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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showing 20 works out of 709

Antonio da Trento

The Tiburtine Sibyl Showing the Virgin and Child to Augustus

Nakayama Sūgakudō 中山嵩岳堂

Golden-crested wren and sasanqua (Kikuitadori sazanka), Edo Period

Bartolomeo Coriolano

Sleeping Cupid

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重

Java Sparrow and Balloon Flowers (descriptive), Edo Period

Kitagawa Utamaro 喜多川歌麿

Cockerel hen and Japanese meadow buntin (Niwatori to hojiro), Edo Period

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重

Untitled set of harimaze-e, Edo Period

Thin vertical branches with small pink blossoms against a twilight blue sky and glowing moon. Interspersed between the branches is flowing calligraphy.

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重

Moon and Plum, Edo Period

A large white egret with a puffed-out chest surrounded by tall, dark-green blades of grass beneath a gray sky. A block of calligraphy floats above to the left.

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重

Little Egret and Softstem Bulrush, Edo Period

Asaka Katsumi 浅香勝躬

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

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi

Gentoku Visits Kōmei in a Snowstorm (Gentoku fūsetsu ni Komei o otonau), Meiji

Utagawa Kunisada 歌川国貞 (Toyokuni III)

Women Viewing Plum Blossoms, Edo Period

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

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重

Mariko: Famous Teahouse (鞠子名物茶屋 Mariko meibutsu chamise), Edo (Japanese period)

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重

Fukuroi: Outdoor Tea Stall (袋井出茶屋之図 Fukuroi dechaya no zu), Edo (Japanese period)

Suzuki Harunobu 鈴木春信

Utena of the Shinkanaya (新かなやうてな Shinkanaya Utena), Edo Period

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重

Japanese White-eye and Maple (Kaede ni mejiro), Edo Period

A tortoise carrying on its shell mountains, grasses and trees, with columns of Japanese writing above.

Nagayama Kōin 長山孔寅

Tortoise Carrying the Isle of the Immortals on His Back, Edo Period

Kitagawa Utamaro II

Flower arrangement with plum, Edo Period