Collection

Our collection currently contains more than 100,000 works of art and design dating from ancient times to today. 2,089 of these objects are on view in the museum now. 85,821 of them are available online. There are 2,332 recent acquisitions. All of our collection records are living documents. These records are frequently revised and enhanced.

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Tang Di

Landscape with Two Pines, Yüan

Large, pastel-hued chrysanthemums among dark green foliage against a black background. Solid-colored blocks of vertical calligraphy accent the corners of the composition.

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重

Longevity Chrysanthemums, Edo Period

A brown and white-feathered hawk perched on a pine branch among clusters of dark green needles while a glowing red sun frames its head.

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重

Hawk on Pine, Edo Period

Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot

Entrance to a Chalet in the Bernese Oberland (ntérieur d'un Chalet d'Oberland Bernois)

Pompeo Girolamo Batoni

Time Revealing Truth

A polychrome woodblock print of travelers gathering under the shade of a large cedar in a green field. People pass in front of the tree with umbrellas and assorted baggage.

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重

Fushimi, Edo (Japanese period)

A richly embossed woodblock print with metallic embellishments. A seated man in a floral-patterned maroon robe plays the flute. A black lacquered screen is beside him.

Utagawa Kunisada 歌川国貞 (Toyokuni III)

The Broom Tree (Hahakigi), Edo Period

A woodblock print of a green-robed woman holding a three-stringed musical instrument. She looks down at a child on a hobbyhorse. A picture of a white horse is framed above.

Torii Kiyomitsu II (Kiyomine)

Year of the Horse, Edo (Japanese period)

A woodblock print in hues of grey and green. A landscape of vast plains with hills. Three small figures head toward a small wooden hut on the left.

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重

Futakawa: Monkey Plateau (Futakawa Sarugababa), Edo Period

A muted red and green colored woodblock print of a Japanese actor playing a small hand drum. He is depicted in a room with a half-opened sliding door behind him.

Torii Kiyomitsu I

Segawa Kikunojō II, Edo (Japanese period)

A woodblock print in muted tones of five children dancing and playing beneath festive rope streamers. A small display of pine, lobster, and oranges is on the right.

Torii Kiyonaga 鳥居清長

New Year (初春 Shoshun), Edo Period

A seated woman in a robe of swirling blue and red designs preparing to play a thirteen-stringed zither. Above her is a poem and a tree with blossoms made of coins.

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重

Good-Natured (Otonashiki), Edo (Japanese period)

A three-part woodblock print in muted tones. Lavishly dressed women play music in a room opening onto a garden. A young man plays the flute outside the garden fence.

Kitagawa Utamaro 喜多川歌麿

Ushiwakamaru Serenading Princess Joruri by Flute, Edo Period

Utagawa Kunisada II 二代歌川国貞

Temporary quarters of the New Yoshiwara: Courtesans patronized by Owariya Hikotaro viewing cherry blossoms (Shin Yoshiwara kataku: Owariya Hikotaro kakae yujo hanami zu), Edo Period

A tall, cascading waterfall on the left edge, framed by colorful rocky terrain, and travelers crossing a bridge near the rushing waters.

Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎

Ono Falls on the Kisokaidō (木曾海道小野ノ瀑布 Kisokaidō Ono no bakufu), Edo Period

Print in bright yet faded colors, of figures climbing a lush mountain alongside a waterfall. They travel from a group of huts towards slats built into one of the mountain-faces.

Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎

Kannon Temple at Kiyo Falls Sakanoshita on the Tokaido (Tokaido sakanoshita kiyotaki kannon), Edo (Japanese period)

Yoshida Hiroshi 吉田博

Canal Venice (Benizu no unga)

Unknown Maker, Roman

Pottery Fragments with Seals

Two small birds perched among large red and white peony blossoms and broad blue-green leaves with a line of vertical calligraphy against a faded blue background.

Utagawa Kunisada II 二代歌川国貞

Herbaceous Peonies and Great Tits, Edo Period

A brown bird feeding chicks in a woven nest among clusters of purple flowers, tall grass, and red berries against a faded pink and blue sky. Small calligraphy panels surround.

Utagawa Sadahide 歌川貞秀

Reed Warblers Iris and Indian Strawberries (杜菖花よしきり蛇苺 Kakitsubata yoshikiri hebiichigo), Edo Period