Collection

Our collection currently contains more than 100,000 works of art and design dating from ancient times to today. 2,436 of these objects are on view in the museum now. 85,135 of them are available online. There are 1,863 recent acquisitions. All of our collection records are living documents. These records are frequently revised and enhanced.

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Kitao Masayoshi 北尾政美

Oriole (Kori), Edo (Japanese period)

Mori Shunkei 森春渓

Wasps and Cicadas on Lotus, Edo (Japanese period)

Mori Shunkei 森春渓

Butterflies (Cho), Edo (Japanese 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 (Japanese 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

Java Sparrow and Red Plum (Kôbai ni bunchô), Edo Period

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重

Kingfisher and Iris (Hanashobu ni kawasemi), Edo (Japanese period)

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重

Long-tailed Bird and Plum (Ume ni tori), Edo Period

Katsukawa Shunzan

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

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重

Dancing swallows (Hien), Edo Period

Kubo Shunman

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

Rintei

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

Keiri

Dragonfly and Flower (Kabocha ni tonbo), Edo (Japanese period)

Woodblock print featuring a beetle climbing onto a vibrant yellow ear of corn, a smaller one on the muted green leaves, and a spider perched on the brown husk.

Mori Shunkei 森春渓

Corn Spiders, and Beetle, Edo Period

Torii Kiyotomo

Actor as a street vendor selling hand towels and scent pouches in the shapes of kimono sleeves (Sanogawa Ichimatsu?), Edo (Japanese 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