Ronin Gallery Blog

We believe that art should be experienced, enjoyed and shared. However, proactive preservation is an important part of collecting works of art on paper. As a medium, paper is relatively fragile. It

While last week we considered Tale of Heike, this week's print, The Yugao Chapter from The Tale of Genji (1886), is inspired by another foundational work of Japanese literature. Written by Lady

This Mother’s Day, Ronin Gallery celebrates the mothers in our lives with Chikanobu’s interpretation of the classic Twenty-four Paragons of Filial Piety. Dating to the Yuan dynasty China

In Japan, the fifth day of the fifth month is known as Children’s Day or Komodo no hi – a day to celebrate the youth and their representation as the country’s future, strength and vitality.

The month of April marks National Poetry Month in the United States. Organized by the Academy of American Poets in 1996 with the hope of fostering an appreciation for the art of poetry. Each year,

Earth Day is an annual global event observed on April 22, a day to reflect upon our planet’s magnificence and commit to doing our part to protect the environment. The theme for 2014 is Green Cities

Brimming with wistful beauties and romantic allusions, kuchi-e, literally translated to “mouth pictures” or “opening pictures,” served as frontispiece illustrations for popular novels and literary

Rainy days envelop the senses, from sparkling reflections in the puddles and the steady drum of rain out the window, to the crisp smell of the air just before a storm and the sensation of cool mist

While a light chill may still hang in the air, the first blooms of delicate pink petals ensure us that spring has indeed arrived. The blooming of cherry blossoms, or “sakura” is an event witnessed

In An Artist and His City: Select Works from Hiroshige’s One Hundred Famous Views of Edo, Ronin Gallery explores Edo through the eyes of a local. Over the course of this exhibition, we’ll take a