Collection

Our collection currently contains more than 100,000 works of art and design dating from ancient times to today. Of these objects, 1,669 of them are on view in the museum now. 84,410 of them are available online. There are 1,469 recent acquisitions. All of our collection records are living documents. They are frequently revised and enhanced.

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Honoré Daumier

The Fish Pulls the Line (Le Barbillon Entraîne la Ligne)
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Unknown Maker, Turkish

Abu Jahl and his warriors (page from an illustrated manuscript of Darir's Siyari Nabi), Ottoman Dynasty
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Unknown Maker, Iranian

Ardashir and Gulnar the Slave Girl, Fleeing from the Palace of King Ardwan
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Katsukawa Shuntei

Battle in Shikoku Tengyo period (938-946) (Tengyo shikoku kassen zu), Edo (Japanese period)
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Utagawa Kuniyoshi 歌川国芳

With a single arrow-shot Tametomo sinks the finest ship of Mochimitsu as his mistress Sasaraye and his retainer Oniyasha and islanders look on in pride (Chinzei hachiro Minamoto no tametomo), Edo (Japanese period)
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Taguchi Beisaku

Illustration of the invasion of China during which our troops fought fiercely in ice and snow and Major General Oshima bravely faced the enemy in ice and snow at Kaesong, Meiji
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Kobayashi Kiyochika

Braving the bitter cold our troops set up camp at Yingkou, Meiji