Collection

Our collection currently contains more than 100,000 works of art and design dating from ancient times to today. 748 of these objects 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. These records are frequently revised and enhanced.

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Woodblock print of yellow cliffs curving upwards to a swirling blue and white circle connecting to white streaks flowing downwards. Three figures sit at the edge of the left cliff.

Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎

The Amida Falls on the Kiso road ( 木曾路ノ奥阿弥陀ヶ瀧 Kisoji no oku amida ga taki), Edo (Japanese period)

A woodblock print of a partially sunlit mountain against a cloudy blue sky. The mountain's blue shadowed base is forested whilst the red sunlit tip of the mountain is snowy.

Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎

Fine wind clear weather (凱風快晴 Gaifū kaisei), Edo Period

Print of a reddish-brown cloudy mountain side with wispy green trees and figures in uniform clothing and yellow hats climbing it, against a pale sky with a striking blue horizon.

Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎

Mountain climbers (諸人登山 Shojin tozan), Edo (Japanese period)

Print of an off-white mountain with brown ridges against a blue sky with white outlined clouds. Many figures wearing yellow hats and blue and white clothing climb towards the peak.

Utagawa Kuniteru II 歌川国輝 (ニ代)

Pilgrims ascending Mount Fuji (富士山諸人参詣之図 Fujisan shonin sankei no zu), Edo Period

Kitao Masayoshi 北尾政美

Abbreviated drawings of flowering plants, Edo (Japanese period)

Unknown Maker, Japanese

Face of Demon

Unknown Maker, Japanese

Face of Usume

Keisai Eisen 渓斎英泉

Poppies and Butterfly, Edo Period

Keisai Eisen 渓斎英泉

Summer, Edo Period

Keisai Eisen 渓斎英泉

Mount Fuji falcon and eggplants (Ichi fuji ni taka san nasubi), Edo Period

Keisai Eisen 渓斎英泉

Chrysanthemums, Edo (Japanese period)

Keisai Eisen 渓斎英泉

Kingfisher and bamboo (Take ni kawasemi), Edo (Japanese period)

Utagawa Kuniyoshi 歌川国芳

Hawk on Pine (Matsu ni taka), Edo (Japanese period)

Kitao Masayoshi 北尾政美

Quail (Chikukei), Edo (Japanese period)

Kitao Masayoshi 北尾政美

Wagtail (Sekirei), Edo (Japanese period)

Kitao Masayoshi 北尾政美

Wagtail (Sekirei), Edo Period

Kitao Masayoshi 北尾政美

(Eurasian) Jay (Yokin), Edo Period

Woodblock print featuring a beetle climbing onto a vibrant yellow ear of corn, a smaller one on the muted green leaves, and a spider perched on the brown husk.

Mori Shunkei 森春渓

Corn Spiders, and Beetle, Edo Period

Toyohara Kunichika

Actors in the play Benkei in the Boat (Funa Benkei): Ichikawa Sadanji (Benkei); Ichikawa Ebizo VIII (Minamoto Yoshitsune) Nakamura Shikan IV (Funaosa Mihodayu) and Ichikawa Danjurō IX (Taira Tomomori, Edo (Japanese period)

Utagawa Kunisada 歌川国貞 (Toyokuni III)

The third month: The Doll Festival (弥生雛祭 Yayoi: Hina matsuri), Edo Period