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. 85,750 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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Unknown Maker, Japanese

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

Katsukawa Shunshō 勝川春章

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

Utagawa Kunisada 歌川国貞 (Toyokuni III)

The fifth month: Nitta Tadatsune Soga Sukenari (Satsuki Nitta Tadatsune, Soga Sukenari), Edo (Japanese period)

Yabu Chosui

Surimono (couple strolling in the snow)

Orange and white blossoms with dark blue-green leaves accented by solid-colored panels of calligraphy set against a blue background.

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重

Hollyhocks (はなあふひ Hanaafuhi), Edo Period

Kitagawa Utamaro 喜多川歌麿

Shells (Kaigara), Edo Period

Kitagawa Utamaro 喜多川歌麿

Long-tailed tit and white eyes (Enaga mejiro), Edo (Japanese period)

Japanese print of a woman, with floor-length black hair, wearing a white robe, facing a gray, winged creature under a crescent moon. The woman sits beneath an open orange robe.

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi 月岡芳年

Iga no Tsubone: Midnight moon Mount Yoshino (吉野山夜半月　伊賀局 Yoshinoyama yahan tsuki: Iga no Tsubone), Meiji

Katsukawa Shun'ei

The actor Nakayama Tomisaburo, Edo (Japanese period)

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi

Hayano [Kayano] Wasuke Fujiwara Tsuneshige, Edo (Japanese period)

Utagawa Toyoharu

The Seven Gods of Good Fortune in Their Treasure Ship (Shichifukujin takarabune), Edo Period

Unknown Maker, Japanese

Monkey Genji, Edo Period

Calligraphy frames two scenes set against a dark blue background, one with two figures in ornate dresses, and a market scene.

Yashima Gakutei 八島岳亭

View of the Yoshiwara, Edo Period

Unknown Maker, Japanese

Courtiers with a Gift, Edo Period

Utagawa Kunisada 歌川国貞 (Toyokuni III)

The Eighth Month: Moon Viewing on the Fifteenth Night (Hatsuki: Tsukimi), Edo Period

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重

Chinese Roses (Kōshinbara), Edo Period

Katsukawa Shunkō

The actor Nakamura Noshio II in a female role (nidai Nakamura Noshio), Edo (Japanese period)

Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎

The Waterfall where Yoshitsune washed his horse at Yoshino Yamato Province (Washu yoshino yoshitsune uma arai no taki), Edo (Japanese period)

Kitagawa Utamaro 喜多川歌麿

Left panel of the triptych Washing and Stretching Cloth (Arai-bari), Edo Period