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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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)

Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎

Hokusai's picture book (北斎画譜 Hokusai gafu) Vol. II, Meiji

Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎

Quick Pictorial Dictionary ( 画本早引 Ehon Hayabiki) Vol 2, Edo Period

Kitao Masayoshi 北尾政美

Sketches by Keisai: Vol. 4, Edo (Japanese period)

Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎

Hokusai's picture book: Vol. I, Meiji

Kitao Masayoshi 北尾政美

Sketches by Keisai: Vol. 2, Edo (Japanese period)

Yanagawa Shigenobu 柳川重信

Dong Fangso Stealing the Peaches of Immortality, Edo Period

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重

Auspicious Chrysanthemums 寿菊 , Edo Period

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重

Hawk on Pine, Edo Period

Katsushika Isai

Miniature drawings of birds flowers and landscapes:Vol. I, Edo (Japanese period)

A polychrome woodblock print of travelers gathering under the shade of a large cedar in a green field. People pass in front of the tree with umbrellas and assorted baggage.

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重

Fushimi, Edo (Japanese period)

A woodblock print in hues of grey and green. A landscape of vast plains with hills. Three small figures head toward a small wooden hut on the left.

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重

Futakawa: Monkey Plateau (Futakawa Sarugababa), Edo Period

A muted red and green colored woodblock print of a Japanese actor playing a small hand drum. He is depicted in a room with a half-opened sliding door behind him.

Torii Kiyomitsu I

Segawa Kikunojō II, Edo (Japanese period)

A woodblock print in muted tones of five children dancing and playing beneath festive rope streamers. A small display of pine, lobster, and oranges is on the right.

Torii Kiyonaga 鳥居清長

New Year (初春 Shoshun), Edo Period

A seated woman in a robe of swirling blue and red designs preparing to play a thirteen-stringed zither. Above her is a poem and a tree with blossoms made of coins.

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重

Good-Natured (Otonashiki), Edo (Japanese period)

A woodblock print of a seated woman. She wears a rich black robe embellished in metallic floral patterns and holds a round lute. Poems are inscribed above the image.

Kōitsu

Woman with a Moon Lute, Edo (Japanese period)

Utagawa Kunisada II

Temporary quarters of the New Yoshiwara: Courtesans patronized by Owariya Hikotaro viewing cherry blossoms (Shin Yoshiwara kataku: Owariya Hikotaro kakae yujo hanami zu), Edo (Japanese period)

A tall, cascading waterfall on the left edge, framed by colorful rocky terrain, and travelers crossing a bridge near the rushing waters.

Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎

Ono Falls on the Kisokaidō (木曾海道小野ノ瀑布 Kisokaidō Ono no bakufu), Edo Period

Utagawa Kunisada II 二代歌川国貞

Herbaceous Peonies and Great Tits, Edo Period

Utagawa Sadahide 歌川貞秀

Reed Warblers Iris and Indian Strawberries (杜菖花よしきり蛇苺 Kakitsubata yoshikiri hebiichigo), Edo Period