Collection

Our collection currently contains more than 100,000 works of art and design dating from ancient times to today. 2,435 of these objects are on view in the museum now. 85,129 of them are available online. There are 1,863 recent acquisitions. All of our collection records are living documents. These records are frequently revised and enhanced.

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Katsukawa Shunshō

The actor Nakamura Riko (Nakamura Riko), Edo (Japanese period)

Utagawa Kunisada 歌川国貞 (Toyokuni III)

The fall of Takadachi Castle, Edo (Japanese period)

Utagawa Kunisada 歌川国貞 (Toyokuni III)

Komagome, Edo (Japanese period)

Ippitsusai Bunchō

Ichikawa Yaozo II, Edo (Japanese period)

Japanese print of a crouched woman, next to an open chest, wearing a blue patterned robe, facing away but looking at a small drawing of someone wearing a similar robe.

Keisai Eisen 渓斎英泉

Ono no Komachi at Sekidera (関寺小町 Sekidera komachi), Edo Period

A woodblock print showing a vast, narrow, snow-covered, gorge with a small person hiking a steep path on the right side. There is a flowing river below and a starry sky above.

Utagawa Hiroshige II 二代目歌川広重

Snow in the Kiso Gorge Shinano Province (信州木曽の雪 Shinshū Kiso no yuki), Edo Period

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重

View of Shiomi Slope Shirasuka (Shirasuka shiomizaka zu), Edo (Japanese period)

Utagawa Kunisada 歌川国貞 (Toyokuni III)

Gathering Shells (Shiohigari), Edo (Japanese period)

Nakayama Sugakudo

Love birds and peonies (Jushimatsu botan), Edo (Japanese period)

Unknown Maker, Japanese

Actor in a female role (Onnagata), Edo (Japanese period)

Takenouchi Magohachi 竹内孫八

Yui: Satta Peak (Yui satta mine), Edo (Japanese period)

Qiu Ying

The Four Accomplishments, Qing

Gyodai

Plum (Ume), Edo (Japanese period)

Theodore Russell Davis

Turkey Platter

Ochiai Yoshiiku

Utsusemi: Watanabe no Tsuna Chapter 3 from the series Modern Parodies of Genji (Imayō nazaroe Genji), Edo (Japanese period)

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重

Common Kingfisher and Lacecap Hydrangea (Ajisai ni kawasemi), Edo (Japanese period)

Gyodai

Pot of Oranges (Hachiue no mikan), Edo Period

Unknown Maker, Japanese

Album of pasted-in drawings of designs for family crests, Edo (Japanese period)

Kawanabe Kyōsai

Crow on Branch, Taisho

Unknown Maker, Sassanian

Seal Ring