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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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

Print in bright yet faded colors, of figures climbing a lush mountain alongside a waterfall. They travel from a group of huts towards slats built into one of the mountain-faces.

Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎

Kannon Temple at Kiyo Falls Sakanoshita on the Tokaido (Tokaido sakanoshita kiyotaki kannon), Edo (Japanese period)

Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎

The Mitsui shop Suruga Edo (Edo suruga-chō Mitsui-mise ryakuzu), Edo (Japanese period)

Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎

Nihonbashi Edo (Edo nihonbashi), Edo (Japanese period)

Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎

Surugadai in the Eastern Capital (Tōto Sundai), Edo (Japanese period)

Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎

Wagtail and Wisteria (鶺鴒藤 Fuji sekirei), possibly

Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎

Yoshida on the Tōkaidō (東海道吉田 Tōkaidō Yoshida), Edo (Japanese period)

Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎

The "Cushion Pine" at Aoyama (青山円座松 Aoyama enza no matsu), Edo (Japanese period)

Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎

Mount Fuji from Goten-yama at Shinagawa on the Tōkaido (東海道品川御殿山ノ不二 Tōkaido Shinagawa Goten-yama no Fuji), Edo Period

Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎

Mount Fuji from the Tea Plantation of Katakura Suruga Province ( 駿州片倉茶園ノ不二 Sunshū katakura chaen no fuji), Edo (Japanese period)

Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎

Poppies, Edo Period

Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎

Cuckoo and Azaleas (子規杜鵑花 Hototogisu satsuki), Edo Period

Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎

Butterfly and Peonies, Edo Period

Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎

Sparrow and Rose Mallow, Edo Period

Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎

In the Tōtōmi Mountains (Totomi sanchū), Edo (Japanese period)

Woodblock triptych of ladies dressed in luxurious, colorful patterned garments gathering around a table with various food and drinks. Behind them are blossoming plum trees overtop a light pink background.

Utagawa Toyokuni

The New Plum Estate on the Sumida River (隅田川新梅屋敷之図Sumidagawa Shin Ume yashiki no zu), Edo Period

Woodblock print depicting a scene of figures rowing large wooden tan boats on turbulent roiling waves with a crowded gray sand beach and a snow capped mountain in the background.

Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎

Tago Bay near Ejiri on the Tōkaidō (東海道江尻田子の浦略図 Tōkaidō Ejiri Tago no ura ryakuzu), Edo Period

Torii Kiyonaga

Kintaro riding a bear (Kintaro), Edo (Japanese period)

Japanese print of a woman sitting next to pens and ink, an oval mirror, and a drawing of themselves. The figure is wearing a white robe with blue flowers throughout.

Chōbunsai Eishi 鳥文斎栄之

The daughter of Taira no Kiyomori using a mirror to draw her self-portrait to send to her mother (清盛息女の画　自像を写母に之に送図　Kiyomori sokujo no ga jizo o utsushi haha ni kore o okuru zu), Edo Period

Japanese print of a woman, wearing a tree-like headpiece and a floor-length orange robe with wheel and flower motifs, looking down at the yellow smoke that surrounds her top half.

Chōbunsai Eishi 鳥文斎栄之

A Triptych of Fashionable Disguises: The Third Princess (略三幅対女三之宮 Yatsushi sanpukutsui: Nyosan no Miya), Edo Period