Collection

Our collection currently contains more than 100,000 works of art and design dating from ancient times to today. Of these objects, 1,694 of them are on view in the museum now. 84,382 of them are available online. There are 1,441 recent acquisitions. All of our collection records are living documents. They are frequently revised and enhanced.

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Totoya Hokkei

Shojo parakeet and plum (Ume ni shojo inko), Edo (Japanese period)

Kitagawa Utamaro 喜多川歌麿

A parody (mitate) of Act 5 of Chushingura (Treasury of the Loyal Retainers) with a courtesan of the Naniwaya (go-danme (Act 5) Naniwaya (inscribed to l. of figure) ), Edo (Japanese period)

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重

Common Kingfisher Reeds, Japanese Spatterdock, and Moon (Gekka no ashi to kôhone ni kawasemi), Edo (Japanese period)

Kobayashi Kiyochika

Scouts near Niuzhuang on a Snowy Night (Gyūsō fukin setsuya no sekkō), Meiji