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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Woodblock print featuring a beetle climbing onto a vibrant yellow ear of corn, a smaller one on the muted green leaves, and a spider perched on the brown husk.

Mori Shunkei 森春渓

Corn Spiders, and Beetle, Edo Period

Toyohara Kunichika

Actors in the play Benkei in the Boat (Funa Benkei): Ichikawa Sadanji (Benkei); Ichikawa Ebizo VIII (Minamoto Yoshitsune) Nakamura Shikan IV (Funaosa Mihodayu) and Ichikawa Danjurō IX (Taira Tomomori, Edo (Japanese period)

Utagawa Kunisada 歌川国貞 (Toyokuni III)

The third month: The Doll Festival (弥生雛祭 Yayoi: Hina matsuri), Edo Period

Utagawa Kunisada 歌川国貞 (Toyokuni III)

The Fifth Month: Flower Arranging Contest (皐月生花合 Satsuki Ikebana awase), Edo Period

Utagawa Kunisada 歌川国貞 (Toyokuni III)

The Seventh Month: Waiting for the Moon (Fumizuki: Nijurokuya machi), Edo (Japanese period)

Utagawa Kunisada 歌川国貞 (Toyokuni III)

The Twelfth Month: Making Mochi Cakes (Shiwasu: Mochitsuki), Edo (Japanese period)

Utagawa Kunisada 歌川国貞 (Toyokuni III)

The Ninth Month: Chrysanthemum (?; character illegible) Party in the Ninth Month (Choyo: Kiku (?) no tsuki utage), Edo (Japanese period)

Utagawa Kunisada 歌川国貞 (Toyokuni III)

The Fourth Month: The first cuckoo (Uzuki: Hatsu hototogisu), Edo (Japanese period)

Utagawa Kunisada 歌川国貞 (Toyokuni III)

The tenth month (Indian summer): First snow (Koharu: hatsuyuki), Edo (Japanese period)

Utagawa Kunisada 歌川国貞 (Toyokuni III)

The Eleventh Month: The Cock's Fair (Shimotsuki: Tori no machi), Edo Period

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重

Minamoto no Yoritomo: offering at the Great Buddha (Minamoto Yoritomo Daibutsu kuyō no zu), Edo (Japanese period)

Katsukawa Shuntei

River Battle (Kassen), Edo (Japanese period)

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重

Sparrow and Spider (Suzume to Kumo), Edo Period

Yamaguchi Bidō 山口毘堂

Edobei

Unknown Maker, Japanese

Inro with Design of Grasses, Edo Period

Utagawa Kunisada 歌川国貞 (Toyokuni III)

High pitch (Uwachoshi), Edo (Japanese period)

Utagawa Kunisada 歌川国貞 (Toyokuni III)

Patrinia flower (Valerian) (Ominaeshi), Edo Period

Torii Kiyotomo

Actor as a street vendor selling hand towels and scent pouches in the shapes of kimono sleeves (Sanogawa Ichimatsu?), Edo (Japanese period)

Bunpo

Oriole and begonia (Shukaido ni korai uguisu), Edo (Japanese period)

Katsukawa Shuncho

Courtesan and boy (Yujo to otoko no ko), Edo (Japanese period)