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

3600040

Artist

  • Bairei
  • Chikanobu
  • Eisen
  • Eishi
  • Gekko
  • Harunobu
  • Hiroshige
  • Hiroshige II
  • Hiroshige III
  • Ikuhide
  • Kiyochika
  • Kunichika
  • Kunitoshi
  • Kyosai
  • Nobukazu
  • Sadahide
  • Toshikata
  • Toyokuni I
  • Toyokuni III
  • Utamaro
  • Yoshikata
  • Yoshimori
  • Yoshitoshi
  • Yoshitoyo
  • Takeuchi, Keishu
  • Terasaki, Kogyo
  • Unsigned / Unknown Artist

Series

  • 100 Famous Views in the Various Provinces
  • 100 Famous Views of Edo
  • 100 Pictures by Kyosai
  • 100 Views of the Moon
  • 24 Paragons of Filial Piety
  • 32 Aspects of Women
  • Bairei's Flowers and Birds
  • Book of Selected Insects
  • Edo Meisho
  • Famous Views of 60-Odd Provinces
  • The Brocade of Spring [Ehon]
  • Ukiyo-e 12 Months

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)

Medium

  • Woodblock Print

Size

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

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Iris Flowers

Gekko

Iris Flowers

JPR-211214

$360.00
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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

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Horikiri Iris Garden

Hiroshige

Horikiri Iris Garden

JP-210845

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Detailed View of Yokohama

Sadahide

Detailed View of Yokohama

JPR-210791

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Begonia

Gekko

Begonia

JPR-210872

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Cooling Off at Shijo

Yoshitoshi

Cooling Off at Shijo

JP-208633

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A Summer Evening

Yoshitoshi

A Summer Evening

JP-208605

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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

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Sakai Ferry

Hiroshige

Sakai Ferry

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Enjoying the Evening Cool at Ryogoku Bridge

Hiroshige

Enjoying the Evening Cool at Ryogoku Bridge

JPR-210442

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No.9: Moon Viewing

Toshikata

No.9: Moon Viewing

JPR-210294

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Summer Rain

Harunobu

Summer Rain

JPR-210388

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The Seventh Month, Tanabata, Lanterns for the Star Festival: The Courtesan Chodayu of the Okamotoya House

Eisen

The Seventh Month, Tanabata, Lanterns for the Star Festival: The Courtesan Chodayu of the Okamotoya House

JP-208460

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Tenjin Shrine at Kameido

Hiroshige

Tenjin Shrine at Kameido

JP-208303

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Summer Evening

Summer Evening

JP-110616

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Kabuki Actor Nakamura Utaemon III as Shikan

Toyokuni I

Kabuki Actor Nakamura Utaemon III as Shikan

JPR5455

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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

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Dragonfly and Cotton Rose

Hiroshige

Dragonfly and Cotton Rose

JP1-63804

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Shungiku and Chabo

Bairei

Shungiku and Chabo

JPR3-42806

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Yokohama Trade: Westerners Loading Cargo

Sadahide

Yokohama Trade: Westerners Loading Cargo

JPR-209122

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Lady in Summer

Terasaki, Kogyo

Lady in Summer

JP-93056

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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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Fireworks at Ryogoku Bridge

Hiroshige

Fireworks at Ryogoku Bridge

JPR-208251

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