Collection

Our collection currently contains more than 100,000 works of art and design dating from ancient times to today. 2,105 of these objects are on view in the museum now. 85,823 of them are available online. There are 2,334 recent acquisitions. All of our collection records are living documents. These records are frequently revised and enhanced.

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showing 20 works out of 16959

Gakuki

Mount Fuji and pine (Matsu to Fujisan), Edo Period

An ornate pair of cockerels, one with a chick lying on it, resting on grass in front of a shrub with dark blue blossoms against a blue sky.

Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎

Rooster Hen and Chicken with Spiderwort , Edo Period

A pheasant with patterned plumage in a tense encounter with a brown snake amidst large green leaves and red blossoms against a blue sky.

Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎

Snake Pheasant and Canna, Edo Period

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重

Great tit and cherries, Edo (Japanese period)

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重

Yamamusume and pine, Edo (Japanese period)

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重

Swallows and wisteria (Fuji ni tsubame), Edo (Japanese period)

A bird mid-dive near blooming flowers and slender green reeds, accented by calligraphy against a pale gold-to-blue gradient sky.

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重

Kingfisher and Sweet Flag Iris, Edo Period

Blooming pastel pink peonies with green leaves and a black fluttering butterfly set against a tan background. The upper-left and lower-right corner are accented by calligraphy.

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重

Butterfly and Peonies, Edo Period

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重

Butterfly and peonies, Edo Period

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重

Mandarin ducks and camellias in snow (Setchu tsubaki to oshidori), Edo (Japanese period)

A mandarin duck drifting down a rippling blue stream beneath slender, drooping branches, accented by fluid calligraphy on the left edge.

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重

Mandarin Ducks in Stream, Edo Period

A bird standing among reeds opposite a pair of fish gliding through water beneath blooming hydrangeas with calligraphy in monochrome blue tones against a tan background.

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重

Mud hen and sweet iris (L); Ayu fish and hydrangea (R), Edo Period

Kitao Shigemasa 北尾重政

Cockerel hen and bamboo (Take ni niwatori), Edo Period

Hannelore Baron

Untitled (Figures and Two Boxes)

Large, embossed white peonies surrounded by indigo flowers and dark green foliage, accented by calligraphy on a textured, light gray background.

Kubo Shunman 窪俊満

Iris and Peony (牡丹　燕子花 Botan kakitsubata), Meiji

A small brown bird with green and yellow accents perched on a branch of budding white blossoms surrounded by calligraphy on a pale background.

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重

Parrot and Plum, Edo Period

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重

Peacock and flowering cherries (Sakura ni kujaku), Edo (Japanese period)

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重

Peacock and flowering cherries, Edo (Japanese period)

Utagawa Kunisato

Peacocks and peonies, Edo Period

Utagawa Kunisato

Plum, Edo (Japanese period)