Collection

The collection of the Ōta Memorial Museum of Art consists of about 14.000 pieces of ukiyo-e works in total which includes about 12.000 pieces of works collected by late Seizō OtaⅤ. The collection has a remarkable character, not only masterpieces by Kitagawa Utamaro, Katsushika Hokusai and Utagawa Hiroshige but also masterpieces of ukiyo-e from its origin through all stages. Moreover, the collection contains both masterpieces of nikuhitsu-ga painting and ukiyo-e wood-block prints, which are two substantial portions of ukiyo-e, which were one of the world leading private ukiyo-e collections.

※We don’t have the permanent exhibition. The exhibits will be changed every months. The works introduced here are not always exhibited.

Miyagawa Chōshun “Standing Beauty”
Katsukawa Shunshō “Kitten and a Woman”
Kitagawa Utamaro “Courtesan Reading a Letter”
Katsushika Hokusai “Tiger in the Rain”

Katsushika Ōi “Courtesans Showing Themselves to the Strollers through the Grille”
Kobayashi Kiyochika “Ryōgoku-bashi Bridge in Civilized Tokyo”
Torii KiyomasuⅠ”Kabuki Actor, Ichikawa Danjūrō Ⅱ as Takenuki Gorō and Mimasuya Sukejūrō as Soga Jūrō”
Ishikawa Toyonobu “Kabuki Actor, Segawa KichijiⅡ Dancing Shakkyō”

Suzuki Harunobu “Narcissus”
Torii Kiyonaga “Moon Viewing from the Upstairs Room by the Sumida River”
Kitagawa Utamaro “Portrait of Tomimoto Toyohina”
Tōshūsai Sharaku ”Kabuki Actor, Ichikawa EbizōⅠ as Takemura Sadanoshin”

Utagawa Toyokuni “Kabuki Actors on the Stage : Kōrai-ya, Ichikawa KomazōⅢ”
Utagawa Kunisada “Starlight Frost and Modern Manners: Woman Burning Mosquitoes”
Keisai Eisen “Appearance of Contemporary Woman”
Utagawa Kuniyoshi “One Hundred and Eight Heroes of the Suikoden : Konkōryū　Rishun”

Katsushika Hokusai “Thirty-six Views of Mt. Fuji: the Great Wave off the Coast of Kanagawa”
Utagawa Hiroshige “One Hundred Famous Views of Edo: A Sudden Shower at Ōhashi Bridge near Atake”
Taiso Yoshitoshi “Two Heroes Fighting on the Hōryūkaku, a Scene from the Novel “Hakkenden””
Yōshū Chikanobu ”European Philharmonic Orchestra”