Collection

Our collection currently contains more than 100,000 works of art and design dating from ancient times to today. 2,137 of these objects are on view in the museum now. 85,605 of them are available online. There are 2,180 recent acquisitions. All of our collection records are living documents. These records are frequently revised and enhanced.

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Nakayama Sugakudo

Quail and columbine (Uzura odamaki), Edo (Japanese period)

Nakayama Sugakudo

Woodpecker and violets (Kitsutsuki katakuri), Edo (Japanese period)

Kitagawa Utamaro 喜多川歌麿

Sparrows rock doves (Murasuzume hato), Edo (Japanese period)

A figure in ornate robes gazes into a box, with trees and clouds in the background.

Yashima Gakutei 八島岳亭

A Woman with a Box, Edo Period

Ryūryūkyo Shinsai 柳々居辰斎

Puppeteer "Blue", Edo Period

A group of four figures in patterned robes beside a fence and tree, looking back to examine a scroll.

Yanagawa Shigenobu 柳川重信

The Poet Chiyo no Matsuhiko with a Companion, Edo Period

Nakayama Sugakudo

White hawk and pine (Hakutaka goyonomatsu), Edo (Japanese period)

Nakayama Sugakudo

Robin and cherry blossoms (Komadori yamazakura), Edo (Japanese period)

Nakayama Sugakudo

White starlings pomegranates and touch-me-nots (Shirogashira zakuro hosenka), Edo (Japanese period)

A seated figure atop a large fish, dressed in patterned robes, reading a scroll.

Yashima Gakutei 八島岳亭

Kinkō 琴高, Edo Period

A figure in elaborate robes seated on a patterned carpet.

Yashima Gakutei 八島岳亭

Rogō 盧敖, Edo Period

Suzuki Harunobu 鈴木春信

Gathering Flowers (Hanatsumu), Edo (Japanese period)

Nakayama Sugakudo

Shrike withered oak and winter camellias (Mozucho karekashiwa fuyutsubaki), Edo (Japanese period)

Nakayama Sugakudo

Great tit on branch of flowering maple (Shijukara ikkoki no momiji kaerizaki no sakura), Edo (Japanese period)

Kitagawa Utamaro 喜多川歌麿

Shells (Kaigara), Edo Period

A figure in flowing, patterned robes leading a saddled horse, with columns of script above.

Ryūryūkyo Shinsai 柳々居辰斎

A Woman Leading a Horse, Edo Period

A figure in flowing patterned robes, intertwined with a black railing, peering through.

Yashima Gakutei 八島岳亭

Okyō 王喬, Edo Period

Nakayama Sugakudo

Nobitaki and melons (Nobitaki tanekyuri), Edo (Japanese period)

Nakayama Sugakudo

Parrot and sweet-smelling daphne (Zuiko inko), Edo (Japanese period)

A still life with a patterned pouch, books, and a white and blue porcelain planter of flowers beneath columns of calligraphy.

Ryūryūkyo Shinsai 柳々居辰斎

Turtle Netsuke and Inro with Potted Plant and Books, Edo Period