Collection

Our collection currently contains more than 100,000 works of art and design dating from ancient times to today. 2,138 of these objects are on view in the museum now. 85,761 of them are available online. There are 2,337 recent acquisitions. All of our collection records are living documents. These records are frequently revised and enhanced.

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Utagawa Kunisada 歌川国貞 (Toyokuni III)

Matano Gorō Kagehisa Dropping a Rock on Sanada Yoichi Yoshisada, Edo Period

A seated figure atop a large fish, dressed in patterned robes, reading a scroll.

Yashima Gakutei 八島岳亭

Kinkō 琴高, Edo Period

Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎

Canary and Herbaceous Peony (Shakuyaku kanaari), Edo Period

A figure in elaborate robes seated on a patterned carpet.

Yashima Gakutei 八島岳亭

Rogō 盧敖, Edo Period

Wen Boren

Landscape, Qing

Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎

Under the Great Wave off Kanagawa (神奈川沖浪裏 Kanagawa oki nami ura), Edo Period

Ernest Jolicoeur

Up and Out

Utagawa Kunisato

Tree Sparrows and Bamboo (Take ni suzume), Edo (Japanese period)

Utagawa Hiroshige II 二代目歌川広重

Kingfisher and Hydrangeas, Edo Period

A small yellow bird looks downwards from a thin branch below trailing dark foliage towards a fading light blue horizon.

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重

Canary and Wisteria, Edo Period

In a narrow vertical frame, a blue bird perches on a branch with blooming red and pink flowers and dark green leaves against a bright yellow background.

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重

Blue-and-white Flycatcher and Confederate Rose, Edo Period

Unknown Maker, Indian

Poem

A white heron standing on one leg on a gnarled branch with twigs of white blossoms beneath a full moon, set against a muted gray background.

Chōbunsai Eishi 鳥文斎栄之

Egret and Plum in Moonlight, Meiji

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重

Shōno: Driving Rain (庄野　白雨 Shōno hakuu), Edo Period

Nakayama Sugakudo

Wren and winter peony (Misosazai fuyubotan), Edo (Japanese period)

Two figures in robed attire, the right gripping a sword, standing apart but gazing at each other in front of wooden railings.

Katsukawa Shunzan 勝川春山

The actors Osagawa Tsuneyo II as a woman and Matsumoto Koshiro IV as a samurai (nidai Osagawa Tsuneyo; yondai Matsumoto Koshiro), Edo Period

Suzuki Harunobu 鈴木春信

Gathering Flowers (Hanatsumu), Edo (Japanese period)

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重

Returning sails Yabase (Yabase kihan), Edo (Japanese period)

Nakayama Sugakudo

Shrike withered oak and winter camellias (Mozucho karekashiwa fuyutsubaki), Edo (Japanese period)

Nakamura Hōchū

Plovers and waves (Nami to chidori), Meiji