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

Turtle dove and mulberry (Choshubato kuwa), Edo (Japanese period)

Utagawa Kunisada 歌川国貞 (Toyokuni III)

Standing beauty (Bijin), Edo Period

Nakayama Sugakudo

Canary and Magnolia (Kanaria sarasakobushi), Edo (Japanese period)

Nakayama Sūgakudō 中山嵩岳堂

Heron and Iris (鷺はな菖蒲 Sagi Hanashobu), Edo Period

A travel scene with two figures inside a red carriage, while a group gathers around peering at them.

Yanagawa Shigenobu 柳川重信

The Poet Asaka no Katsumi with Companions, Edo Period

A figure in richly patterned robes, gazing down at a white origami frog they hold.

Yashima Gakutei 八島岳亭

Gama 蝦蟇, Edo Period

A seated figure in patterned robes cuts an iris leaf into the shape of an arrow.

Harukawa Goshichi 春川五七

A Woman Making an Arrow from an Iris Leaf, Edo Period

Unknown Maker, Japanese

Floating plum blossoms (Ukiume), Meiji

Nakayama Sugakudo

Bush warbler and white plum (Uguisu hakubai), Edo (Japanese period)

A figure in ornate robes threading a needle next to spools of thread, framed by a curtain and tree.

Yashima Gakutei 八島岳亭

A Woman with Spools, Edo Period

A kneeling figure in patterned red, blue, and white robes, looking downwards.

Yashima Gakutei 八島岳亭

Tōbōsaku 東方朔, Edo Period

Nakayama Sugakudo

Bulbuls on snow-covered pine (Shimahiyodori yuki no matsu), Edo Period

Kitagawa Tsukimaro

Karakoto and her kamuro Yayoi of the Chijoya (Chojiyanai karakoto to yayoi), Edo Period

An ornate bronze mirror with floral and bird engravings beside a red and green patterned bowl with columns of calligraphy.

Baien 梅園

Mirror and Rouge Cup, Edo Period

A seated woman in a floral robe watching two boys in colorful robes playing by a tall round table.

Ryūryūkyo Shinsai 柳々居辰斎

A Woman and Two Boys with a Hobby Horse, Edo Period

Ryūryūkyo Shinsai 柳々居辰斎

Palanquin Bearers, Edo Period

Robert Rauschenberg

Horsefeathers Thirteen - XIV

A dramatic scene depicting a figure on a galloping horse overlooking a crouching figure in patterned robes.

Utagawa Kunisada 歌川国貞 (Toyokuni III)

Ichikawa Danjuro VII as Soga no Goro, Edo Period

Rectangular sushi pieces inside a folded leaf, below columns of calligraphic script.

Baien 梅園

Mackerel Sushi, Edo Period

Totoya Hokkei 魚屋北渓

Ushiwakamaru Defeats Benkei in a Game of Sugoroku, Edo Period