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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Katsukawa Shun'ei

The actor Segawa Kikunojo III in a female role (sandai Segawa Kikunojo), Edo (Japanese period)

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重

Clearing Weather After Snow Masaki, Famous Places of the Eastern Capital, Edo (Japanese period)

Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎

Cranes on Snow-covered Pine Branch, Edo Period

Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎

Hakone Lake in Sagami Province (Soshu Hakone no kosui), Edo (Japanese period)

Utagawa Kunisada 歌川国貞 (Toyokuni III)

Cuckoo and Moon, Edo Period

A still life with a patterned pouch, books, and a white and blue porcelain planter of flowers beneath columns of calligraphy.

Ryūryūkyo Shinsai 柳々居辰斎

Turtle Netsuke and Inro with Potted Plant and Books, Edo Period

Illustration of a bronze figure standing with one arm raised, beside a white flower and columns of calligraphy.

Mochizuki Kagenari 望月影成

Statue of Buddha and a Lily, Edo Period

A brown duck on a green grassy ground near a large body of water with deep blue curves which shows the papers texture. Calligraphy floats to the left.

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重

Goose on Riverbank, Edo Period

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重

Japanese Morning Glories (Asagao), Edo Period

Utagawa Kuniteru II

Flowers of Tokyo: Bustling opening of the three kabuki theaters in Saruwaka-cho (Tokyo hana saruwaka sanro hanei kaikan zu), Edo (Japanese period)

Kobayashi Kiyochika

The fall of the citadel at Jinzhoucheng (Kinshujo rakujo no zu), Edo (Japanese period)

Utagawa Kunisada 歌川国貞 (Toyokuni III)

Standing beauty (Bijin), Edo Period

Utagawa Kuniyoshi 歌川国芳

Woman seated on a veranda (Bijin), Edo (Japanese period)

Kitagawa Utamaro 喜多川歌麿

Copper pheasants wagtail (Yamadori sekirei), Edo (Japanese period)

Unknown Maker, Japanese

First dream of the New Year (Hatsuyume), Edo (Japanese period)

Ochiai Yoshiiku

Maboroshi Chapter 41 from the Tale of Genji: Taira no Tomomori (Maboroshi: Shin chunagon Taira no Tomomori), Edo Period

Unknown Maker, Japanese

Women with cherry branch (Bijin to sakura), Edo (Japanese period)

Kason Suzuki

Woman reading a dispatch (Senshi koho), Meiji

Nakayama Sūgakudō 中山嵩岳堂

Heron and Iris (鷺はな菖蒲 Sagi Hanashobu), Edo Period

A travel scene with two figures inside a red carriage, while a group gathers around peering at them.

Yanagawa Shigenobu 柳川重信

The Poet Asaka no Katsumi with Companions, Edo Period