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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  • Available
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Price

9800380

Artist

  • Hokkei
  • Hokusai
  • Kyosai
  • Miyagawa, Shuntei
  • Shinsai
  • Shunman
  • Sori III
  • Zeshin

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)
  • Large (ie. Triptych)

9 Products

Red Plum Blossoms

Shunman

Red Plum Blossoms

JPR-210817

$580.00
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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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Sake Gourd with Dish and Butterfly

Zeshin

Sake Gourd with Dish and Butterfly

JPR-208134

$880.00
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Poem Cards

Sori III

Poem Cards

JPR5606

$600.00
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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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Kakko Drum

Shinsai

Kakko Drum

JPR5850

$480.00
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Quilt and Paper Crane

Shinsai

Quilt and Paper Crane

JPR5861

$380.00
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