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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In a tall vertical frame, elegant calligraphy floats besides a small gray bird perched on a thin branch above a blooming red flower and a blue horizon.

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重

Java Sparrow and Camellia, Edo Period

Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎

Hawk and Cherry Blossoms, Edo Period

Utagawa Hiroshige II 二代目歌川広重

Kingfisher and Hydrangeas, Edo Period

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重

Canary and Wisteria, Edo Period

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重

Blue-and-white Flycatcher and Confederate Rose, Edo Period

Chōbunsai Eishi 鳥文斎栄之

Egret and Plum in Moonlight, Meiji

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重

Shōno: Driving Rain (庄野　白雨 Shōno hakuu), Edo Period

Japanese print of a woman, wearing a white floral-patterned blue robe with an orange and white geometric hem, staring at a black-beaked white bird to the left of her.

Utagawa Toyokuni 歌川豊国

Parrot Komachi (あふむ小まち Ōmu Komachi), Edo Period

Utagawa Kunisada 歌川国貞 (Toyokuni III)

Contemporary brocades of fashions at the imperial palace (Gosho moyo tosei nishiki), Edo (Japanese period)

Torii Kiyonaga 鳥居清長

The Boy's Festival Tango (端午 Tango), Edo Period

Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎

Cranes on Snow-covered Pine Branch, Edo Period

Utagawa Kunisada 歌川国貞 (Toyokuni III)

Cuckoo and Moon, Edo Period

A brown duck on a green grassy ground near a large body of water with deep blue curves which shows the papers texture. Calligraphy floats to the left.

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重

Goose on Riverbank, Edo Period

Nakayama Sūgakudō 中山嵩岳堂

Heron and Iris (鷺はな菖蒲 Sagi Hanashobu), Edo Period

Narrow composition framed by wooden poles, depicting a soaring white bird above a river scene with boats and a wooden bridge before the sun setting over a dark horizon.

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重

Eitai Bridge (永代ばしEitaibashi), Edo Period

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重

Distant view of Enoshima from The Seven-Mile Beach (Shichiri-ga-hama Enoshima enbō 七里ヶ浜江　島遠望) , Edo Period

A circular scene depicting a fisherman in a small boat alongside birds in a calm river, framed by a hanging tree and distant hills under a pale sky.

Katsukawa Shunzan 勝川春山

Cormorant Fishing, Edo Period

A dark blue peacock ducks its head beneath blooming red and white flowers, blending with the dark green foliage on a faded white and blue background.

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重

Green Peacock and Tree Peonies, Edo 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 Hiroshige 歌川広重

Iris (かきづばた Kakitsubata), Edo Period