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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Utagawa Toyohiro 歌川豊広

Parody of Ebisu and Benten [As woman and fish-peddlar in snow] (Ebisu to Benten Dayu), Edo Period

Kikugawa Eizan 菊川英山

Peonies (Botan), Edo (Japanese period)

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重

Great Tit and Rose of Sharon, Edo Period

A green dragonfly rests on small pink and red blossoms above green leaves against a fading blue sky. Loose, thin calligraphy floats above.

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重

Dragonfly and Hardy Begonia, Edo Period

Four small gray and black birds, swooping downwards towards a thin branch with clusters of berries against a pale pink and gray backdrop in a narrow frame.

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重

Barn Swallows and Flowering Crabapple in Bud, Edo Period

A golden bird perched on a tall green foliage featuring bold red and white flowers with dark leaves above a curved blue horizon line.

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重

Black-naped Oriole and Confederate Rose, Edo Period

A duck with a black head and yellow plumage floats on deep blue water under frozen, bending branches in the snow.

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重

Duck in Snow, Edo Period

A pair of colorful ducks drift on curving, deep blue water beneath a vine of orange and blue flowers blooming from the upper right corner.

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重

Mandarin Ducks, Edo Period

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重

Cockerel umbrella and morning glories (Asagao ni tori to kasa), Edo Period

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重

Tree Sparrows and Camellia in Snow, Edo Period

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重

Tree Sparrows and Camellia in Snow, Edo Period

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重

Long-tailed Bird and Plum, Edo Period

Kubo Shunman 窪俊満

Iris and Peony (牡丹　燕子花 Botan kakitsubata), Meiji

Unknown Maker, Japanese

Owl and magnolia (Mokuren ni mimizuki), Meiji

Kubo Shunman

Bronze Chinese lion on stand and potted adonis plant (Seido shishi to hachiue no hana), Edo Period

Rintei

Camellias and tea-utensil box (Seika: Tsubaki to chabako), Edo (Japanese period)

Kawanabe Kyōsai

Still life with weeping willow plum and camellia (Seika shidareyanagi to ume to tsubaki), Meiji

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重

Flying Cranes, Edo Period

Keisai Eisen 渓斎英泉

Peonies and butterflies (Botan ni cho), Edo (Japanese period)

Isoda Koryūsai 礒田湖龍斎

Crane's nest and rising sun (Hinode sugomori no tsuru), Meiji