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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Woodblock print of a turnip top with gradient black leaves behind a bold and vivid orange carrot. Sparse and feathery blue leaves serve as a backdrop for the vegetables.

Hasegawa Sadanobu II 二代長谷川貞信

Turnip and Carrot, Edo Period

Woodblock print of a flowering and fruiting potted plant behind a hawk perched on an ornamented wooden rod. In the distance, Mount Fuji peeks from behind fluffy white clouds.

Isoda Koryūsai 礒田湖龍斎

Mount Fuji Hawk, and Eggplants , Edo Period

Woodblock print with handwritten Japanese text in the middle of the composition. Above it, two birds accompany a boat docked in undisturbed waters. Below it, a shrub of pink flowers.

Unknown Maker, Japanese

Cormorants on a Boat and Pinks, Edo Period

Woodblock print depicting a scene of workers drying out gourd strips and villagers going about. Behind them lies a few thatched-roof huts, towering trees, and a distant misty mountain range.

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重

Minaguchi: Famous Gourd Strips (水口名物干瓢 Minaguchi meibutsu kanpyō), Edo Period

A color print with a large, orange lobster in the center with its tail open holding many small items and Japanese writing above it. Next to the lobster there is a dish, green leaves and twigs.

Ryūryūkyo Shinsai 柳々居辰斎

Lobster and Cup, Edo Period

Woodblock print of two light-skinned women dressed in pink earth-toned garments engaged in conversation. The woman on the left is holding a circular tray of sushi on her shoulders.

Kikugawa Eizan 菊川英山

Two Women with a Tray of Sushi, Edo Period

Woodblock print of a seated woman, facing leftwards, wearing an orange-lined teal garment that fades to brown with floral embellishments against a backdrop of blossoming branches and pastel orange clouds.

Utagawa Kunisada 歌川国貞 (Toyokuni III)

Hand games and flowering sleeves (拳角力花の振袖 Kenzumo hana no furisode), Edo Period

Utagawa School

Album of figure prints (Bijin), Edo (Japanese period)

Kikugawa Eizan 菊川英山

Fashionable Winding-stream Banquet (風流曲水ノ宴 Furyū kyokusui no en), Edo (Japanese period)

Katsukawa Shunshō

The Actor Ichikawa Danzō IV as Hata no Daizen, Edo (Japanese period)

A vibrant landscape showing two travelers on a narrow path besides a steep, blue cliff with pine trees under a bright, clear sky.

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重

Ōkute 大久手, Edo Period

A landscape depicting travelers on a curving road between tree-covered hills, and an expansive sky accented by orange clouds.

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重

Tsumago 妻籠, Edo Period

Kitao Shigemasa 北尾重政

Parody of child as Jurojin (Mitate jurojin), Edo (Japanese period)

Kitao Shigemasa 北尾重政

Parody of child as Bishamon (Mitate bishamonten), Edo Period

Kitao Shigemasa 北尾重政

Parody of child as Daikoku (Mitate daikoku), Edo (Japanese period)

A polychrome woodblock print in muted tones. A seated child in a chrysanthemum-patterned long-sleeved robe plays a toy zither.

Kitao Shigemasa 北尾重政

Child as Benzaiten Playing a Toy Zither, Edo (Japanese period)

Kitao Shigemasa 北尾重政

Parody of child as Fukurokuju (Mitate fukurokuju), Edo (Japanese period)

Kitao Shigemasa 北尾重政

Parody of child as Hotei (Mitate hotei), Edo (Japanese period)

Kitao Shigemasa 北尾重政

Parody of child as Ebisu (Mitate ebisu) (Shichifukujin), Edo (Japanese period)

Keisai Eisen 渓斎英泉

The fickle type: Takanawa (Uwakiso takanawa), Edo (Japanese period)