Collection

Our collection currently contains more than 100,000 works of art and design dating from ancient times to today. Of these objects, 2,084 of them are on view in the museum now. 84,251 of them are available online. There are 1,315 recent acquisitions. All of our collection records are living documents. They are frequently revised and enhanced.

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Torii Kiyomasu II

The actors Tamazawa Saijiro as Koto no naishi; NakamuraShichisaburo II as Yoshisada (Nitta Yoshisada); and Toshigawa…as Daito no miya (Princess Daito), Edo (Japanese period)

Utagawa Kunisada 歌川国貞 (Toyokuni III)

Ichikawa Danjuro VII as Yoshikado and Another Actor as Soma Taro, Edo (Japanese period)

Henri Gabriel Ibels

Programme du Huitième Spectacle de la Saison 1892-1893

William Rothenstein

Portrait of the Actor Ernest Coquelin

Katsukawa Shunzan

The actors Osagawa Tsuneyo II as a woman and Matsumoto Koshiro IV as a samurai (nidai Osagawa Tsuneyo; yondai Matsumoto Koshiro), Edo (Japanese period)

Henri Gabriel Ibels

Programme du Troisième Spectacle de la Saison 1892-1893

Tōshūsai Sharaku

Actor Segawa Kikunojō III as Oshizu wife of Tanabe Bunzō, Edo (Japanese period)

Katsukawa Shun'ei

The actor Segawa Kikunojo III in a female role (sandai Segawa Kikunojo), Edo (Japanese period)

Henri Gabriel Ibels

Programme du Septième Spectacle de la Saison 1892-1893

Toyohara Kunichika

The sinking of the steamship off Kii Province: The actors Ichikawa Danjurō IX as Kondō Tatsuo and Ichikawa Sadanji as Mikura Tomizo, Edo (Japanese period)

Torii Kiyomitsu I

The actor Arashi Hinaji as a courtesan (Arashi hinaji), Edo (Japanese period)

Unknown Maker, Japanese

Actor in a female role (Onnagata), Edo (Japanese period)

Utagawa Kunimasa

The scene of the steamship sinking off the coast of Kii Province: the actors Ichikawa DanjuroIX as Kyoshi Kondo Tatsuo and Ichikawa Sadanji as Mikura Tomizo, Edo (Japanese period)