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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Katsushika Taito II 二代葛飾戴斗

Designs for all artisans (万職図考 Banshoku zukō) Vol. I, Meiji

Suzuki Harunobu 鈴木春信

Courtesan and Kamuro (Yujo to kamuro), Edo (Japanese period)

Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎

Abe no Nakamaro [701-770] (Abe no Nakamaro), Edo Period

Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎

Mandarin Ducks, Edo Period

Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎

Quick Pictorial Dictionary ( 画本早引 Ehon Hayabiki) Vol 2, Edo Period

Kitao Masayoshi 北尾政美

Oriole (Kori), Edo (Japanese period)

Mori Shunkei 森春渓

Wasps and Cicadas on Lotus, Edo (Japanese period)

A variety of colorful butterflies in flight, with different sizes and patterns, alongside vertical script in the top left corner.

Mori Shunkei 森春渓

Butterflies, Edo Period

Kikugawa Eizan 菊川英山

Three elegant beauties enjoying the evening cool (風流夕涼三美人Fūryū yūsuzumi san bijin), Edo (Japanese period)

Okumura Masanobu 菱川師宣

Scene from the jōruri play Momochidori musume Dōjōji at Nakamura-za theater, Edo Period

Yashima Gakutei 八島岳亭

Two Designs for the Bizen Circle (備前国連二番続 Bizen kokuren niban tsusuki), Edo Period

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重

Barn Swallows and Peach Blossoms under Full Moon, Edo Period

Woodblock print of two light-skinned women dressed in pink earth-toned garments engaged in conversation. The woman on the left is holding a circular tray of sushi on her shoulders.

Kikugawa Eizan 菊川英山

Two Women with a Tray of Sushi, Edo Period

Woodblock print of a seated woman, facing leftwards, wearing an orange-lined teal garment that fades to brown with floral embellishments against a backdrop of blossoming branches and pastel orange clouds.

Utagawa Kunisada 歌川国貞 (Toyokuni III)

Hand games and flowering sleeves (拳角力花の振袖 Kenzumo hana no furisode), Edo Period

Keisai Eisen 渓斎英泉

Landscape (Sansui), Edo (Japanese period)

Kawanabe Kyōsai

Crow on branch, Edo (Japanese period)

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重

Kingfisher and Viburnum, Edo Period

Katsukawa Shunzan

Rising sun and Takasago pine (Hinode to Takasago no matsu), Edo Period

Kubo Shunman

Bronze Chinese lion on stand and potted adonis plant (Seido shishi to hachiue no hana), Edo Period

Rintei

Camellias and tea-utensil box (Seika: Tsubaki to chabako), Edo (Japanese period)