Collection

Our collection currently contains more than 100,000 works of art and design dating from ancient times to today. 748 of these objects are on view in the museum now. 84,693 of them are available online. There are 1,596 recent acquisitions. All of our collection records are living documents. These records are frequently revised and enhanced.

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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 triptych of ladies dressed in luxurious, colorful patterned garments gathering around a table with various food and drinks. Behind them are blossoming plum trees overtop a light pink background.

Utagawa Toyokuni

The New Plum Estate on the Sumida River (隅田川新梅屋敷之図Sumidagawa Shin Ume yashiki no zu), Edo Period

Woodblock print depicting a scene of figures rowing large wooden tan boats on turbulent roiling waves with a crowded gray sand beach and a snow capped mountain in the background.

Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎

Tago Bay near Ejiri on the Tōkaidō (東海道江尻田子の浦略図 Tōkaidō Ejiri Tago no ura ryakuzu), Edo Period

Woodblock print of an arrangement of large green fruits and smaller pale fruits balanced by broad leaves in a blue porcelain bowl with white wave-like ornaments at its base.

Maruyama Ōkyo 円山応挙

Peaches and Loquats in a Porcelain Bowl , Edo Period

Minimalist woodblock print of a branch laden with clusters of small round yellow fruits and a single broad leaf with a green to yellow gradient, overtop a solid peach background.

Katsushika Taito II 二代葛飾戴斗

Loquats, Edo Period

Woodblock print of a light brown woven basket brimming with light gray fresh fish topped with an exquisite arrangement of blooming red flower stalks covered in deep blue-green leaves.

Utagawa Sadahide 歌川貞秀

Ayu Fish and Bell Flowers, Edo Period

Woodblock print with handwritten Japanese text taking up the composition’s top half. The bottom half depicts an arrangement of light gray fresh fish and leafy stalks of blooming yellow flowers.

Kitao Shigemasa 北尾重政

Ayu Fish and Yellow Roses, Edo Period

Woodblock print of a turnip top with gradient black leaves behind a bold and vivid orange carrot. Sparse and feathery blue leaves serve as a backdrop for the vegetables.

Hasegawa Sadanobu II 二代長谷川貞信

Turnip and Carrot, Edo Period

Woodblock print of a flowering and fruiting potted plant behind a hawk perched on an ornamented wooden rod. In the distance, Mount Fuji peeks from behind fluffy white clouds.

Isoda Koryūsai 礒田湖龍斎

Mount Fuji Hawk, and Eggplants , Edo Period

Woodblock print with handwritten Japanese text in the middle of the composition. Above it, two birds accompany a boat docked in undisturbed waters. Below it, a shrub of pink flowers.

Unknown Maker, Japanese

Cormorants on a Boat and Pinks, Edo Period

Woodblock print depicting a scene of workers drying out gourd strips and villagers going about. Behind them lies a few thatched-roof huts, towering trees, and a distant misty mountain range.

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重

Minaguchi: Famous Gourd Strips (水口名物干瓢 Minaguchi meibutsu kanpyō), Edo Period

A color print with a large, orange lobster in the center with its tail open holding many small items and Japanese writing above it. Next to the lobster there is a dish, green leaves and twigs.

Ryūryūkyo Shinsai 柳々居辰斎

Lobster and Cup, Edo Period

Woodblock print of two light-skinned women dressed in pink earth-toned garments engaged in conversation. The woman on the left is holding a circular tray of sushi on her shoulders.

Kikugawa Eizan 菊川英山

Two Women with a Tray of Sushi, Edo Period

Red chalk drawing of a smiling satyr’s head with delicate marks throughout and vigorous crosshatching at the chest. He has pointed ears and curly hair and beard.

Giuseppe Cesari, called Cavaliere d’Arpino

Head of a Satyr

George Heriot

Druids Temple at Park Place Seat of General Conway

A reed pen and black ink drawing of the interior of a tavern in Pompeii. A figure peers in the doorway at the ruins of the stone vats and bar.

Giovanni Battista Piranesi

Interior of a Tavern in Pompeii

A pen and ink drawing of Hercules and other figures in a physical. Floating in the sky above and behind him are three female allegories: Victory, Honor, and Fame.

Carlo Maratti

Double-Sided Sheet with Studies of Hercules in the Garden of the Hesperides

A sketchy brown pen and ink study of an older, dapper gentlemen surrounded by a mass of ill-defined bowing supplicants. The image is overlaid with a grid, presumably for transfer.

James Gillray

Study for An Old English Gentleman Pester’d by Servants Wanting Places

Preparatory sketch done in black chalk with many ill-defined figures circumscribed by minimal marks. At center is a seated figure being presented a bolt of cloth by two faceless others.

François Boucher

Hecuba Presents a Garment as a Gift to Athena

Unknown Maker, Japanese

Furoshiki (風呂敷)