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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showing 20 works out of 1700

Chōbunsai Eishi 鳥文斎栄之

Egret and Plum in Moonlight, Meiji

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重

Shōno: Driving Rain (庄野　白雨 Shōno hakuu), Edo Period

Katsukawa Shunzan

The actors Osagawa Tsuneyo II as a woman and Matsumoto Koshiro IV as a samurai (nidai Osagawa Tsuneyo; yondai Matsumoto Koshiro), Edo (Japanese period)

Kitagawa Utamaro 喜多川歌麿

Scops owl bullfinches (Mimizuku uso), Edo (Japanese period)

Japanese print of a woman, wearing a white floral-patterned blue robe with an orange and white geometric hem, staring at a black-beaked white bird to the left of her.

Utagawa Toyokuni 歌川豊国

Parrot Komachi (あふむ小まち Ōmu Komachi), Edo Period

Kawanabe Kyōsai

Cherry branches, Edo Period

Utagawa Kunisada 歌川国貞 (Toyokuni III)

Contemporary brocades of fashions at the imperial palace (Gosho moyo tosei nishiki), Edo (Japanese period)

Torii Kiyonaga 鳥居清長

The Boy's Festival Tango (端午 Tango), Edo Period

Kitagawa Utamaro 喜多川歌麿

Shells (Kaigara), Edo Period

Kagiwara Sekijo

Pine; hawk eyeing sparrows (Matsu; suzume o osou taka), Edo (Japanese period)

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重

Yoshiwara: Floating Islands in Fuji Marsh (Yoshiwara Fuji no numa ukishima ga hara), Edo (Japanese period)

Floral ornamentation in shades of bright green, blue, and pink with a yellow and green dragonfly-like motif at center. Set on a beige background.

Dufour et Leroy

Birds Butterflies, and Flowers Wallpaper

Border depicting pink and green twisted rope set against a beige background and dark green base.

Unknown Maker, French

Wallpaper Border

A light gray ornament, featuring a symmetrical leaf pattern above a floral design with curled accents.

Unknown Maker, French

Wallpaper Fragment

Gray square design on a neutral backdrop. Features a circular design with a flower in the middle which has white accents and a shaded green center.

Unknown Maker, French

Wallpaper Fragment

Aged wallpaper with winding, colorful floral wreaths surrounding a topless, green stone statue and a diamond framed waterfront landscape.Two outstretched winged babies stand at the statues sides.

François Louis Prieur

Arabesque Wallpaper

Aged, cream wallpaper containing thin blue stems and oblong leaves with red, yellow, and blue and white striped flowers repeating and overlapping on top of each other throughout.

Unknown Maker, French

Wallpaper

Edna Boies Hopkins

Purple Daisy

A figure in flowing, patterned robes leading a saddled horse, with columns of script above.

Ryūryūkyo Shinsai 柳々居辰斎

A Woman Leading a Horse, Edo Period

Cai Chonghuan

In the Mountains, Ming