Collection

Our collection currently contains more than 100,000 works of art and design dating from ancient times to today. 2,434 of these objects are on view in the museum now. 85,004 of them are available online. There are 1,809 recent acquisitions. All of our collection records are living documents. These records are frequently revised and enhanced.

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showing 20 works out of 960

Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎

Mandarin ducks (Oshidori), Edo Period

Ochiai Yoshiiku

Fuji-bakama Chapter 30 from the Tale of Genji: The manservant Ranpei (Fuji-bakama; Yakko Ranpei), Edo (Japanese period)

Utagawa Kunisada 歌川国貞 (Toyokuni III)

The Ōdori Village Scene in Meguro hiyoku zuka from an untitled series of jōruri libretti, Edo Period

Utagawa Kunisada 歌川国貞 (Toyokuni III)

Cherry blossoms Ueno (Ueno no sakura no sato), Edo (Japanese period)

Alex Katz

The Green Cap

Nagayama Kōin 長山孔寅

Fruit, Edo Period

Unknown Maker, Chinese

Rock, Qing

Totoya Hokkei

Nankai Plum, Edo Period

Print depicting the exterior of a modern building marked with strong dark vertical bands. Steps lead to a door at center, with a small tree in the foreground.

Jun’ichirō Sekino

Sunny Day

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重

Hamamatsu Sansa no matsu (Gojûsan tsugi tsuzuki-e fûtô), Edo (Japanese period)

A Japanese print of a ghostly figure with long black hair hovering at the center pf the print, holding a baby and looking down. The figure is tethered to a tied cloth hanging to its right.

Utagawa Kunisada 歌川国貞 (Toyokuni III)

Onoe Kikugoro in the role of the ghost Kasane (尾上菊五郎かさねゆうこん Onoe Kikugoro: Kasane yūkon), Edo Period

Japanese print of two sitting figures, facing each other, holding fans and wearing colorful patterned robes against a blue ombre background. The left figure sits on a tan bamboo trunk.

Utagawa Kunisada 歌川国貞 (Toyokuni III)

Visiting Komachi (かよひ小町 Kayoi Komachi), Edo Period

Hokuba Arisaka

The Pillow Book, Edo (Japanese period)

Paul Binnie

Hiroshige's Edo (Hiroshige no Edo)

Paul Binnie

Hokusai's Waterfall (Hokusai no taki)

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi

Nichiren Prays for the Restless Spirit of the Cormorant Fisherman at the Isawa River, Edo (Japanese period)

Shigekatsu

Nakamura Utaemon III as Matsuomaru Arashi Raishi II as Umeomaru and Onoe Kikugoro III as Sakuramaruin the scene "Pulling the carriage apart' (Kuruma biki) from the play Sugawara's secrets of calligraphy (Sugawara denju tenarai kagami), Edo (Japanese period)