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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Two black and white birds swoop above curling blue waves in a tall vertical frame below floating calligraphy.

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重

Barn Swallows above Waves, Edo Period

Tall vertical composition showing a small bird perched on a leafy green stem with blooming orange flowers looking up at calligraphy which floats above.

Utagawa Hiroshige II 二代目歌川広重

Bird and Confederate Rose, Edo Period

A bird inside a vertically-barred, ornamental black cage framed by a branch of red and white blossoms, with delicate vertical calligraphy inscriptions filling the off-white background.

Yashima Gakutei 八島岳亭

Two Designs for the Bizen Circle (備前国連二番続 Bizen kokuren niban tsusuki), Edo Period

Blue and brown flowers with green leaves and thin vines trailing across the page, accented by calligraphy against a pale background.

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重

Morning Glories, Edo Period

A bird looking down from a branch of blooming red and white roses surrounded by leaves, framed by lines of vertical calligraphy in a cloudy blue sky.

Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎

Korean Nightingale and Roses (黄鳥長春 Kochō Bara), Edo Period

A diving bird above a field of blooming red and white azaleas, framed by lines of vertical calligraphy against a blue sky with clouds.

Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎

Cuckoo and Azaleas (子規杜鵑花 Hototogisu satsuki), Edo Period

A tortoise carrying on its shell mountains, grasses and trees, with columns of Japanese writing above.

Nagayama Kōin 長山孔寅

Tortoise Carrying the Isle of the Immortals on His Back, Edo Period

Kitagawa Utamaro II

Flower arrangement with plum, Edo Period

A pair of birds in flight beneath branches of peach blossoms, vertical calligraphy, and a full moon against a faded night sky.

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重

Barn Swallows and Peach Blossoms under Full Moon, Edo Period

Kitagawa Utamaro 喜多川歌麿

Copper pheasants wagtail (Yamadori sekirei), Edo (Japanese period)

Kitagawa Utamaro 喜多川歌麿

Quail skylark (鶉雲雀 Uzura hibari), Edo Period

Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎

Ono no Komachi 小野小町, Edo Period

A pheasant with long tail feathers standing on a grassy slope in front of a shrub with pale orange blossoms, accented by calligraphy inscriptions that fill the off-white background.

Kubo Shunman 窪俊満

Pheasants and Heath Roses, Edo Period

Woodblock print with handwritten Japanese text taking up the composition’s top half. The bottom half depicts an arrangement of light gray fresh fish and leafy stalks of blooming yellow flowers.

Kitao Shigemasa 北尾重政

Ayu Fish and Yellow Roses, Edo Period

Woodblock print with handwritten Japanese text in the middle of the composition. Above it, two birds accompany a boat docked in undisturbed waters. Below it, a shrub of pink flowers.

Unknown Maker, Japanese

Cormorants on a Boat and Pinks, Edo Period

Ryūryūkyo Shinsai 柳々居辰斎

Monkey at the New Year (Saru no shogatsu), Edo Period

Yanagawa Shigenobu

Beauty (Blowfish-head) and attendant (jelly fish-head) (Bijin (fugu) to yakko (kurage)), Edo (Japanese period)

Utagawa Toyohiro 歌川豊広

Parody of Ebisu and Benten [As woman and fish-peddlar in snow] (Ebisu to Benten Dayu), Edo Period

Yanagawa Shigenobu

Woman weaving brocade (Shokujo), Edo (Japanese period)

Totoya Hokkei

Court lady (Kanjo), Meiji