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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Unknown Maker, Japanese

ornament, Edo (Japanese period)

Unknown Maker, Japanese

Nail Cover (Kugikakushi), Edo (Japanese period)

Unknown Maker, Japanese

bottle

Unknown Maker, Japanese

drawer pull, Edo (Japanese period)

Unknown Maker, Japanese

plate (dish)

Ōhi Chozaemon V 大樋長左衛門五代目

Raku Ware Tea Bowl

Unknown Maker, Japanese

Nail Cover (Kugikakushi), Edo (Japanese period)

Unknown Maker, Japanese

nail cover, Edo (Japanese period)

Unknown Maker, Japanese

sign, Edo (Japanese period)

Unknown Maker, Japanese

sword guard

Unknown Maker, Japanese

sword guard; tsuba

Nakamura Hōchū

Female firewood sellers from Ohara (Oharame), Meiji

Nakayama Sugakudo

Bulbul and Nandina berries (Hiyodori nanten), Edo (Japanese period)

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重

Fuchū: Abe River (Fuchū abegawa), Edo (Japanese period)

Takenouchi Magohachi 竹内孫八

Shimada: The Suruga bank of the Ōi River (Shimada oigawa sungan), Edo (Japanese period)

Unknown Maker, Japanese

Carved floral design

Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎

The Waterfall where Yoshitsune washed his horse at Yoshino Yamato Province (Washu yoshino yoshitsune uma arai no taki), Edo (Japanese period)

Kitagawa Utamaro 喜多川歌麿

Left panel of the triptych Washing and Stretching Cloth (Arai-bari), Edo (Japanese period)

Utagawa Kunisada 歌川国貞 (Toyokuni III)

The four seasons: Garden in snow (Shiki no uchi: oniwa no yuki), Edo (Japanese period)

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重

Distant view of Mount Zozu (Elephant head) Sanuki Province, no. 56 (Sanuki zozusan enbo), Edo (Japanese period)