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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Kitagawa Utamaro 喜多川歌麿

Winter wren water snipe (Misosazai shigi), Edo (Japanese period)

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重

Evening glow Seta (Seta no sekisho), Edo (Japanese period)

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重

Korean nightingale and magnolia, Edo (Japanese period)

A reclining figure in a patterned robe smoking a long pipe, with curling smoke rising along a column of calligraphy.

Yashima Gakutei 八島岳亭

Tekkai 鉄拐, Edo Period

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重

Toi Jewel River Settsu Province, Edo (Japanese period)

Utagawa Toyokuni

Sawamura Tanosuke II as the lady-in-waiting? Takigawa (Koshimoto? Takigawa Sawamura Tanosuke), Edo (Japanese period)

Jenny Nichols

My Favorite Dish

Three orange and white flowers bloom from slender green stems with pointed leaves on a gray backdrop. Above is brief, thin calligraphy.

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重

Chinese Peonies, Edo Period

Japanese print of a woman wearing an orange and green floral patterned robe, sitting on a bushel of hay, holding a flower. Two yellow and white butterflies surround the flower.

Utagawa Toyokuni 歌川豊国

Komachi on the Gravepost (そとは小まち Sotoba Komachi), Edo Period

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi

Senzaki Yagoro Minamoto Noriyasu, Edo (Japanese period)

Utagawa Kunisato

"Black" bamboo, Edo (Japanese period)

A stern-faced figure with clenched fists, dressed in a patterned robe, stares intensely towards columns of calligraphy.

Utagawa Toyokuni 歌川豊国

Matsumoto Kōshirō V as Banzuin Chobei, Edo Period

Yanagawa Shigenobu 柳川重信

A Courtesan and Her Guest , Edo Period

Decorated hobby horse with black mane and red fabric below columns of calligraphy.

Baien 梅園

Hobby Horse and Vegetables, Edo Period

Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎

Shrike and thistles (Mozu oniazami), Edo (Japanese period)

Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎

Abe no Nakamaro [701-770] (Abe no Nakamaro), Edo Period

A print depicting a small bird hanging upside down from a blossoming branch, framed by cascading white blossoms set against a deep blue background.

Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎

Bullfinch and Weeping Cherry (鶯垂櫻 Uso shidarezakura), Edo Period

Ochiai Yoshiiku

Fuji-bakama Chapter 30 from the Tale of Genji: The manservant Ranpei (Fuji-bakama; Yakko Ranpei), Edo (Japanese period)

A print depicting a small brown bird perched among jagged green leaves, and blooming red-orange flowers set against a blue gradient sky.

Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎

Shrike and Thistles (鵙小薊 Isuka oniazami), Edo Period

Delicate illustration of a branch of pale plums and green leaves below columns of calligraphy.

Nagayama Kōin 長山孔寅

Fruit, Edo Period