Collection

Our collection currently contains more than 100,000 works of art and design dating from ancient times to today. 2,134 of these objects are on view in the museum now. 85,762 of them are available online. There are 2,338 recent acquisitions. All of our collection records are living documents. These records are frequently revised and enhanced.

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A polychrome woodblock print of seven women merry-making on a canopied boat. Some play music while others drink and enjoy the view.

Chōbunsai Eishi

Beauties Boating on the Sumida River, Edo (Japanese period)

Narrow vertical composition depicting an orange bird mid-flight, sandwiched between yellow and blue flowers.

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重

Peony and Phoenix, Edo Period

Two geese flying across a cloud-filled blue sky, their wings overlapping in midair in monochrome blue tones. A line of vertical calligraphy is inscribed under the geese.

Utagawa Toyohiro 歌川豊広

Flying Geese, Edo Period

Two ducks huddled together on rippling water among sparse reeds and a single line of vertical calligraphy in monochrome blue tones against a pale beige background.

Utagawa Toyohiro 歌川豊広

Mandarin Ducks and Reeds, Edo Period

Katsukawa Shunsen 勝川春扇

Cranes pines and rising sun (Hinode to matsu to tsuru), Edo Period

Niwa Tōkei

Nandina berries and wild roses in snow (Setchu nanten to yamabuki), Edo Period

Hasegawa Sadanobu II 二代長谷川貞信

Bird and yellow roses (Yamabuki ni kotori), Edo Period

Renzan Takanobu

Ivy and old well (Furuido to tsuta), Edo Period

Shibata Zeshin

Peony blossom (Botan), Edo (Japanese period)

Utagawa Hiroshige II 二代目歌川広重

Butterflies Landscape, and Flowers, from an untitled series of ishizuri-e harimaze-e, Edo Period

Mori Shunkei 森春渓

Camellia and narcissus (Tsubaki to suisen), Edo (Japanese period)

Utagawa Kuniyasu

Beauty in snow, Edo (Japanese period)

Sawa Sekkyo

Sparrow and chrysanthemums (Kiku ni suzume), Edo (Japanese period)

Sadahiro Utagawa

Yokkaichi, Edo Period

Utagawa Kunisada 歌川国貞 (Toyokuni III)

Chapter 5 from the Syllabary Treasury of Loyal Retainers (Kanadehon Chushingura godanme), Edo (Japanese period)

Preliminary drawings of panoramic landscapes, including Mount Fuji, a waterfall, and blossoming trees, rendered in thin linework across three vertical divisions.

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重

Preliminary drawings for tanzaku prints, Edo Period

Ōishi Matora

New Year, Edo Period

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重

Small Bird and Mountain Cherry (descriptive), Edo (Japanese period)

Intricate, monochrome, Japanese woodblock print capturing a chaotic battle scene with samurai, horses, and a background of trees and architecture. Calligraphy is dispersed throughout the complex image.

Utagawa Kuniyoshi 歌川国芳

Proof Impression of Vengence at Iga Pass (伊賀越敵討図 Igagoe kataki-uchi no zu), Edo Period

Faintly orange, monochrome Japanese woodblock print of a samurai wielding multiple swords against a complex landscape background. The figure wears traditional fighting attire and has a stern expression.

Utagawa Kuniyoshi 歌川国芳

Proof Impression of Vengence at Iga Pass (伊賀越敵討図 Igagoe kataki-uchi no zu) , Edo Period