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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Price

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Artist

  • Hiroshige II
  • Hiroshige III
  • Hokkei
  • Hokusai
  • Ikuhide
  • Kiyochika
  • Kunichika
  • Kunitoshi
  • Kyosai
  • Miyagawa, Shuntei
  • Sadahide
  • Shinsai
  • Shunman
  • Sonsai
  • Sori III
  • Toshikata
  • Yoshikata
  • Yoshimori
  • Yoshitoyo
  • Zeshin

Series

  • 100 Famous Views in the Various Provinces
  • 100 Pictures by Kyosai
  • Daily Practice of the Tea Ceremony

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

  • 1800 - 1868 (Edo)
  • 1868 - 1912 (Meiji)

Medium

  • Woodblock Print

Size

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

32 Products

Trial Balloon Launch at the Naval Department Training Ground at Tsukiji

Hiroshige III

Trial Balloon Launch at the Naval Department Training Ground at Tsukiji

JPR-210896

$2,100.00
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Detailed View of Yokohama

Sadahide

Detailed View of Yokohama

JPR-210791

$12,000.00
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Red Plum Blossoms

Shunman

Red Plum Blossoms

JPR-210817

$580.00
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Three Geisha: Kayo of Osaka, Hitosuru of Kyoto, and Kokichi of Tokyo

Kiyochika

Three Geisha: Kayo of Osaka, Hitosuru of Kyoto, and Kokichi of Tokyo

JPR-209987

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Arai in Totomi Province: Panoramic View of the Open Sea

Yoshimori

Arai in Totomi Province: Panoramic View of the Open Sea

JPR-209984

$1,200.00
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Title Page: Children's Manners and Customs

Miyagawa, Shuntei

Title Page: Children's Manners and Customs

JP1-24992

$450.00
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Tobacco Pouch

Hokusai

Tobacco Pouch

JPR5887

$9,800.00
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Hateful Things Are Feared by the World, A Crow Imitating a Cormorant

Kyosai

Hateful Things Are Feared by the World, A Crow Imitating a Cormorant

JP-208818

$450.00
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Yokohama Trade: Westerners Loading Cargo

Sadahide

Yokohama Trade: Westerners Loading Cargo

JPR-209122

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Tokyo Firefighters Climbing Ladders at the First Event of the Year

Kunitoshi

Tokyo Firefighters Climbing Ladders at the First Event of the Year

JPR-209054

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The Coast, Tsushima Province

Hiroshige II

The Coast, Tsushima Province

JPR-208674

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Foreigners Riding Along the Coast at Takanawa in the Eastern Capital

Hiroshige II

Foreigners Riding Along the Coast at Takanawa in the Eastern Capital

JPR-208670

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Nihonbashi

Hiroshige II

Nihonbashi

JPR-106526

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Title Page: Daily Practice of the Tea Ceremony

Toshikata

Title Page: Daily Practice of the Tea Ceremony

JPR-208712

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Imperial Visit to the Third National Industrial Exhibition in Ueno Park

Ikuhide

Imperial Visit to the Third National Industrial Exhibition in Ueno Park

JPR-208641

$380.00
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Sake Gourd with Dish and Butterfly

Zeshin

Sake Gourd with Dish and Butterfly

JPR-208134

$880.00
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Sketch of Large Elephants

Yoshikata

Sketch of Large Elephants

JP-208705

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Writing Kit, Brushes, Scissors and Cloth

Hokusai

Writing Kit, Brushes, Scissors and Cloth

JPR1-37124

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Poem Cards

Sori III

Poem Cards

JPR5606

$600.00
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New Year's Poems and Feathers

Shunman

New Year's Poems and Feathers

JPR1-66925

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Fan Game

Hokkei

Fan Game

JPR5859

$480.00
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Plum Blossom

Kyosai

Plum Blossom

JP2909

$1,800.00
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Mirror of Famous People in Peace Times

Kunichika

Mirror of Famous People in Peace Times

JP110828

$720.00
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Kakko Drum

Shinsai

Kakko Drum

JPR5850

$480.00
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