Collection

Our collection currently contains more than 100,000 works of art and design dating from ancient times to today. 2,127 of these objects are on view in the museum now. 85,640 of them are available online. There are 2,218 recent acquisitions. All of our collection records are living documents. These records are frequently revised and enhanced.

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Herbert Leupin

Knie Circus

Herbert Leupin

Knie Circus

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 woodblock print in hues of grey and green. A landscape of vast plains with hills. Three small figures head toward a small wooden hut on the left.

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重

Futakawa: Monkey Plateau (Futakawa Sarugababa), Edo 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 鳥居清長

New Year (初春 Shoshun), Edo 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)

Atelier Boulard

Domino Paper (Papier Dominoté)

Pascal Mourgue

Journée Serbe

Alfred Everitt Orr

For Home and Country

Sem

Pour La Liberte du Monde

J. Williams

For Victory Buy More Bonds

Unknown Maker

Premiers au Feu Means in French First to Fight in English U. S. Marines

Unknown Maker, Swiss

Weine Schauwecker Reichart & Cie A. G.

Henry Reuterdahl

All Together! Enlist in the Navy

Howard Chandler Christy

Americans All!

Dominique Charles Fouqueray

Le Cardinal Mercier Protège La Belgique