Collection

Our collection currently contains more than 100,000 works of art and design dating from ancient times to today. Of these objects, 758 of them are on view in the museum now. 84,693 of them are available online. There are 1,596 recent acquisitions. All of our collection records are living documents. They are frequently revised and enhanced.

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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)

Gyodai

Pot of Oranges (Hachiue no mikan), Edo Period

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重

The Great Sanjō Bridge Kyoto (京師三条大橋 Keishi Sanjo ōhashi), Edo Period

Unknown Maker, Japanese

Sparrow and eggplants (Nasu ni suzume), Edo (Japanese period)

Katsukawa Shunshō

The actor Ichikawa Danjuro V in a straw raincoat (godai Ichikawa Danjuro), Edo (Japanese period)

Utagawa Kuniyoshi 歌川国芳

With a single arrow-shot Tametomo sinks the finest ship of Mochimitsu as his mistress Sasaraye and his retainer Oniyasha and islanders look on in pride (Chinzei hachiro Minamoto no tametomo), Edo (Japanese period)