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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Kitao Shigemasa 北尾重政

Chapter 7 of the 11 chapters of Chushingura (The treasury of loyal retainers) (Chushingura shichidanme junimaizoku), Edo (Japanese period)

Katsukawa Shunkō

The actor Iwai Hanshiro IV in a female role (yondai Iwai Hanshiro), Edo (Japanese period)

Katsukawa Shuncho

Courtesan Shitzuka and her shinzo Hanano and Enoki of the Tamaya (Tamayanai shitusuke Hanano Enoki), Edo (Japanese period)

Chōbunsai Eishi 鳥文斎栄之

A Triptych of Fashionable Disguises: The Third Princess (略三幅対 女三之宮 Yatsushi sanpukutsui: Nyosan no Miya), Edo Period

Yokoyama Taiken

The sixth hour (Hour of the snake); Visiting a shrine on the behalf of someone else (Mi no koku: daisan), Edo Period

Kitao Masayoshi 北尾政美

Chapter 8 from Perspective Pictures of the Syllabary Treasury of Loyal Retainers (Kanadehon Chushingura), Edo Period

Shotei Hokuju

Panorama of Ryogoku [in the eastern capital] ([Toto] ryogoku fukei), Edo (Japanese period)