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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Knox Hats

hat

Bernès Marouteau & Cie

Prophet 4

Utagawa School

Album of figure prints (Bijin), Edo (Japanese period)

David Eisendrath

Playing Cards at Chautauqua

Morris Gordon

Bakers (Return Trip)

Kitao Shigemasa 北尾重政

Parody of child as Daikoku (Mitate daikoku), Edo (Japanese period)

A polychrome woodblock print in muted tones. A seated child in a chrysanthemum-patterned long-sleeved robe plays a toy zither.

Kitao Shigemasa 北尾重政

Child as Benzaiten Playing a Toy Zither, Edo (Japanese period)

Kitao Shigemasa 北尾重政

Parody of child as Hotei (Mitate hotei), Edo (Japanese period)

Kitao Shigemasa 北尾重政

Parody of child as Ebisu (Mitate ebisu) (Shichifukujin), Edo (Japanese period)

Utagawa Toyokuni II (Toyoshige)

The courtesan Tsukasa and her two kamuro Agena and Kocho of the Ogiya (Ogiyanaitsukasa agena kocho: Daimonguchi no rakugan), Edo (Japanese period)

A long-tailed, black bird swoops downward towards thin branches rising from the bottom, blooming with pink flowers and small green leaves. A red artist’s stamp sits to the right.

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重

Long-tailed Bird and Peach Blossoms, Edo Period

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重

Wild Geese and Crescent Moon (Mikazuki ni gan), Edo (Japanese period)

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重

Wagtail and Rabbit-ear Iris (Kakitsubata ni sekirei), Edo (Japanese period)

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重

Mandarin Duck ([Setchû] Oshidori), Edo (Japanese period)

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重

Wild Geese and Moon (Tsuki ni gan), Edo Period

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重

Kingfisher and Viburnum, Edo Period

On thin, flowering branches a red bird perches above a blue and yellow bird, separated by a deep blue horizon line.

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重

Small bird and Maples; White eye and Aronia , Edo Period

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重

Kingfisher and Begonia, Edo Period

Oki Ichiga

Sparrow and plum (Ume ni suzume), Edo Period

Keisai Eisen 渓斎英泉

Bamboo and moon (Tsuki to take), Edo Period