Collection

Our collection currently contains more than 100,000 works of art and design dating from ancient times to today. Of these objects, 748 of them are on view in the museum now. 84,693 of them are available online. There are 1,596 recent acquisitions. All of our collection records are living documents. They are frequently revised and enhanced.

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A polychrome woodblock print of travelers gathering under the shade of a large cedar in a green field. People pass in front of the tree with umbrellas and assorted baggage.

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重

Fushimi, Edo (Japanese period)

A richly embossed woodblock print with metallic embellishments. A seated man in a floral-patterned maroon robe plays the flute. A black lacquered screen is beside him.

Utagawa Kunisada 歌川国貞 (Toyokuni III)

The Broom Tree (Hahakigi), Edo (Japanese period)

A woodblock print of a green-robed woman holding a three-stringed musical instrument. She looks down at a child on a hobbyhorse. A picture of a white horse is framed above.

Torii Kiyomitsu II (Kiyomine)

Year of the Horse, Edo (Japanese period)

A muted red and green colored woodblock print of a Japanese actor playing a small hand drum. He is depicted in a room with a half-opened sliding door behind him.

Torii Kiyomitsu I

Segawa Kikunojō II, Edo (Japanese period)

A woodblock print in muted tones of five children dancing and playing beneath festive rope streamers. A small display of pine, lobster, and oranges is on the right.

Torii Kiyonaga

New Year, Edo (Japanese period)

A seated woman in a robe of swirling blue and red designs preparing to play a thirteen-stringed zither. Above her is a poem and a tree with blossoms made of coins.

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重

Good-Natured (Otonashiki), Edo (Japanese period)

A woodblock print of a seated woman. She wears a rich black robe embellished in metallic floral patterns and holds a round lute. Poems are inscribed above the image.

Kōitsu

Woman with a Moon Lute, Edo (Japanese period)

A three-part woodblock print in muted tones. Lavishly dressed women play music in a room opening onto a garden. A young man plays the flute outside the garden fence.

Kitagawa Utamaro 喜多川歌麿

Ushiwakamaru Serenading Princess Joruri by Flute, Edo (Japanese period)

Utagawa Kunisada II

Temporary quarters of the New Yoshiwara: Courtesans patronized by Owariya Hikotaro viewing cherry blossoms (Shin Yoshiwara kataku: Owariya Hikotaro kakae yujo hanami zu), Edo (Japanese period)