Collection

Our collection currently contains more than 100,000 works of art and design dating from ancient times to today. Of these objects, 749 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 Toyokuni II (Toyoshige)

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

Yanagawa Shigenobu

Beauty (Blowfish-head) and attendant (jelly fish-head) (Bijin (fugu) to yakko (kurage)), Edo (Japanese period)

Totoya Hokkei

The hero Rochishin (Rochishin), Edo (Japanese period)

Ochiai Yoshiiku

Evening snow at a boathouse (Ofunagura no bosetsu), Edo (Japanese period)

Nishimura Shigenaga

The actors Ichimura Takenojo as Kudo Suketsune and Sanjo Kantaro as the princess Tatsuhime in the play Hinazuru unagasu Soga performed at the Ichimura Theatre 1722.11, Edo (Japanese period)

Ishikawa Toyonobu

Ishikawa Danjuro III (Sandaime Ishikawa Danjuro), Edo (Japanese period)

Ishikawa Toyonobu

The left panel of a triptych showing the courtesan Yugiri of the Ogiya (OgiyaYugiri), Edo (Japanese period)