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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Multicolored, floral wallpaper with large, repeating gold leaves along the bottom and a thick golden top border made out of embellished, repeating flowers and leaves.

Zuber & Cie

Wallpaper Border

Thin orange horizontal design on a white background featuring black ovals with white floral centers alternating with small gray radiating lines.

Unknown Maker, French

Border

Fragment set on a beige background depicting an ornate bird with outstretched wings surrounded by blue, pink, and purple flowers with green and gold leaves hanging from a brown branches.

Unknown Maker, French

Wallpaper

Hu Zhengyan

Lotus Plants, Qing

Unknown Maker, Japanese

Monkey Genji, Edo Period

Calligraphy frames two scenes set against a dark blue background, one with two figures in ornate dresses, and a market scene.

Yashima Gakutei 八島岳亭

View of the Yoshiwara, Edo Period

Unknown Maker, Japanese

Courtiers with a Gift, Edo Period

Unknown Maker, Chinese

Bird on Rock near Flowers, Qing

Unknown Maker, Chinese

Snow-covered Bamboo, Qing

Unknown Maker, Chinese

Bird Bamboo, and Flowering Plant, Qing

Utagawa Kunisada 歌川国貞 (Toyokuni III)

The Eighth Month: Moon Viewing on the Fifteenth Night (Hatsuki: Tsukimi), Edo (Japanese period)

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重

Chinese Roses (Kōshinbara), Edo Period

Utagawa Kunisada 歌川国貞 (Toyokuni III)

Ichikawa Ebizō

Katsukawa Shunkō

The actor Nakamura Noshio II in a female role (nidai Nakamura Noshio), Edo (Japanese period)

Utagawa Kuniyoshi 歌川国芳

A fashionable miscellany, Edo (Japanese period)

Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎

Illustrated Chinese verses: Vol. II, Meiji

Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎

Designs for all artisans: Vol. IV, Meiji

Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎

The Waterfall where Yoshitsune washed his horse at Yoshino Yamato Province (Washu yoshino yoshitsune uma arai no taki), Edo (Japanese period)

Kitagawa Utamaro 喜多川歌麿

Left panel of the triptych Washing and Stretching Cloth (Arai-bari), Edo (Japanese period)

Utagawa Kunisada 歌川国貞 (Toyokuni III)

The four seasons: Garden in snow (Shiki no uchi: oniwa no yuki), Edo (Japanese period)