Collection

Our collection currently contains more than 100,000 works of art and design dating from ancient times to today. 748 of these objects are on view in the museum now. 84,693 of them are available online. There are 1,596 recent acquisitions. All of our collection records are living documents. These records are frequently revised and enhanced.

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Kitao Shigemasa 北尾重政

Parody of child as Daikoku (Mitate daikoku), Edo (Japanese period)

Kitao Shigemasa 北尾重政

Parody of child as Fukurokuju (Mitate fukurokuju), Edo (Japanese period)

Kitao Shigemasa 北尾重政

Parody of child as Hotei (Mitate hotei), Edo (Japanese period)

Kitao Shigemasa 北尾重政

Parody of child as Ebisu (Mitate ebisu) (Shichifukujin), Edo (Japanese period)

Keisai Eisen 渓斎英泉

Sumida River in snow (Sumidagawa no yuki), Edo (Japanese period)

Kikugawa Eizan 菊川英山

Takigawa of the Ogiya (Ogiyanai takigawa), Edo (Japanese period)

Ryūryūkyo Shinsai 柳々居辰斎

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

Yanagawa Shigenobu

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

Nishimura Shigenaga

The actors Ichimura Takenojo as Kudo Suketsune and Sanjo Kantaro as the princess Tatsuhime in the play Hinazuru unagasu Soga performed at the Ichimura Theatre 1722.11, Edo (Japanese period)

Nishimura Shigenaga

Akuta River (Akutagawa), Edo (Japanese period)

Ishikawa Toyonobu

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

Ishikawa Toyonobu

The left panel of a triptych showing the courtesan Yugiri of the Ogiya (OgiyaYugiri), Edo (Japanese period)

Ishikawa Toyonobu

The right panel of a triptych showing the courtesan Koito of the Itoya, Edo (Japanese period)

Isoda Koryūsai 礒田湖龍斎

Golden pheasant and pine in snow (Yukimatsu ni kinkei), Edo (Japanese period)

Isoda Koryūsai 礒田湖龍斎

Parody of Sofu and Kyoyu (Sofu Kyoya), Edo (Japanese period)

Kitao Shigemasa 北尾重政

Bush warbler and morning glories (Asagao ni uguisu), Edo (Japanese period)

Ishikawa Toyomasa

The sixth month Year of the Dragon (Junishi tatsu minazuki), Edo (Japanese period)