Collection

Our collection currently contains more than 100,000 works of art and design dating from ancient times to today. Of these objects, 1,734 of them are on view in the museum now. 84,323 of them are available online. There are 1,383 recent acquisitions. All of our collection records are living documents. They are frequently revised and enhanced.

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Isoda Koryūsai 礒田湖龍斎

White herons and snow-covered reeds (Yukiashi ni shirasagi), Edo (Japanese period)

Itō Jakuchū

Parrot and rose (Bara ni inko), Meiji

Itō Jakuchū

Parrot and oak (Kashi ni inko), Meiji

Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎

The Paddies of Ono Suruga Province (Sunshu Ono shinden), Edo (Japanese period)

Shibata Zeshin

Flying crow (Karasu), Meiji

Tsukioka Tanka

Descending geese and flying swallows (Kaeru gan to kuru tsubame), Edo (Japanese period)

Unknown Maker, Japanese

Willows in snow and mist (Setchu yanagi ni kiri), Taisho

Mori Shunkei 森春渓

Frog and cricket (Kaeru to korogi), Meiji

Unknown Maker, Japanese

Iwai Hanshiro IV in the role of the fox woman (yondai Iwai Hanshiro), Edo (Japanese period)

Utagawa Hiroshige III 三代目歌川広重

Tiger lilies and jay (Kanokoyuri ni kashicho), Meiji

Mori Shunkei 森春渓

Grasshopper and flowering squash, Edo (Japanese period)

Itō Jakuchū

White-headed bird and camellias (Tsubaki ni kotori), Meiji

Itō Jakuchū

Hen and Rooster (Niwatori), Meiji

Unknown Maker, Japanese

Parody of the Letter-reading Scene in Act 7 of Chushingura (The Treasury of Loyal Retainers), Edo (Japanese period)

Utagawa Fusatane

Bush warbler and plum (Ume ni uguisu), Edo (Japanese period)

Keiri

Dragonfly and Flower (Kabocha ni tonbo), Edo (Japanese period)

Keiri

Dragonfly and Flower (Kabocha ni tonbo), Edo (Japanese period)

Mori Shunkei 森春渓

Insects and pinks (Mushi to nadeshiko), Meiji

Shibata Zeshin

Duck swimming amongst reeds (Ashi ni kamo), Meiji

Unknown Maker, Japanese

Japanese Spiny Lobster (Ise-ebi), Meiji