Mori, Shunkei
  • Fujikawa, Tamenobu
  • Unsigned / Unknown Artist

Series

  • 100 Famous Views in the Various Provinces
  • 100 Famous Views of Edo
  • 100 Views of Mt. Fuji
  • 36 Views of Mt. Fuji (Hokusai)
  • 53 Stations of the Tokaido (Eisen)
  • 53 Stations of the Tokaido (Hokusai)
  • 53 Stations of the Tokaido (Kuniyoshi)
  • 53 Stations of the Tokaido - Gyosho
  • 53 Stations of the Tokaido - Hoeido
  • 53 Stations of the Tokaido - Upright
  • 53 Stations of the Tokaido - chuban
  • 68 Views of the Various Provinces
  • Bairei's Flowers and Birds
  • Book of Selected Insects
  • Daily Practice of the Tea Ceremony
  • Ehon Momo Chidori
  • Essays by Gekko
  • Famous Views of 60-Odd Provinces
  • Hokusai Manga
  • Keinen kacho gafu
  • The 53 Stations by Two Brushes
  • The Brocade of Spring [Ehon]
  • Waterfalls in Various Provinces

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)
  • 1945 - 1989 (Showa & Postwar Period)

Medium

  • Ehon
  • Woodblock Print

Size

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

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Nikko: Kirifuri Waterfall

Hiroshige II

Nikko: Kirifuri Waterfall

JPR-211276

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No. 1, Nihonbashi: View of Dawn Clouds

Hiroshige

No. 1, Nihonbashi: View of Dawn Clouds

JPR-211285

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Fukuroi

Hokusai

Fukuroi

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Ishibe

Hokusai

Ishibe

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Futagawa

Hokusai

Futagawa

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Two Deer in Autumn

Harunobu

Two Deer in Autumn

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Okabe

Hokusai

Okabe

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Bairei Album of One Hundred Birds (Bairei Hyakucho Gafu), Volume 3

Bairei

Bairei Album of One Hundred Birds (Bairei Hyakucho Gafu), Volume 3

JPR-211128

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Bairei Album of One Hundred Birds (Bairei Hyakucho Gafu) [Complete Set]

Bairei

Bairei Album of One Hundred Birds (Bairei Hyakucho Gafu) [Complete Set]

JPR-211127

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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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Fujikawa: Yamanaka Village, Formerly Called Mt. Miyako

Hiroshige

Fujikawa: Yamanaka Village, Formerly Called Mt. Miyako

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Ejiri

Hiroshige

Ejiri

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Horikiri Iris Garden

Hiroshige

Horikiri Iris Garden

JP-210845

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The Cushion Pine at Aoyama

Hokusai

The Cushion Pine at Aoyama

JP-210841

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Inaba Province, Karo, Koyama

Hiroshige

Inaba Province, Karo, Koyama

JP-209889

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Shimotsuke Province, Mount Nikko, Urami Waterfall

Hiroshige

Shimotsuke Province, Mount Nikko, Urami Waterfall

JP-209876

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Fujieda

Hiroshige

Fujieda

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Tsuchiyama: Mt. Suzuka in Rain

Hiroshige

Tsuchiyama: Mt. Suzuka in Rain

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Nuthatch and Loquat

Keinen

Nuthatch and Loquat

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Streaked Fantail Warbler and Mandarin Orange

Keinen

Streaked Fantail Warbler and Mandarin Orange

JP-209696

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Night Heron and Withering Willow

Keinen

Night Heron and Withering Willow

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Little Grebe and Manchurian Wild Rice

Keinen

Little Grebe and Manchurian Wild Rice

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Keinen

Dusky Thrush and Radish

JP-209693

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Kingfisher and Wax Tree

Keinen

Kingfisher and Wax Tree

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