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 1714

Toyohara Kunichika

Nakamura Shikan as Hige no Ikyu Ichikawa Danjuro IX as Hanakawado Sukeroku and Nakamura Fukusuke as Miuraya no Agemaki inthe play Edo zakura (Edo cherry blossoms), Meiji

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi 月岡芳年

Dawn Moon and Tumbling Snow: Kobayashi Heihachirō (Seppu no gyōgetsu: Kobayashi Heihachirō), Meiji

Anthony Burrill

You Know More Than You Think You Do

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi 月岡芳年

Moon at Mount Inaba (Inabayama no tsuki), Meiji

Unknown Maker, Chinese

Bird near Flowers and Rock, Qing

Nagayama Kōin 長山孔寅

Woman by Night Plum, Edo Period

Unknown Maker, Japanese

Heron on Post (descriptive), Edo Period

Utagawa Toyokuni II (Toyoshige)

Sumo Wrestler Hiodoshi Rikiya

Endo Taigaku

Swallow and Spider (Tsubame to kumo), Edo (Japanese period)

A flowing vibrant blue river flowing between steep snowy cliffs. A wooden bridge connects the gorge, leading to two wooden buildings in front of a forest. Set against a gray background.

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重

Kōzuke Province: Mount Haruna Under Snow (上野　榛名山雪中 Kōzuke Harunasan setchū), Edo Period

Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎

Segawa Kikunojo as the courtesan Okiku [the brothel name is illegible] (Segawa Kikunojo;...ya Okiku), Edo (Japanese period)

Katsukawa Shuncho

Courtesan and Kamuro (Yujo to kamuro), Edo (Japanese period)

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi

Okano Kinuemon Fujiwara Kanehide, Edo (Japanese period)

Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎

Mandarin Ducks, Edo Period

A print depicting a small bird hanging upside down from a blossoming branch, framed by cascading white blossoms set against a deep blue background.

Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎

Bullfinch and Weeping Cherry (鶯垂櫻 Uso shidarezakura), Edo Period

Ochiai Yoshiiku

Fuji-bakama Chapter 30 from the Tale of Genji: The manservant Ranpei (Fuji-bakama; Yakko Ranpei), Edo (Japanese period)

A print depicting a small brown bird perched among jagged green leaves, and blooming red-orange flowers set against a blue gradient sky.

Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎

Shrike and Thistles (鵙小薊 Isuka oniazami), Edo Period

Utagawa Kunisada 歌川国貞 (Toyokuni III)

The Ōdori Village Scene in Meguro hiyoku zuka from an untitled series of jōruri libretti, Edo Period

Utagawa Kunisada 歌川国貞 (Toyokuni III)

Cherry blossoms Ueno (Ueno no sakura no sato), Edo (Japanese period)

Ornamental border strip on a gray background featuring shaded small vertical stripes, symmetrical floral motifs and a beaded row along the bottom in shades of gray.

Unknown Maker, French

Wallpaper Border