Collection

Our collection currently contains more than 100,000 works of art and design dating from ancient times to today. Of these objects, 748 of them are on view in the museum now. 84,693 of them are available online. There are 1,596 recent acquisitions. All of our collection records are living documents. They are frequently revised and enhanced.

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Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重

Yellow bird and wisteria (Fuji ni kicho), Edo (Japanese period)

Ike no Taiga

Butterfly and Persimmons (Kaki to chô), Edo (Japanese period)

Utagawa Kunisada 歌川国貞 (Toyokuni III)

Fireflies and sweet flag iris (Hanashobuto hotaru), Edo (Japanese period)

Totoya Hokkei

Cranes and young pines (Komatsu ni tsuru), Edo (Japanese period)

Ryūryūkyo Shinsai 柳々居辰斎

Autumn flowers and grasses (Akikusa), Edo (Japanese period)

Totoya Hokkei

Nightingale camellia and bamboo (Take to tsubaki ni uguisu), Edo (Japanese period)

Kobayashi Kiyochika

Morning glories on bamboo stakes (Asagao), Meiji

Kobayashi Kiyochika

Ducks and withered lotus (Karetahasu ni kamo), Meiji

Shibata Zeshin

Morning glories in rain (Uchu no hirugao), Meiji

Eishosai Choki

Small bird and roses (Bara ni kotori), Edo Period

Okumura Masanobu 菱川師宣

Mandarin ducks, Edo Period

Mori Ransai

Complete illustration of a magpie in a tree, Edo (Japanese period)

Mori Ransai

Herons in the wind through the reeds, Edo (Japanese period)

Mori Ransai

Pheasants in the snow, Edo (Japanese period)

Mori Ransai

A hakka bird enjoys a bite, Edo (Japanese period)

Mori Ransai

Falcon and small bird in waves, Edo (Japanese period)

Mori Ransai

Hawk living in autumn trees, Edo (Japanese period)

Mori Ransai

Cormorants searching for fish, Edo Period

Mori Ransai

The coming wild geese roosting in reeds, Edo (Japanese period)

Kawanabe Kyōsai

Crow on Snow-covered Plum Branch, Meiji