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 richly embossed woodblock print with metallic embellishments. A seated man in a floral-patterned maroon robe plays the flute. A black lacquered screen is beside him.

Utagawa Kunisada 歌川国貞 (Toyokuni III)

The Broom Tree (Hahakigi), Edo (Japanese period)

A woodblock print of a seated woman. She wears a rich black robe embellished in metallic floral patterns and holds a round lute. Poems are inscribed above the image.

Kōitsu

Woman with a Moon Lute, Edo (Japanese period)

Totoya Hokkei 魚屋北渓

Cranes and young pines, Edo Period

Ko Sukei

Cranes cherry, and old well (Furuido ni sakura to tsuru), Edo (Japanese period)

Kitao Masayoshi 北尾政美

Chrysanthemums and butterflies (Kiku to botan), Edo Period

Totoya Hokkei 魚屋北渓

Shojo Parakeet and Plum (三鳥の内　猩々いんこUme ni shojo inko), Edo Period

Narrow vertical composition of three brown geese descending towards deep blue waving horizons and clouds under a pale moon against a light gray backdrop. Below is a red artists stamp.

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重

Wild Geese Flying across the Moon, Edo Period

Nakayama Sūgakudō 中山嵩岳堂

Golden-crested wren and sasanqua (Kikuitadori sazanka), Edo Period

Asaka Katsumi 浅香勝躬

Portrait of Tsurunoya as a Papier-mache Doll of a Gidayu Chanter, Edo Period

Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎

Mount Fuji from Goten-yama at Shinagawa on the Tōkaido (東海道品川御殿山ノ不二 Tōkaido Shinagawa Goten-yama no Fuji), Edo Period

A colorfully decorated round jar, the top sealed with fabric, below columns of calligraphic text and the edge of furniture on right.

Yashima Gakutei 八島岳亭

Glass Wine Jar, Edo Period

A serene composition featuring a resting dog with a red bow, looking up on a grassy hill, watching delicate yellow butterflies against a soft blue sky.

Suzuki Harunobu 鈴木春信

Cat Butterfly and Begonias, Edo Period

Yashima Gakutei 八島岳亭

Two Designs for the Bizen Circle (備前国連二番続 Bizen kokuren niban tsusuki), Edo Period

Kubo Shunman 窪俊満

Pheasants and Heath Roses, Edo Period

Utagawa Toyohiro 歌川豊広

Parody of Ebisu and Benten [As woman and fish-peddlar in snow] (Ebisu to Benten Dayu), Edo Period

Katsukawa Shuncho

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

Kikugawa Eizan 菊川英山

Peonies (Botan), Edo (Japanese period)

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重

White heron and flag iris (Kakitsubata ni shirasagi), Edo Period

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重

Crested Bird and Flowering Crabapple (Kaidô ni kotori), Edo (Japanese period)

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重

Great Tit and Rose of Sharon, Edo Period