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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Kitagawa Utamaro 喜多川歌麿

Copper pheasants wagtail (Yamadori sekirei), Edo (Japanese period)

Margaret Carleton

Melaina Chole Many Bodies Flying

A travel scene with two figures inside a red carriage, while a group gathers around peering at them.

Yanagawa Shigenobu 柳川重信

The Poet Asaka no Katsumi with Companions, Edo Period

Illustration of green grapes and scissors in front of a patterned hexagonal bowl adorned with colorful motifs, below columns of calligraphy.

Hayami Shungyōsai II 速水春暁斎二代目

Grapes Scissors, and Porcelain Bowl, Edo Period

A figure in richly patterned robes, gazing down at a white origami frog they hold.

Yashima Gakutei 八島岳亭

Gama 蝦蟇, Edo Period

A seated figure in patterned robes cuts an iris leaf into the shape of an arrow.

Harukawa Goshichi 春川五七

A Woman Making an Arrow from an Iris Leaf, Edo Period

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重

Chofu Jewel River Musashi Province, Edo (Japanese period)

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重

Sparrows in snow (Setchu suzume), Edo (Japanese period)

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重

Autumn moon Ishiyama (Ishiyama shugetsu), Edo (Japanese period)

A circular scene depicting a fisherman in a small boat alongside birds in a calm river, framed by a hanging tree and distant hills under a pale sky.

Katsukawa Shunzan 勝川春山

Cormorant Fishing, Edo Period

A figure in ornate robes threading a needle next to spools of thread, framed by a curtain and tree.

Yashima Gakutei 八島岳亭

A Woman with Spools, Edo Period

A kneeling figure in patterned red, blue, and white robes, looking downwards.

Yashima Gakutei 八島岳亭

Tōbōsaku 東方朔, Edo Period

A dark blue peacock ducks its head beneath blooming red and white flowers, blending with the dark green foliage on a faded white and blue background.

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重

Green Peacock and Tree Peonies, Edo Period

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重

Peonies (Botan), Edo Period

Giulio Bonasone

Pan Seated Near a Nymph with a Cornucopia

Albrecht Dürer

The Annunciation

An ornate bronze mirror with floral and bird engravings beside a red and green patterned bowl with columns of calligraphy.

Baien 梅園

Mirror and Rouge Cup, Edo Period

A colorful pouch with swirling red and blue patterns and a turtle shell bead on its cords, below columns of calligraphy.

Nagayama Kōin 長山孔寅

Inro Turtle Netsuke, and Coral Bead, Edo Period

A seated woman in a floral robe watching two boys in colorful robes playing by a tall round table.

Ryūryūkyo Shinsai 柳々居辰斎

A Woman and Two Boys with a Hobby Horse, Edo Period

Torii Kiyomitsu I

The actor Arashi Hinaji as a courtesan (Arashi hinaji), Edo (Japanese period)