Collection

Our collection currently contains more than 100,000 works of art and design dating from ancient times to today. Of these objects, 1,708 of them are on view in the museum now. 84,361 of them are available online. There are 1,420 recent acquisitions. All of our collection records are living documents. They are frequently revised and enhanced.

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Kitagawa Utamaro 喜多川歌麿

A parody (mitate) of Act 5 of Chushingura (Treasury of the Loyal Retainers) with a courtesan of the Naniwaya (go-danme (Act 5) Naniwaya (inscribed to l. of figure) ), Edo (Japanese period)

Kobayashi Kiyochika

Scouts near Niuzhuang on a Snowy Night (Gyūsō fukin setsuya no sekkō), Meiji

Asaka no Katsumi

Portrait of Tsurunoya as a Papier-mache Doll of a Gidayu Chanter, Edo (Japanese period)

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi

Gentoku Visits Kōmei in a Snowstorm (Gentoku fūsetsu ni Komei o otonau), Meiji

Keisai Eisen 渓斎英泉

Customs of Tatsumi: Shells on the road (辰巳風俗道のかいがらTatsumi fuzoku michi no kaigara), Edo (Japanese period)

Kikugawa Eizan 菊川英山

Three elegant beauties enjoying the evening cool (風流夕涼三美人Fūryū yūsuzumi san bijin), Edo (Japanese period)