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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Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重

Kingfisher Reeds, and East Asian Water Lily, Edo Period

Kobayashi Kiyochika

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

Narrow vertical composition of three brown geese descending towards deep blue waving horizons and clouds under a pale moon against a light gray backdrop. Below is a red artists stamp.

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重

Wild Geese Flying across the Moon, Edo Period

Kitagawa Utamaro 喜多川歌麿

Goshawk thick-billed shrike (Taka mozu), Edo Period

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重

Crane's Nest and Rising Sun, Edo Period

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重

Shinobazu Pond (不忍の池 Shinobazu no ike), Edo Period

Kitagawa Tsukimaro

Magnolias and Butterfly, Edo Period

A composition of large blooming flowers in soft gradients of blue, orange, and yellow, set against lush foliage and framed within a rounded shape.

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重

Hibiscus (芙蓉 Fuyō), Edo Period

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重

Yabu Lane at the Foot of Atago (Atagoshita yabukōji), Edo (Japanese period)

Utagawa Hiroshige II 二代目歌川広重

Kingfisher and water plants (Mizuaoi ni kawasemi), Edo Period

Thin vertical branches with small pink blossoms against a twilight blue sky and glowing moon. Interspersed between the branches is flowing calligraphy.

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重

Moon and Plum, Edo Period

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重

Nihonbashi (inscribed), Edo Period

A large white egret with a puffed-out chest surrounded by tall, dark-green blades of grass beneath a gray sky. A block of calligraphy floats above to the left.

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重

Little Egret and Softstem Bulrush, Edo Period

Asaka Katsumi 浅香勝躬

Portrait of Tsurunoya as a Papier-mache Doll of a Gidayu Chanter, Edo Period

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重

Kingfisher Reeds, and East Asian Water Lily, Edo Period

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi

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

Kitao Masayoshi 北尾政美

Magpies (Jutaicho), Edo (Japanese period)

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)

Okumura Masanobu 菱川師宣

Scene from the jōruri play Momochidori musume Dōjōji at Nakamura-za theater, Edo Period