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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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)

Gyodai

Pot of Oranges (Hachiue no mikan), Edo Period

Travelers carrying goods navigate across a wooden bridge spanning a wide river, framed by a lively village and steep mountains under an orange and blue sky.

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 Hiroshige 歌川広重

Fujisawa 藤沢, Edo Period

Traditional Japanese woodblock print of three women in intricate kimonos
folding vibrantly patterned fabrics. Two of the figures are looking at each other, while the other looks in a mirror.

Utagawa Kuniyoshi 歌川国芳

The Bride Changing Clothes After the Wedding Ceremony (婚礼色直し之図 Konrei ironaoshi zu), 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)

Unknown Maker, Chinese

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