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Our collection currently contains more than 100,000 works of art and design dating from ancient times to today. Of these objects, 2,085 of them are on view in the museum now. 84,251 of them are available online. There are 1,315 recent acquisitions. All of our collection records are living documents. They are frequently revised and enhanced.

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Kitagawa Utamaro II

Flower arrangement with sweet-flag iris and nuphar, Edo (Japanese period)

Kitagawa Utamaro 喜多川歌麿

A parody (mitate) of Act 5 of Chushingura (Treasury of the Loyal Retainers) with a courtesan of the Naniwaya (go-danme (Act 5) Naniwaya (inscribed to l. of figure) ), Edo (Japanese period)