Collection

Our collection currently contains more than 100,000 works of art and design dating from ancient times to today. 2,133 of these objects are on view in the museum now. 85,769 of them are available online. There are 2,338 recent acquisitions. All of our collection records are living documents. These records are frequently revised and enhanced.

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Katsukawa Shunshō 勝川春章

The Actor Ichikawa Danzō IV as Hata no Daizen, Edo Period

Stylized lyre motif which is yellow in the top half and black in the bottom with detailing throughout. There is a sunburst emblem above the strings.

Unknown Maker, French

Wallpaper Fragment

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

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 Period

Keisai Eisen 渓斎英泉

The fickle type: Takanawa (Uwakiso takanawa), Edo Period

Keisai Eisen 渓斎英泉

Yamada school (Yamada ryu), Edo (Japanese period)

Keisai Eisen 渓斎英泉

Beauties of the Floating World as Three Musical Instruments (Ukiyo bijin mitate sankyoku), Edo Period

Utagawa Toyokuni II (Toyoshige)

The courtesan Shirokawa and her two kamuro Nagisa and Yumeno of the Tamaya (Tamaya nai shirokawa nagisa yumeno), Edo Period

A woodblock print in muted tones. A seated woman in a patterned robe plays a three-stringed musical instrument. Above, in a fan-shaped frame, are two bats dressed as samurai.

Utagawa Toyokuni II (Toyoshige)

Popular Comic: Bat Nikki (Ryukō kyōga Nikki), Edo (Japanese period)

Utagawa Toyokuni II (Toyoshige)

The courtesan Tsukasa and her two kamuro Agena and Kocho of the Ogiya (Ogiyanaitsukasa agena kocho: Daimonguchi no rakugan), 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

Ochiai Yoshiiku

Evening snow at a boathouse (Ofunagura no bosetsu), Edo (Japanese period)

A multicolor woodblock print of a blue-robed woman carrying a round black food box. The title is in the upper right.

Utagawa Kunisada 歌川国貞 (Toyokuni III)

Outing to a flower garden (Oniwa hana no asobi), Edo (Japanese period)

A woodblock print of a woman in a long-sleeved robe. She carries a porcelain wine bowl with cups in one hand and a musical instrument in the other.

Utagawa Kunisada 歌川国貞 (Toyokuni III)

Outing to a flower garden (Oniwa hana no asobi), Edo (Japanese period)

A woodblock print of a woman in a floral-patterned grey robe carrying a wooden sake cask.

Utagawa Kunisada 歌川国貞 (Toyokuni III)

Outing to a flower garden (Oniwa hana no asobi), Edo (Japanese period)

Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎

Hokusai's Designs for Various Craftsmen (諸職雛型北斎図式初篇Shoshiki hinagata Hokusai zushiki: shohen) Vol. 1, Meiji

Japanese print of a standing figure wearing a black and yellow floral patterned robe looking down to their left. Behind the figure is a yellow house with floral embellishments.

Okumura Toshinobu 奥村利信

Segawa Kikunojō I 瀬川菊之丞, Edo Period

Nishimura Shigenaga 西村重長

Bird and iris (Kakitsubata ni kotori), Meiji

Nishimura Shigenaga 西村重長

Autumn moon Ishiyama Temple (Ishiyama shugetsu), Edo Period