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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Unknown Maker, Japanese

bottle

Unknown Maker, Japanese

Pheasant and peonies, Taisho

Unknown Maker, Japanese

plate (dish)

Unknown Maker, Japanese

sword guard; tsuba

Unknown Maker, Japanese

tea jar

Unknown Maker, Japanese

sword guard; tsuba

Unknown Maker, Japanese

ornament, Edo (Japanese period)

Unknown Maker, Japanese

sword guard; tsuba

Unknown Maker, Japanese

Katagami (pattern paper) stencil

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重

Kanaya: Distant bank of Ōi River (Kanaya Oigawa engan), Edo (Japanese period)

Unknown Maker, Japanese

ohi

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重

Ferryboats Arai (Arai watashibune no zu), Edo (Japanese period)

Unknown Maker, Japanese

Katagami (pattern paper) stencil

Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎

The Fujiwara: the pearls of ebb and flow and the coiled scythe of the Fujiwara clan (Kanju manju Fuji makikama), Meiji

Hanzan Matsukawa

Woman and bird cage (Bijin to torikago), Edo (Japanese period)

Japanese print of a woman, standing, wearing a yellow robe with orange flowers throughout. The woman’s hair is pushed back and is holding a balanced rod of hay.

Torii Kiyomitsu I 鳥居清満

Segawa Kikunojō II as the Princess Usuyukihime (うすゆきひめ瀬川菊之丞Usuyukihime Segawa Kikunojō), Edo Period

Unknown Maker, Japanese

Netsuke of Snake wound around a turtle

Ochiai Yoshiiku

Momiji no ga Chapter 7 from the Tale of Genji: Nuregami Chogoro (Momiji no ga: Nuregami Chogoro), Edo (Japanese period)

Unknown Maker, Japanese

Katagami (pattern paper) stencil

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重

Kanagawa: View of the Embankment (Kanagawa dai no kei), Edo (Japanese period)