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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Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎

The "Cushion Pine" at Aoyama (青山円座松 Aoyama enza no matsu), Edo (Japanese period)

Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎

Mount Fuji from Goten-yama at Shinagawa on the Tōkaido (東海道品川御殿山ノ不二 Tōkaido Shinagawa Goten-yama no Fuji), Edo Period

Utagawa Kunisada 歌川国貞 (Toyokuni III)

The Second Month: Plum Viewing (衣更着梅見Kisaragi umemi), Edo (Japanese period)

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重

Mariko: Famous Teahouse (鞠子名物茶屋 Mariko meibutsu chamise), Edo (Japanese period)

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重

Fukuroi: Outdoor Tea Stall (袋井出茶屋之図 Fukuroi dechaya no zu), Edo (Japanese period)

A bowl decorated with a portrait placed on a tray with three doll figures, below vertical calligraphy.

Baien 梅園

Wine Cup and Clay Toys, Edo Period

Suzuki Harunobu 鈴木春信

Utena of the Shinkanaya (新かなやうてな Shinkanaya Utena), Edo Period

Utagawa Kunisada 歌川国貞 (Toyokuni III)

Eight Views of Edo Figures (江戸姿八契 Edo sugata hakkei), Edo (Japanese period)

Blue quilt with pop culture posters, magazines, and photographs collaged on top. The college is overlaid by translucent red and blue triangles and lines.

Eric N. Mack

(Menagerie) The Thorn / The Veil / The Face of Grace

Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎

Mount Fuji from the Tea Plantation of Katakura Suruga Province ( 駿州片倉茶園ノ不二 Sunshū katakura chaen no fuji), Edo (Japanese period)

A vibrant scene with workers carrying passengers in green buggy’s, while others dine and socialize inside a large open-sided building surrounded by trees.

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重

Kusatsu: Famous Post House (草津名物立場 Kusatsu meibutsu tateba), Edo Period

Oxen pulling carts with goods towards a busy market stall, surrounded by houses and set against a backdrop of tall trees and a blue sky.

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重

Ōtsu: Hashirii Teahouse (大津走井茶屋 Ōtsu hashirii chaya), Edo Period

A colorfully decorated round jar, the top sealed with fabric, below columns of calligraphic text and the edge of furniture on right.

Yashima Gakutei 八島岳亭

Glass Wine Jar, Edo Period

An illusionistic drawing of sheets of printed papers haphazardly piled on a speckled green surface. The papers look convincingly three dimensional but are in fact renderings on a two-dimensional surface.

Willem Robart

Trompe l’Oeil with Printed Matter

Howardena Pindell

Space Frame

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重

Japanese White-eye and Maple (Kaede ni mejiro), Edo Period

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重

Kingfisher and Roses, Edo Period

Unknown Maker, Chinese

Huataozi (ribbon)

Mustard yellow triangular shaped fabric with gray blemished borders, blue dots surrounding faint yellow lines, and multiple pink droopy flowers with white dotted centers and leaves, against a peach background.

Unknown Maker, French

Design for Wallpaper or Textile

Michael Mazur

Closed Ward 8 "Her Place"