Collection

Our collection currently contains more than 100,000 works of art and design dating from ancient times to today. Of these objects, 748 of them are on view in the museum now. 84,693 of them are available online. There are 1,596 recent acquisitions. All of our collection records are living documents. They are frequently revised and enhanced.

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Stylized lyre motif which is yellow in the top half and black in the bottom with detailing throughout. There is a sunburst emblem above the strings.

Unknown Maker, French

Wallpaper Fragment

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重

Ōkute 大久手, Edo Period

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重

Tsumago 妻籠, Edo Period

Kitao Shigemasa 北尾重政

Parody of child as Jurojin (Mitate jurojin), Edo (Japanese period)

Kitao Shigemasa 北尾重政

Parody of child as Bishamon (Mitate bishamonten), Edo (Japanese period)

Kitao Shigemasa 北尾重政

Parody of child as Daikoku (Mitate daikoku), Edo (Japanese period)

A polychrome woodblock print in muted tones. A seated child in a chrysanthemum-patterned long-sleeved robe plays a toy zither.

Kitao Shigemasa 北尾重政

Child as Benzaiten Playing a Toy Zither, Edo (Japanese period)

Kitao Shigemasa 北尾重政

Parody of child as Fukurokuju (Mitate fukurokuju), Edo (Japanese period)

Kitao Shigemasa 北尾重政

Parody of child as Hotei (Mitate hotei), Edo (Japanese period)

Kitao Shigemasa 北尾重政

Parody of child as Ebisu (Mitate ebisu) (Shichifukujin), Edo (Japanese period)

Keisai Eisen 渓斎英泉

The fickle type: Takanawa (Uwakiso takanawa), Edo (Japanese period)

Keisai Eisen 渓斎英泉

Yamada school (Yamada ryu), Edo (Japanese period)

Keisai Eisen 渓斎英泉

Sumida River in snow (Sumidagawa no yuki), Edo (Japanese period)

Keisai Eisen 渓斎英泉

Beauties of the Floating World as Three Musical Instruments (Ukiyo bijin mitate sankyoku), Edo (Japanese period)

Kikugawa Eizan 菊川英山

Takigawa of the Ogiya (Ogiyanai takigawa), Edo (Japanese period)

Utagawa Toyokuni II (Toyoshige)

The courtesan Shirokawa and her two kamuro Nagisa and Yumeno of the Tamaya (Tamaya nai shirokawa nagisa yumeno), Edo (Japanese period)

A woodblock print in muted tones. A seated woman in a patterned robe plays a three-stringed musical instrument. Above, in a fan-shaped frame, are two bats dressed as samurai.

Utagawa Toyokuni II (Toyoshige)

Popular Comic: Bat Nikki (Ryukō kyōga Nikki), Edo (Japanese period)

Utagawa Toyokuni II (Toyoshige)

The courtesan Tsukasa and her two kamuro Agena and Kocho of the Ogiya (Ogiyanaitsukasa agena kocho: Daimonguchi no rakugan), Edo (Japanese period)

Ryūryūkyo Shinsai 柳々居辰斎

Monkey at the New Year (Saru no shogatsu), Edo (Japanese period)

Yanagawa Shigenobu

Beauty (Blowfish-head) and attendant (jelly fish-head) (Bijin (fugu) to yakko (kurage)), Edo (Japanese period)