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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Kobayashi Kiyochika

The great victory of our army at Pyongyang (Heijo gekisen wagagun daishori no zu), Meiji

Utagawa Kunisada 歌川国貞 (Toyokuni III)

A Little Mushroom-Gathering in Mid-Autumn (Chushu takegari no yo), Edo (Japanese period)

Suzuki Harunobu 鈴木春信

Listening to the Cricket on the Veranda (Engawa no mushikiki), Edo (Japanese period)

Unknown Maker, Japanese

Actor in a female role (Onnagata), Edo (Japanese period)

Suzuki Harunobu 鈴木春信

Parody of the Immortal Kinkō (Kinkō sennin), Edo Period

Utagawa Kunisada 歌川国貞 (Toyokuni III)

The dandy (wakashu) Kosho Kichiza (Kasho Kichiza), Edo (Japanese period)

A dramatic scene depicting a figure on a galloping horse overlooking a crouching figure in patterned robes.

Utagawa Kunisada 歌川国貞 (Toyokuni III)

Ichikawa Danjuro VII as Soga no Goro, Edo Period

Unknown Maker, Japanese

Picking Pine Shoots, Edo Period

Yashima Gakutei 八島岳亭

Minamoto no Yoritomo with a Crane, Edo (Japanese period)

Utagawa Kunimasa

The scene of the steamship sinking off the coast of Kii Province: the actors Ichikawa DanjuroIX as Kyoshi Kondo Tatsuo and Ichikawa Sadanji as Mikura Tomizo, Edo (Japanese period)

Rectangular sushi pieces inside a folded leaf, below columns of calligraphic script.

Baien 梅園

Mackerel Sushi, Edo Period

Totoya Hokkei 魚屋北渓

Ushiwakamaru Defeats Benkei in a Game of Sugoroku, Edo Period

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重

Bush warbler and Plum (Ume ni uguisu), Edo (Japanese period)

Hanzan Matsukawa

Woman and bird cage (Bijin to torikago), Edo (Japanese period)

Japanese print of a woman, standing, wearing a yellow robe with orange flowers throughout. The woman’s hair is pushed back and is holding a balanced rod of hay.

Torii Kiyomitsu I 鳥居清満

Segawa Kikunojō II as the Princess Usuyukihime (うすゆきひめ瀬川菊之丞Usuyukihime Segawa Kikunojō), Edo Period

Ochiai Yoshiiku

Momiji no ga Chapter 7 from the Tale of Genji: Nuregami Chogoro (Momiji no ga: Nuregami Chogoro), Edo (Japanese period)

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重

Hydrangeas (Achisai [Ajisai]), Edo (Japanese period)

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重

Iris (かきづばた Kakitsubata), Edo Period

A platter of fish, shrimp, and squid on leaves below columns of calligraphy.

Matsumura Goshun 松村呉春

Platter of Fish, Edo Period

A detailed print showing dramatic waterfalls, rocky terrain, and a central radiant figure surrounded by rushing water.

Utagawa Kuniyoshi 歌川国芳

Nitta Tadatsune and the Goddess of Mount Fuji (仁田四郎忠常富士権現に遇ふ図 Kennin sannen Minamoto no Yoriie-kyō Fuji no mikari), Edo Period