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 woodblock print in muted tones. A seated woman in a patterned robe plays a three-stringed musical instrument. Above, in a fan-shaped frame, are two bats dressed as samurai.

Utagawa Toyokuni II (Toyoshige)

Popular Comic: Bat Nikki (Ryukō kyōga Nikki), 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)

Yanagawa Shigenobu

Beauty (Blowfish-head) and attendant (jelly fish-head) (Bijin (fugu) to yakko (kurage)), Edo (Japanese period)

Yanagawa Shigenobu

Woman weaving brocade (Shokujo), Edo (Japanese period)

Vibrant three-part woodblock print of three women on a garden outing, framed by cherry blossoms. They wear floral-patterned robes and carry food boxes, drinking vessels, and a musical instrument.

Utagawa Kunisada 歌川国貞 (Toyokuni III)

Enjoying Flowers in the Inner Garden (Oniwa hana no asobi), Edo (Japanese period)

A multicolor woodblock print of a blue-robed woman carrying a round black food box. The title is in the upper right.

Utagawa Kunisada 歌川国貞 (Toyokuni III)

Outing to a flower garden (Oniwa hana no asobi), Edo (Japanese period)

A woodblock print of a woman in a long-sleeved robe. She carries a porcelain wine bowl with cups in one hand and a musical instrument in the other.

Utagawa Kunisada 歌川国貞 (Toyokuni III)

Outing to a flower garden (Oniwa hana no asobi), Edo (Japanese period)

A woodblock print of a woman in a floral-patterned grey robe carrying a wooden sake cask.

Utagawa Kunisada 歌川国貞 (Toyokuni III)

Outing to a flower garden (Oniwa hana no asobi), Edo (Japanese period)

Nishimura Shigenaga

Autumn moon Ishiyama Temple (Ishiyama shugetsu), Edo (Japanese period)

Nishimura Shigenaga

The actors Ichimura Takenojo as Kudo Suketsune and Sanjo Kantaro as the princess Tatsuhime in the play Hinazuru unagasu Soga performed at the Ichimura Theatre 1722.11, Edo (Japanese period)

Ishikawa Toyonobu

The left panel of a triptych showing the courtesan Yugiri of the Ogiya (OgiyaYugiri), Edo (Japanese period)

Ishikawa Toyonobu

The right panel of a triptych showing the courtesan Koito of the Itoya, Edo (Japanese period)

Katsukawa Shunshō

Nakamura Nakazo in court cap (eboshi) (Shodai Nakamura Nakazo), Edo (Japanese period)

Katsukawa Shunshō

The actor Nakamura Tomijuro in a female role (Nakamura Tomijuro), Edo (Japanese period)

Kitao Masanobu

The actor Ichikawa Danjuro V as Enya Hangan in Chushingura (Enya Hangan Ichikawa Danjuro godai), Edo (Japanese period)

Katsukawa Shuncho

Courtesan Shitzuka and her shinzo Hanano and Enoki of the Tamaya (Tamayanai shitusuke Hanano Enoki), Edo (Japanese period)

Japanese print of a woman sitting next to pens and ink, an oval mirror, and a drawing of themselves. The figure is wearing a white robe with blue flowers throughout.

Chōbunsai Eishi 鳥文斎栄之

The daughter of Taira no Kiyomori using a mirror to draw her self-portrait to send to her mother (清盛息女の画　自像を写母に之に送図　Kiyomori sokujo no ga jizo o utsushi haha ni kore o okuru zu), Edo Period

Japanese print of a woman, wearing a tree-like headpiece and a floor-length orange robe with wheel and flower motifs, looking down at the yellow smoke that surrounds her top half.

Chōbunsai Eishi 鳥文斎栄之

A Triptych of Fashionable Disguises: The Third Princess (略三幅対女三之宮 Yatsushi sanpukutsui: Nyosan no Miya), Edo Period

Kitao Masayoshi 北尾政美

Chapter 8 from Perspective Pictures of the Syllabary Treasury of Loyal Retainers (Kanadehon Chushingura), Edo Period

Katsukawa Shunsen

Parody of a court dance (Mai), Edo (Japanese period)