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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Utagawa Yoshitsuru

Opening siege of Minamoto no Yoritomo: Hojo Tokimasa and others attack Yamaki Hangan at his mansion (Minamoto no Yoritomo no hataage Hojo Tokimasa sono hoka Yamaki Hangan no yashiki ni oshiyoseru), Edo (Japanese period)

Toyohara Chikanobu 豊原周延

Battle at Shizugatake: Katō Toranosuke and Yamaji Shōgen (Shizugatake kassen: Katō Toranosuke Yamaji Shōgen), Meiji

A reclining figure in a patterned robe smoking a long pipe, with curling smoke rising along a column of calligraphy.

Yashima Gakutei 八島岳亭

Tekkai 鉄拐, Edo Period

Utagawa Kunisada 歌川国貞 (Toyokuni III)

The sixth month: Summer airing of clothes (Minazuki: doyoboshi), Edo (Japanese period)

Yanagawa Shigenobu 柳川重信

Kikujido by a Waterfall, Edo Period

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重

Java Sparrow and Plum (Ume ni bunchô), Edo (Japanese period)

Kanbe Hanaya

Willow and Bamboo Cask (Yanagi to edaru), Edo Period

Utagawa Kunisada 歌川国貞 (Toyokuni III)

Looking for cherry blossoms on the banks of the Sumida River (Sumida zutsumi sakuragari no zu), Edo Period

Nakamura Hōchū

Ebisu Otafuku, Daikoku (Otafuku to Ebisu Daikoku), Meiji

Kobayashi Kiyochika

Our field artillery attacks the enemy camp at Jiuliancheng, Meiji

Unknown Maker, Japanese

Bush warbler and plum (Ume ni uguisu), Edo (Japanese period)

Utagawa Toyokuni

Sawamura Tanosuke II as the lady-in-waiting? Takigawa (Koshimoto? Takigawa Sawamura Tanosuke), Edo (Japanese period)

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重

Morning glories (Asagao), Edo (Japanese period)

Unknown Maker, Japanese

Groshawk (Otaka), Edo (Japanese period)

Japanese print of a woman, standing beneath a partially exposed umbrella, wearing a layered orange and white robe with platform shoes, and carrying a long, folded, patterned orange fabric.

Katsukawa Shunshō 勝川春章

The actor Segawa Kikunojo III in a female role , Edo Period

Yanagawa Shigenobu 柳川重信

Miura no Osuke, Edo Period

Yanagawa Shigenobu 柳川重信

Urashima Taro, Edo Period

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重

Golden Pheasant and Confederate Rose (Fuyô ni kinkei), Edo (Japanese period)

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重

Java Sparrow and Roses (Bara ni bunchô), Edo (Japanese period)

Three orange and white flowers bloom from slender green stems with pointed leaves on a gray backdrop. Above is brief, thin calligraphy.

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重

Chinese Peonies, Edo Period