Collection

Our collection currently contains more than 100,000 works of art and design dating from ancient times to today. 2,436 of these objects are on view in the museum now. 85,135 of them are available online. There are 1,863 recent acquisitions. All of our collection records are living documents. These records are frequently revised and enhanced.

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Unknown Maker, Japanese

Chinese Warrior on Horseback, Edo Period

Utagawa Toyokuni 歌川豊国

Ichikawa Danjuro VII and Iwai Hanshiro V in Hagoromo, Edo Period

Baien 梅園

Mirror and Rouge Cup, Edo Period

Nagayama Kōin 長山孔寅

Inro Turtle Netsuke, and Coral Bead, Edo Period

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重

Sun and Banners (Gojûsan tsugi tsuzuki-e fûtô), Edo (Japanese period)

Ryūryūkyo Shinsai 柳々居辰斎

A Woman and Two Boys with a Hobby Horse, Edo Period

Ryūryūkyo Shinsai 柳々居辰斎

Palanquin Bearers, Edo Period

Utagawa Yoshikazu

Skylark China Pinks, and Marsh Marigolds (Sekichiku to ryûkinka ni hibari), Edo (Japanese period)

Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎

Picture book of Kyōka Poems:Mountain upon mountain (Ehon kyōka yama mata yama), Edo (Japanese period)

Sensai

Bird in a bamboo cage

Torii Kiyomitsu I

The actor Arashi Hinaji as a courtesan (Arashi hinaji), Edo (Japanese period)

A rural scene with small houses, tree-lined paths, and mountains, bathed under a glowing orange sky.

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重

Vesper bell Mii Temple (三井晩鐘 Mii banshō), Edo Period

Utagawa Kunisada 歌川国貞 (Toyokuni III)

Azumaya, Edo (Japanese period)

Kobayashi Kiyochika

The great victory of our army at Pyongyang (Heijo gekisen wagagun daishori no zu), Meiji

Utagawa Kunisada 歌川国貞 (Toyokuni III)

A Little Mushroom-Gathering in Mid-Autumn (Chushu takegari no yo), Edo (Japanese period)

Suzuki Harunobu 鈴木春信

Listening to the Cricket on the Veranda (Engawa no mushikiki), Edo (Japanese period)

Unknown Maker, Japanese

Actor in a female role (Onnagata), Edo (Japanese period)

Suzuki Harunobu 鈴木春信

Parody of the Immortal Kinkō (Kinkō sennin), Edo Period

Utagawa Kunisada 歌川国貞 (Toyokuni III)

The dandy (wakashu) Kosho Kichiza (Kasho Kichiza), Edo (Japanese period)

Narrow panel of vintage wallpaper featuring a central figure with an animal in a garden scene, surrounded by botanical motifs in ivory. The design is against a light sky-blue backdrop.

Jean-Baptiste Réveillon

Hearing (L’Ouie) Wallpaper