Collection

Our collection currently contains more than 100,000 works of art and design dating from ancient times to today. 2,317 of these objects are on view in the museum now. 85,276 of them are available online. There are 1,914 recent acquisitions. All of our collection records are living documents. These records are frequently revised and enhanced.

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Utagawa Toyokuni II (Toyoshige)

Snake (Tsuchinoto), Edo Period

Utagawa Toyokuni II (Toyoshige)

Sumo Wrestler Hiodoshi Rikiya

Utagawa Toyokuni II (Toyoshige)

The courtesan Shirokawa and her two kamuro Nagisa and Yumeno of the Tamaya (Tamaya nai shirokawa nagisa yumeno), Edo (Japanese period)

A woodblock print in muted tones. A seated woman in a patterned robe plays a three-stringed musical instrument. Above, in a fan-shaped frame, are two bats dressed as samurai.

Utagawa Toyokuni II (Toyoshige)

Popular Comic: Bat Nikki (Ryukō kyōga Nikki), Edo (Japanese period)

Utagawa Toyokuni II (Toyoshige)

The courtesan Tsukasa and her two kamuro Agena and Kocho of the Ogiya (Ogiyanaitsukasa agena kocho: Daimonguchi no rakugan), Edo (Japanese period)

Utagawa Toyokuni II (Toyoshige)

Mimachi day in the first month Benten Shrine, Shinobazu (Shinobazu Benzaiten hatsumi [or tsuchinoto] no zu), Edo (Japanese period)