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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Toyohara Kunichika 豊原国周

Onoe Kikugoro V as Okiku no rei Ichikawa DanjuroIX as Asayama Tessan, Onoe Kikushiro III as Chugen Arisuke and Onoe Matsusuke IV as Iwabuchi Chuta as Tessan's retainers in the play Sarayashiki kesho no sugatami (Making up in a mirror at the Sarayashiki), Meiji

Toyohara Kunichika 豊原国周

Onoe Kikugoro V as Okiku no rei Ichikawa DanjuroIX as Asayama Tessan, Onoe Kikushiro III as Chugen Arisuke and Onoe Matsusuke IV as Iwabuchi Chuta as Tessan's retainers in the play Sarayashiki kesho, Meiji

Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎

Sparrows and Rice Plants, Edo Period

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重

Kawaguchi Ferry: Zenkō Temple, Edo (Japanese period)

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重

Barn Swallows and Peach Blossoms under Full Moon, Edo Period

Kitagawa Utamaro 喜多川歌麿

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

Kitagawa Utamaro 喜多川歌麿

Quail skylark (鶉雲雀 Uzura hibari), Edo Period

Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎

Ono no Komachi 小野小町, Edo Period

Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎

In the Tōtōmi Mountains (Totomi sanchū), Edo (Japanese period)

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重

Blossoming Plum Branches (Ume), Edo (Japanese period)

Katsushika Taito II 二代葛飾戴斗

Full moon beneath the Monkey Bridge (Tsuki to saruhashi), Edo (Japanese period)

A pair of red-crowned cranes with black-tipped wings. One preens its feathers while the other looks skywards, standing among pine branches against a pale cream background.

Katsushika Taito II 二代葛飾戴斗

Cranes and Young Pines, Edo Period

Katsushika Taito II 二代葛飾戴斗

Crane and young pines (Komatsu ni tsuru), Edo Period

Kubo Shunman 窪俊満

Pheasants and Heath Roses, Edo Period

Woodblock triptych of ladies dressed in luxurious, colorful patterned garments gathering around a table with various food and drinks. Behind them are blossoming plum trees overtop a light pink background.

Utagawa Toyokuni

The New Plum Estate on the Sumida River (隅田川新梅屋敷之図Sumidagawa Shin Ume yashiki no zu), Edo Period

Woodblock print depicting a scene of figures rowing large wooden tan boats on turbulent roiling waves with a crowded gray sand beach and a snow capped mountain in the background.

Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎

Tago Bay near Ejiri on the Tōkaidō (東海道江尻田子の浦略図 Tōkaidō Ejiri Tago no ura ryakuzu), Edo Period

Woodblock print of an arrangement of large green fruits and smaller pale fruits balanced by broad leaves in a blue porcelain bowl with white wave-like ornaments at its base.

Maruyama Ōkyo 円山応挙

Peaches and Loquats in a Porcelain Bowl , Edo Period

Minimalist woodblock print of a branch laden with clusters of small round yellow fruits and a single broad leaf with a green to yellow gradient, overtop a solid peach background.

Katsushika Taito II 二代葛飾戴斗

Loquats, Edo Period

Woodblock print of a light brown woven basket brimming with light gray fresh fish topped with an exquisite arrangement of blooming red flower stalks covered in deep blue-green leaves.

Utagawa Sadahide 歌川貞秀

Ayu Fish and Bell Flowers, Edo Period

Woodblock print with handwritten Japanese text taking up the composition’s top half. The bottom half depicts an arrangement of light gray fresh fish and leafy stalks of blooming yellow flowers.

Kitao Shigemasa 北尾重政

Ayu Fish and Yellow Roses, Edo Period