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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Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎

The Coast of Nobuto Shimosa Province (Nobotu ura), Edo (Japanese period)

Hasegawa Sekko

Hodogaya, Edo Period

Kobayashi Kiyochika

The great attack in snow at Niuzhuang (Nyuchan setchu daigassen no zu), Meiji

Kitagawa Tsukimaro

Karakoto and her kamuro Yayoi of the Chijoya (Chojiyanai karakoto to yayoi), Edo Period

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重

Peonies (Botan), Edo Period

Katsukawa Shunzan

Figures at a temple gate (Nio mon), Edo (Japanese period)

Nishimura Shigenaga

Peacock and pine (Matsu ni kujaku), Meiji

Utagawa Kunisada 歌川国貞 (Toyokuni III)

Beauty on a balcony (Bijin), Edo (Japanese period)

Unknown Maker, Japanese

Chinese Warrior on Horseback, Edo Period

Utagawa Toyokuni 歌川豊国

Ichikawa Danjuro VII and Iwai Hanshiro V in Hagoromo, Edo Period

An ornate bronze mirror with floral and bird engravings beside a red and green patterned bowl with columns of calligraphy.

Baien 梅園

Mirror and Rouge Cup, Edo Period

A colorful pouch with swirling red and blue patterns and a turtle shell bead on its cords, below columns of calligraphy.

Nagayama Kōin 長山孔寅

Inro Turtle Netsuke, and Coral Bead, Edo Period

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重

Sun and Banners (Gojûsan tsugi tsuzuki-e fûtô), Edo (Japanese period)

A seated woman in a floral robe watching two boys in colorful robes playing by a tall round table.

Ryūryūkyo Shinsai 柳々居辰斎

A Woman and Two Boys with a Hobby Horse, Edo Period

Ryūryūkyo Shinsai 柳々居辰斎

Palanquin Bearers, Edo Period

Utagawa Yoshikazu

Skylark China Pinks, and Marsh Marigolds (Sekichiku to ryûkinka ni hibari), Edo (Japanese period)

Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎

Picture book of Kyōka Poems:Mountain upon mountain (Ehon kyōka yama mata yama), Edo (Japanese period)

Sensai

Bird in a bamboo cage

Torii Kiyomitsu I

The actor Arashi Hinaji as a courtesan (Arashi hinaji), Edo (Japanese period)

A rural scene with small houses, tree-lined paths, and mountains, bathed under a glowing orange sky.

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重

Vesper bell Mii Temple (三井晩鐘 Mii banshō), Edo Period