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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Interlocking diamonds in yellow and black with flowering triangles at the center of each diamond. Outlined in white and set against a tan background.

Unknown Maker, French

Wallpaper

Clusters of purple flowers with bright yellow centers bound by diagonal green and gold striped ribbon.

Unknown Maker, French

Flocked Wallpaper Border

Symmetrical design of vertical stacked red, yellow, and real rectangles, with thin grid lines.

Unknown Maker, French

Flock Paper

Unknown Maker, Chinese

Heron near Water, Qing

Utagawa Yoshitsuru

Opening siege of Minamoto no Yoritomo: Hojo Tokimasa and others attack Yamaki Hangan at his mansion (Minamoto no Yoritomo no hataage Hojo Tokimasa sono hoka Yamaki Hangan no yashiki ni oshiyoseru), Edo (Japanese period)

Anthony Burrill

Don’t Say Nothing

Toyohara Chikanobu 豊原周延

Battle at Shizugatake: Katō Toranosuke and Yamaji Shōgen (Shizugatake kassen: Katō Toranosuke Yamaji Shōgen), Meiji

A reclining figure in a patterned robe smoking a long pipe, with curling smoke rising along a column of calligraphy.

Yashima Gakutei 八島岳亭

Tekkai 鉄拐, Edo Period

Utagawa Kunisada 歌川国貞 (Toyokuni III)

The sixth month: Summer airing of clothes (Minazuki: doyoboshi), Edo (Japanese period)

Yanagawa Shigenobu 柳川重信

Kikujido by a Waterfall, Edo Period

Unknown Maker, Chinese

Bird on a Flowering Plum Branch, Qing

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重

Java Sparrow and Plum (Ume ni bunchô), Edo (Japanese period)

Kanbe Hanaya

Willow and Bamboo Cask (Yanagi to edaru), Edo Period

Utagawa Kunisada 歌川国貞 (Toyokuni III)

Looking for cherry blossoms on the banks of the Sumida River (Sumida zutsumi sakuragari no zu), Edo Period

Nakamura Hōchū

Ebisu Otafuku, Daikoku (Otafuku to Ebisu Daikoku), Meiji

Kobayashi Kiyochika

Our field artillery attacks the enemy camp at Jiuliancheng, Meiji

Kōno Bairei

Snowy landscape

Unknown Maker, Japanese

Bush warbler and plum (Ume ni uguisu), Edo (Japanese period)

Utagawa Toyokuni

Sawamura Tanosuke II as the lady-in-waiting? Takigawa (Koshimoto? Takigawa Sawamura Tanosuke), Edo (Japanese period)

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重

Odawara: Distant view of the Hakone mountains from the Sakawa River (小田原　酒匂川歩行渡　箱根山遠望 Odawara Sakawagawa kachi watashi Hakone yama enbō), Edo Period