Collection

Our collection currently contains more than 100,000 works of art and design dating from ancient times to today. 2,476 of these objects are on view in the museum now. 84,996 of them are available online. There are 1,801 recent acquisitions. All of our collection records are living documents. These records are frequently revised and enhanced.

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Three-part Japanese print of a dynamic, rocky seascape showing several fallen figures wearing colorful patterned robes. On the left, a white-robed figure’s eyes traject light towards the fallen figures.

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

Unknown Maker, Japanese

Street Dancer with Two Women, Edo Period

Nagayama Kōin 長山孔寅

Chrysanthemums, Edo Period

Fuminobu

Autumn plants (Akikusa), Edo (Japanese period)

Katsukawa Shunshō

The actor Nakamura Riko (Nakamura Riko), Edo (Japanese period)

Utagawa Kunisada 歌川国貞 (Toyokuni III)

The fall of Takadachi Castle, Edo (Japanese period)

Torii Kiyonaga

The beloved wife: chapter 10[man playing Sugeroku in a teahouse] (Koi nyobo judanme), Edo (Japanese period)

Utagawa Kunisada 歌川国貞 (Toyokuni III)

Komagome, Edo (Japanese period)

Ippitsusai Bunchō

Ichikawa Yaozo II, Edo (Japanese period)

Japanese print of a crouched woman, next to an open chest, wearing a blue patterned robe, facing away but looking at a small drawing of someone wearing a similar robe.

Keisai Eisen 渓斎英泉

Ono no Komachi at Sekidera (関寺小町 Sekidera komachi), Edo Period

A woodblock print showing a vast, narrow, snow-covered, gorge with a small person hiking a steep path on the right side. There is a flowing river below and a starry sky above.

Utagawa Hiroshige II 二代目歌川広重

Snow in the Kiso Gorge Shinano Province (信州木曽の雪 Shinshū Kiso no yuki), Edo Period

Utagawa School

Ichikawa Sadanji as Yagyu Sajima no kami; Ichikawa Udanji as Yagyu Matajuro; Ichikawa Kodanji as Chugen Jirosuke, Edo (Japanese period)

Utagawa Kunisada 歌川国貞 (Toyokuni III)

Gathering Shells (Shiohigari), Edo (Japanese period)

Unknown Maker, Japanese

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

Takenouchi Magohachi 竹内孫八

Yui: Satta Peak (Yui satta mine), Edo (Japanese period)

Yanagawa Shigenobu 柳川重信

Abe no Nakamaro and a Chinese, Edo Period

Gyodai

Plum (Ume), Edo (Japanese period)

Ryūryūkyo Shinsai 柳々居辰斎

Kneeling Woman: "Red", Edo Period

Ochiai Yoshiiku

Utsusemi: Watanabe no Tsuna Chapter 3 from the series Modern Parodies of Genji (Imayō nazaroe Genji), Edo (Japanese period)

Munakata Shikō

Crucifixion