Collection

Our collection currently contains more than 100,000 works of art and design dating from ancient times to today. 2,134 of these objects are on view in the museum now. 85,750 of them are available online. There are 2,338 recent acquisitions. All of our collection records are living documents. These records are frequently revised and enhanced.

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Utagawa Hiroshige II 二代目歌川広重

Kingfisher and Hydrangeas, Edo Period

Two figures in robed attire, the right gripping a sword, standing apart but gazing at each other in front of wooden railings.

Katsukawa Shunzan 勝川春山

The actors Osagawa Tsuneyo II as a woman and Matsumoto Koshiro IV as a samurai (nidai Osagawa Tsuneyo; yondai Matsumoto Koshiro), Edo Period

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重

Returning sails Yabase (Yabase kihan), Edo (Japanese period)

Kitagawa Utamaro 喜多川歌麿

Scops owl bullfinches (Mimizuku uso), Edo (Japanese period)

Japanese print of a woman, wearing a white floral-patterned blue robe with an orange and white geometric hem, staring at a black-beaked white bird to the left of her.

Utagawa Toyokuni 歌川豊国

Parrot Komachi (あふむ小まち Ōmu Komachi), Edo Period

Utagawa Hiroshige II 二代目歌川広重

Small bird and ivy (Tsuta ni kotori), Edo (Japanese period)

Henri Gabriel Ibels

Programme du Troisième Spectacle de la Saison 1892-1893

Unknown Maker

Untitled

Suzuki Harunobu 鈴木春信

Courtesan Fujinoto smoking by a heater (kotatsu) (Fujinoto), 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

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重

Descending geese Katata (Katata rakugan), Edo (Japanese period)

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重

Mount Atago Shiba (Shiba Atagoyama), Edo (Japanese period)

Henri Gabriel Ibels

Programme du Septième Spectacle de la Saison 1892-1893

A black bird soaring across a dark, blue sky and full moon, framed by dark clouds. Black vertical calligraphy surrounds.

Utagawa Kunisada 歌川国貞 (Toyokuni III)

Cuckoo and Moon, Edo 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

Illustration of a bronze figure standing with one arm raised, beside a white flower and columns of calligraphy.

Mochizuki Kagenari 望月影成

Statue of Buddha and a Lily, Edo Period

A brown duck on a green grassy ground near a large body of water with deep blue curves which shows the papers texture. Calligraphy floats to the left.

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重

Goose on Riverbank, Edo Period

Utagawa Kunisada 歌川国貞 (Toyokuni III)

Standing beauty (Bijin), Edo Period

Kitagawa Utamaro II

Cuckoo, Edo (Japanese period)