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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Lynne Yamamoto

Untitled (2 dolls)

Lynne Yamamoto

Untitled (reflections)

Lynne Yamamoto

Untitled (pond)

Reginald Marsh

Bowery

A serene composition featuring a resting dog with a red bow, looking up on a grassy hill, watching delicate yellow butterflies against a soft blue sky.

Suzuki Harunobu 鈴木春信

Cat Butterfly and Begonias, Edo Period

Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎

Ono no Komachi 小野小町, Edo Period

Kenojuak Ashevak

Sea Goddess (Taluliyuk) with Birds and Animals

Kikugawa Eizan 菊川英山

Fashionable Winding-stream Banquet (風流曲水ノ宴 Furyū kyokusui no en), Edo (Japanese period)

Yokoyama Taiken

The sixth hour (Hour of the snake); Visiting a shrine on the behalf of someone else (Mi no koku: daisan), Edo Period

Kawanabe Kyōsai

Crow on branch, Edo (Japanese period)

A long-tailed, black bird swoops downward towards thin branches rising from the bottom, blooming with pink flowers and small green leaves. A red artist’s stamp sits to the right.

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重

Long-tailed Bird and Peach Blossoms, Edo Period

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重

Pheasant on Snow-covered Pine (Yukimatsu ni kiji), Edo (Japanese period)

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重

Tree Sparrows and Bamboo in Snow (Setchû take ni suzume), Edo (Japanese period)

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重

Mandarin Ducks in Snow (Setchû oshidori), Edo (Japanese period)

A pair of ducks, one orange and the other gray swim on a winding stream with dark blue ripples beneath a flowering branch with red and white flowers.

Utagawa Hiroshige II 二代目歌川広重

Mandarin Ducks and China Roses, Edo Period

In a narrow vertical frame a small gray bird swoops downwards towards red and brown bamboo shoots against a sunrise sky. Thin calligraphy floats in the upper right corner.

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重

Tree Sparrow and Bamboo, Edo Period

Utagawa Hiroshige II 二代目歌川広重

Azure-winged Magpie and Azalea (Tsutsuji ni onagadori), Edo (Japanese period)

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重

Small Bird and Chrysanthemums (Kiku ni kotori), Edo (Japanese period)

A hawk with gray and black wings is tied to a wooden stand on which it sits above a green stem with white flowers, looking up at a brown bird.

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重

Hawk Tree Sparrow, and Cream Narcissus, Edo Period

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重

Small Birds and Lacecap Hydrangea (Ajisai ni kotori), Edo (Japanese period)