Collection

Our collection currently contains more than 100,000 works of art and design dating from ancient times to today. Of these objects, 758 of them are on view in the museum now. 84,673 of them are available online. There are 1,596 recent acquisitions. All of our collection records are living documents. They are frequently revised and enhanced.

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Tsukioka Yoshitoshi

Nichiren Prays for the Restless Spirit of the Cormorant Fisherman at the Isawa River, Edo (Japanese period)

Jacob Hoefnagel

The locusts have no king yet all of them march in rank. Proverbs 30, 27

Jacob Hoefnagel

It is he who sits above the circle of the earth and its inhabitants are like grasshoppers. Isaiah 40

Shigekatsu

Nakamura Utaemon III as Matsuomaru Arashi Raishi II as Umeomaru and Onoe Kikugoro III as Sakuramaruin the scene "Pulling the carriage apart' (Kuruma biki) from the play Sugawara's secrets of calligraphy (Sugawara denju tenarai kagami), Edo (Japanese period)

Abelardo Morell

Camera Obscura Image of Havana Looking Southeast in Room with Ladder