Collection

Our collection currently contains more than 100,000 works of art and design dating from ancient times to today. 2,134 of these objects are on view in the museum now. 85,750 of them are available online. There are 2,338 recent acquisitions. All of our collection records are living documents. These records are frequently revised and enhanced.

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Utagawa Hiroshige II 二代目歌川広重

Kingfisher and Hydrangeas, Edo Period

A small yellow bird looks downwards from a thin branch below trailing dark foliage towards a fading light blue horizon.

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重

Canary and Wisteria, Edo Period

In a narrow vertical frame, a blue bird perches on a branch with blooming red and pink flowers and dark green leaves against a bright yellow background.

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重

Blue-and-white Flycatcher and Confederate Rose, Edo Period

A white heron standing on one leg on a gnarled branch with twigs of white blossoms beneath a full moon, set against a muted gray background.

Chōbunsai Eishi 鳥文斎栄之

Egret and Plum in Moonlight, Meiji

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重

Shōno: Driving Rain (庄野　白雨 Shōno hakuu), Edo Period

Two figures in robed attire, the right gripping a sword, standing apart but gazing at each other in front of wooden railings.

Katsukawa Shunzan 勝川春山

The actors Osagawa Tsuneyo II as a woman and Matsumoto Koshiro IV as a samurai (nidai Osagawa Tsuneyo; yondai Matsumoto Koshiro), Edo Period

Kitagawa Utamaro 喜多川歌麿

Scops owl bullfinches (Mimizuku uso), Edo (Japanese period)

Japanese print of a woman, wearing a white floral-patterned blue robe with an orange and white geometric hem, staring at a black-beaked white bird to the left of her.

Utagawa Toyokuni 歌川豊国

Parrot Komachi (あふむ小まち Ōmu Komachi), Edo Period

Utagawa Kunisada 歌川国貞 (Toyokuni III)

Contemporary brocades of fashions at the imperial palace (Gosho moyo tosei nishiki), Edo (Japanese period)

Torii Kiyonaga 鳥居清長

The Boy's Festival Tango (端午 Tango), Edo Period

Kitagawa Utamaro 喜多川歌麿

Shells (Kaigara), Edo Period

Kagiwara Sekijo

Pine; hawk eyeing sparrows (Matsu; suzume o osou taka), Edo (Japanese period)

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重

Yoshiwara: Floating Islands in Fuji Marsh (Yoshiwara Fuji no numa ukishima ga hara), Edo (Japanese period)

Edna Boies Hopkins

Purple Daisy

A figure in flowing, patterned robes leading a saddled horse, with columns of script above.

Ryūryūkyo Shinsai 柳々居辰斎

A Woman Leading a Horse, Edo Period

Nagayama Kōin 長山孔寅

Court Scene, Edo Period

Hu Zhengyan

Rock in a Stream, Qing

A figure in flowing patterned robes, intertwined with a black railing, peering through.

Yashima Gakutei 八島岳亭

Okyō 王喬, Edo Period

Keisai Eisen 渓斎英泉

Courtesan with a Letter (Fumi o motsu yujo), Edo (Japanese period)

Tōshūsai Sharaku

Actor Segawa Kikunojō III as Oshizu wife of Tanabe Bunzō, Edo Period