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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Woodblock print with handwritten Japanese text taking up the composition’s top half. The bottom half depicts an arrangement of light gray fresh fish and leafy stalks of blooming yellow flowers.

Kitao Shigemasa 北尾重政

Ayu Fish and Yellow Roses, Edo Period

Woodblock print with handwritten Japanese text in the middle of the composition. Above it, two birds accompany a boat docked in undisturbed waters. Below it, a shrub of pink flowers.

Unknown Maker, Japanese

Cormorants on a Boat and Pinks, Edo Period

Ryūryūkyo Shinsai 柳々居辰斎

Monkey at the New Year (Saru no shogatsu), Edo Period

Yanagawa Shigenobu

Beauty (Blowfish-head) and attendant (jelly fish-head) (Bijin (fugu) to yakko (kurage)), Edo (Japanese period)

Utagawa Toyohiro 歌川豊広

Parody of Ebisu and Benten [As woman and fish-peddlar in snow] (Ebisu to Benten Dayu), Edo Period

Yanagawa Shigenobu

Woman weaving brocade (Shokujo), Edo (Japanese period)

Totoya Hokkei

Court lady (Kanjo), Meiji

Totoya Hokkei

The hero Rochishin (Rochishin), Edo (Japanese period)

Japanese print of a standing figure wearing a black and yellow floral patterned robe looking down to their left. Behind the figure is a yellow house with floral embellishments.

Okumura Toshinobu 奥村利信

Segawa Kikunojō I 瀬川菊之丞, Edo Period

Nishimura Shigenaga 西村重長

Bird and iris (Kakitsubata ni kotori), Meiji

Nishimura Shigenaga

Autumn moon Ishiyama Temple (Ishiyama shugetsu), Edo (Japanese period)

Ishikawa Toyonobu

Ishikawa Danjuro III (Sandaime Ishikawa Danjuro), Edo (Japanese period)

Katsukawa Shunshō

The actor Ichikawa Danjurō V, Edo (Japanese period)

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重

Sparrows and poppies (Keshi ni suzume), Edo Period

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重

Blue bird and hollyhocks (Aoi ni ruricho), Edo Period

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重

Peacock and maple (Kaede ni kujaku), Edo Period

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重

Crane and asters (Shion ni tsuru), Edo Period

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重

Golden pheasant and ferns (Warabi ni kinkei), Edo Period

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重

Small bird and rose mallow (Fuyo ni kotori), Edo Period

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重

Cuckoo in Rain (Uchu no hototogisu), Edo Period