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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Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎

Random sketches by Hokusai (北斎漫画 Hokusai manga): Vol. 8, Meiji

Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎

In the Tōtōmi Mountains (Totomi sanchū), Edo (Japanese period)

A pair of red-crowned cranes with black-tipped wings. One preens its feathers while the other looks skywards, standing among pine branches against a pale cream background.

Katsushika Taito II 二代葛飾戴斗

Cranes and Young Pines, Edo Period

Katsushika Taito II 二代葛飾戴斗

Crane and young pines (Komatsu ni tsuru), Edo Period

Kubo Shunman 窪俊満

Pheasants and Heath Roses, Edo 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 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 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 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

Kikugawa Eizan 菊川英山

Fashionable Winding-stream Banquet (風流曲水ノ宴 Furyū kyokusui no en), Edo (Japanese period)

Katsukawa Shunshō

The Actor Ichikawa Danzō IV as Hata no Daizen, Edo (Japanese period)