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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A seated figure in patterned robes writing on a low desk, surrounded by scrolls and stacks of paper.

Yashima Gakutei 八島岳亭

Court Lady at a Writing Table, Edo Period

Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎

Cuckoo and azaleas (Hototogisu satsuki), Edo Period

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重

Evening snow Hira (Hira no bosetsu), Edo (Japanese period)

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重

Duck swimming under snow-laden reeds (Setchu ashi ni kamo), Meiji

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi

Uramatsu Sandayu Fujiwara Takanao, Edo (Japanese period)

James Montgomery Flagg

I am telling you: On June 28th I expect you to enlist in the army of war savers to back up my army of fighters.

Katsukawa Shunshō 勝川春章

Nakamura Nakazo I as "The luminary and leading Rokujurokubu Pilgrim in Japan" (Nakamura Nakazo: Nihon ichi Rokujuroku bu kokin meijin), Edo Period

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)

Paul Berger

Camera Text or Picture #2

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