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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Traditional Japanese woodblock print of a woman in a striped kimono holding a child. She is against a blue and white gradient background featuring calligraphy of Japanese letterforms.

Utagawa Kuniyoshi 歌川国芳

Matsunaga Daizen at Kinkakuji , Edo Period

Japanese woodblock print of yellow and orange flowers with blue-green leaves against a background of a large, looming, and pale moon. Calligraphy script is to the left of the composition.

Utagawa Kuniyoshi 歌川国芳

Chrysanthemums Under the Moon, Edo Period

Two stacked prints: the top depicting a jagged white mountain, framing a village and trees, and the bottom illustrating an insect on bamboo, in high contrast.

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重

Landscape Sparrow and Bamboo, Edo Period

A desaturated, noticeably aged woodblock print of intricate orange and blue peonies with dark leaves. The flowers are against a textured blue background that features calligraphy script across the top.

Utagawa Kuniyoshi 歌川国芳

Colorful Peonies and Lion Dogs (深見草獅子彩色 Fukamigusa shishi no irodori), Edo Period

Woodblock print of a woman gazing at a bird on a perch connected to a basket of fish. A second bird is perched on-top the frame surrounding her face.

Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎

Cover Design for Snow-blown Chains of Fate (花雪吹縁柵 Hana fubuki en no shigarami), Edo Period

A richly-colored Japanese woodblock two-paned print of a samurai in battle. The figure, centered on the first panel, has a stern expression and wears traditional armor, against a patterned background.

Utagawa Kuniyoshi 歌川国芳

The Wada Rebellion: Asahina Saburō Yoshihide Attacking with Fierce Courage and Strength (和田合戦　朝夷三郎義秀猛勇怪力之図 Wada kassen Asahina Saburō Yoshihide mōyū kairyoku no zu), Edo Period

A richly colored woodblock print of a samurai wielding a sword over his head. The male presenting figure wears traditional Japanese patterned attire and determinedly looks forward.

Utagawa Kuniyoshi 歌川国芳

Nakamura Kansuke Masatatsu (中村勘助正辰), Edo Period

Haku Maki 巻白

Wind-A, Showa

Eiichi Kotozuka 琴塚英一

Bamboo

Okumura Masanobu 菱川師宣

Ebisu, Edo (Japanese period)

Kamisaka Sekka 神坂雪佳

Flowers of a Hundred Worlds (百々世草 Momoyogusa) vol. 1

Utagawa Kuniyoshi 歌川国芳

Popular Ōtsu-e for the Times: A Long-Awaited Rarity (梳行逢都繪代稀物 Ryūkō Ōtsu-e kitai no maremono)

Utagawa Kuniyoshi 歌川国芳

Popular Ōtsu-e for the Times: A Long-Awaited Rarity (梳行逢都繪代稀物 Ryūkō Ōtsu-e kitai no maremono)

Utagawa Kuniyoshi 歌川国芳

Popular Ōtsu-e for the Times: A Long-Awaited Rarity (梳行逢都繪代稀物 Ryūkō Ōtsu-e kitai no maremono)

Utagawa Kuniyoshi 歌川国芳

Tengan Isobei 天眼磯兵衞, Edo Period

Kitagawa Utamaro 喜多川歌麿

Weaving the silk no. 12 (Haraori), Edo Period

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Utagawa Kuniyoshi 歌川国芳

The last stand of the Kusunoki at Shijonawate (Nanke yushi shijonawate nite uchijini), Edo (Japanese period)

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Utagawa Kuniyoshi 歌川国芳

The last stand of the Kusunoki at Shijonawate (Nanke yushi shijonawate nite uchijini), Edo (Japanese period)

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Unknown Maker, Japanese

Surimono (Asian pear and flowers)

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Ogata Gekkō

The first army advancing on Mukden (Daiichigun hotenfu shingeki no zu), Meiji