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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Japanese print of two sitting figures, facing each other, holding fans and wearing colorful patterned robes against a blue ombre background. The left figure sits on a tan bamboo trunk.

Utagawa Kunisada 歌川国貞 (Toyokuni III)

Visiting Komachi (かよひ小町 Kayoi Komachi), Edo Period

A richly embossed woodblock print with metallic embellishments. A seated man in a floral-patterned maroon robe plays the flute. A black lacquered screen is beside him.

Utagawa Kunisada 歌川国貞 (Toyokuni III)

The Broom Tree (Hahakigi), Edo (Japanese period)

Utagawa Kunisada II

Temporary quarters of the New Yoshiwara: Courtesans patronized by Owariya Hikotaro viewing cherry blossoms (Shin Yoshiwara kataku: Owariya Hikotaro kakae yujo hanami zu), Edo (Japanese period)

Utagawa Kunisada II 二代歌川国貞

Herbaceous Peonies and Great Tits, Edo Period

Utagawa Kunisada 歌川国貞 (Toyokuni III)

Fireflies and sweet flag iris (Hanashobuto hotaru), Edo (Japanese period)

Utagawa Kunisada 歌川国貞 (Toyokuni III)

Bed of Awakening: Nocturnal Pillow Talks (Nezame no toko ikuyo no mutsugoto) volume 3

Utagawa Kunisada 歌川国貞 (Toyokuni III)

Women Viewing Plum Blossoms, Edo Period

Utagawa Kunisada 歌川国貞 (Toyokuni III)

The Second Month: Plum Viewing (衣更着梅見Kisaragi umemi), Edo (Japanese period)

Utagawa Kunisada 歌川国貞 (Toyokuni III)

Eight Views of Edo Figures (江戸姿八契 Edo sugata hakkei), Edo (Japanese period)

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重

Totsuka (戸塚), Edo Period

Woodblock print depicting two barefoot figures against misty mountain scenery. The hunched woman has black trays of food in each hand and the child carries a black box.

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重

Hiratsuka: Ferry at the Banyū River (平塚萬入川舟渡 Hiratsuka Banyūgawa funawatari), Edo Period

Woodblock print of a figure crouching next to a woven net beside a walking figure eating a skewer and balancing a spear on their shoulder, overtop a coastal scene.

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重

Kanagawa: Panoramic View from Kanagawadai toward Yokohama Honmaku (神奈川従金川台　芒横浜本牧眺望 Kanagawadai yori Yokohama Honmaku chōbō), Edo Period

Woodblock print of a seated woman, facing leftwards, wearing an orange-lined teal garment that fades to brown with floral embellishments against a backdrop of blossoming branches and pastel orange clouds.

Utagawa Kunisada 歌川国貞 (Toyokuni III)

Hand games and flowering sleeves (拳角力花の振袖 Kenzumo hana no furisode), Edo Period

Utagawa School

Album of figure prints (Bijin), Edo (Japanese period)

Vibrant three-part woodblock print of three women on a garden outing, framed by cherry blossoms. They wear floral-patterned robes and carry food boxes, drinking vessels, and a musical instrument.

Utagawa Kunisada 歌川国貞 (Toyokuni III)

Enjoying Flowers in the Inner Garden (Oniwa hana no asobi), Edo (Japanese period)

A multicolor woodblock print of a blue-robed woman carrying a round black food box. The title is in the upper right.

Utagawa Kunisada 歌川国貞 (Toyokuni III)

Outing to a flower garden (Oniwa hana no asobi), Edo (Japanese period)

A woodblock print of a woman in a long-sleeved robe. She carries a porcelain wine bowl with cups in one hand and a musical instrument in the other.

Utagawa Kunisada 歌川国貞 (Toyokuni III)

Outing to a flower garden (Oniwa hana no asobi), Edo (Japanese period)

A woodblock print of a woman in a floral-patterned grey robe carrying a wooden sake cask.

Utagawa Kunisada 歌川国貞 (Toyokuni III)

Outing to a flower garden (Oniwa hana no asobi), Edo (Japanese period)

Utagawa School

Actor prints by artists in the Utagawa school, Edo (Japanese period)

Utagawa Kunisada 歌川国貞 (Toyokuni III)

Reconciliation between Takeda and Uesugi at Kawanakajima in Shinano Province (Shinshu kawanakajima Takeda Uesugi waboku zu), Edo (Japanese period)