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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A vertical, dramatic black-and-white print of towering, jagged cliffs, rising from moving water, with windswept trees growing from their edges. The scene is silhouetted on a black background.

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重

Landscape, Edo Period

Utagawa Hiroshige II 二代目歌川広重

Butterflies Landscape, and Flowers, from an untitled series of ishizuri-e harimaze-e, Edo Period

Intricate, monochrome, Japanese woodblock print capturing a chaotic battle scene with samurai, horses, and a background of trees and architecture. Calligraphy is dispersed throughout the complex image.

Utagawa Kuniyoshi 歌川国芳

Proof Impression of Vengence at Iga Pass (伊賀越敵討図 Igagoe kataki-uchi no zu), Edo Period

Faintly orange, monochrome Japanese woodblock print of a samurai wielding multiple swords against a complex landscape background. The figure wears traditional fighting attire and has a stern expression.

Utagawa Kuniyoshi 歌川国芳

Proof Impression of Vengence at Iga Pass (伊賀越敵討図 Igagoe kataki-uchi no zu) , Edo Period

Two stacked prints: the top depicting a jagged white mountain, framing a village and trees, and the bottom illustrating an insect on bamboo, in high contrast.

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重

Landscape Sparrow and Bamboo, Edo Period

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Tachibana Morikuni

The Moving Brush in "Rough" Painting vol. 1, Edo (Japanese period)

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Tachibana Morikuni

The Moving Brush in "Rough" Painting vol. 2, Edo (Japanese period)

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Utagawa Kuniyoshi 歌川国芳

Proof impression for Vengence at Iga Pass (伊賀越敵討図 Igagoe kataki-uchi no zu), Edo Period