Collection Highlights
View select Japanese works from the Asian art collection.
Japan’s art reflects the historical development of its culture and the aesthetic sensibilities of its people. The Museum’s collection contains a variety of works, including painting and calligraphy in the form of screens, scrolls, and albums, as well as ancient to modern ceramics, lacquerware, cloisonné, basketry, and Heian (794–1185) and Kamakura (1185–1333) period Buddhist and Shinto sculpture. Also featured are special collections of woodblock prints and drawings from the Edo period (1603–1868) to the present that reflect cycles of mutual exchange of visual, material, and intellectual culture with its Asian neighbors and the West.
View select Japanese works from the Asian art collection.
View a chronological timeline of Japanese periods.
View an interactive 3-D model of a Japanese statue.
View a self-guided family activity about Japanese art.
Read about the history of Japan
Find published resources about Japanese art.