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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Unknown Maker, Japanese

Herons (Shirasagi), Edo (Japanese period)

Yanagawa Shigenobu 柳川重信

A Courtesan and Her Guest , Edo Period

Decorated hobby horse with black mane and red fabric below columns of calligraphy.

Baien 梅園

Hobby Horse and Vegetables, Edo Period

Yanagawa Shigenobu 柳川重信

Takeuchi no Sukune Praying by the Sea, Edo Period

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)

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)

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)

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)

Yanagawa Shigenobu 柳川重信

Dong Fangso Stealing the Peaches of Immortality, Edo 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)

Totoya Hokkei 魚屋北渓

Cranes and young pines, Edo Period

Ko Sukei

Cranes cherry, and old well (Furuido ni sakura to tsuru), Edo (Japanese period)

Kitao Masayoshi 北尾政美

Chrysanthemums and butterflies (Kiku to botan), Edo Period

Totoya Hokkei 魚屋北渓

Shojo Parakeet and Plum (三鳥の内　猩々いんこUme ni shojo inko), Edo Period

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

Asaka Katsumi 浅香勝躬

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

A colorfully decorated round jar, the top sealed with fabric, below columns of calligraphic text and the edge of furniture on right.

Yashima Gakutei 八島岳亭

Glass Wine Jar, Edo Period

A serene composition featuring a resting dog with a red bow, looking up on a grassy hill, watching delicate yellow butterflies against a soft blue sky.

Suzuki Harunobu 鈴木春信

Cat Butterfly and Begonias, Edo Period

Yashima Gakutei 八島岳亭

Two Designs for the Bizen Circle (備前国連二番続 Bizen kokuren niban tsusuki), Edo Period

Kubo Shunman 窪俊満

Pheasants and Heath Roses, Edo Period