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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A print depicting a small brown bird perched among jagged green leaves, and blooming red-orange flowers set against a blue gradient sky.

Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎

Shrike and Thistles (鵙小薊 Isuka oniazami), Edo Period

Nakayama Sugakudo

Meadow bunting Egyptian kidney beans and pinks (Hojiro fujimame nadeshiko), Edo (Japanese period)

Utagawa Kunisada 歌川国貞 (Toyokuni III)

The Ōdori Village Scene in Meguro hiyoku zuka from an untitled series of jōruri libretti, Edo Period

Utagawa Kunisada 歌川国貞 (Toyokuni III)

Cherry blossoms Ueno (Ueno no sakura no sato), Edo (Japanese period)

Delicate illustration of a branch of pale plums and green leaves below columns of calligraphy.

Nagayama Kōin 長山孔寅

Fruit, Edo Period

Totoya Hokkei

Nankai Plum, Edo Period

Nakamura Hōchū

Bush warbler and blossoming plum (Ume ni uguisu), Meiji

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重

Japanese White-eyes and Maples (Benikaede ni mejiro), Edo (Japanese period)

Tōshūsai Sharaku

Actor Matsumoto Kōshirō IV as the fishmonger Gorōbei from San'ya, Edo Period

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重

Tree Sparrows and Camellia in Snow (Setchû tsubaki ni suzume), Edo Period

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重

Hamamatsu Sansa no matsu (Gojûsan tsugi tsuzuki-e fûtô), Edo (Japanese period)

Mori Kansai 森寛斎

Album of paintings, Meiji

A Japanese print of a ghostly figure with long black hair hovering at the center pf the print, holding a baby and looking down. The figure is tethered to a tied cloth hanging to its right.

Utagawa Kunisada 歌川国貞 (Toyokuni III)

Onoe Kikugoro in the role of the ghost Kasane (尾上菊五郎かさねゆうこん Onoe Kikugoro: Kasane yūkon), Edo Period

Japanese print of two sitting figures, facing each other, holding fans and wearing colorful patterned robes against a blue ombre background. The left figure sits on a tan bamboo trunk.

Utagawa Kunisada 歌川国貞 (Toyokuni III)

Visiting Komachi (かよひ小町 Kayoi Komachi), Edo Period

Hokuba Arisaka

The Pillow Book, Edo (Japanese period)

Käthe Kollwitz

Unemployed

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi

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

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)

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi

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

Toyohara Kunichika 豊原国周

The Mansion of Plates and the Cursed Makeup Mirror (皿屋敷化粧姿鏡 Sarayashiki keshō no sugatami), Meiji