List of collections of Japanese art

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Japanese art is collected by museums, galleries and private collectors in many countries around the world.

CountryCityInstitutionCollection sizeNotesOfficial web siteRef.
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia Sydney Art Gallery of New South Wales 1,561
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada Ontario Royal Ontario Museum 10,000Most items are from Edo period
Flag of Germany.svg Germany Neuss Langen Foundation 350
Flag of Israel.svg Israel Haifa Tikotin Museum of Japanese Art 8,50017th to 19th century
Flag of Japan.svg Japan Kitakyushu Kitakyushu Municipal Museum of Art 7,500 [1]
Flag of Japan.svg Japan Kyoto Kyoto National Museum 8,000+Art, archaeology, Buddhist art, and history [1] , [2]
Flag of Japan.svg Japan Nagoya Aichi Prefectural Museum of Art 1,000 [1]
Flag of Japan.svg Japan Nagoya Nagoya City Museum [1]
Flag of Japan.svg Japan Nara Nara National Museum 1,200Art, archaeology, Buddhist art, and history [1]
Flag of Japan.svg Japan Osaka Museum of Oriental Ceramics, Osaka Ceramics and pottery [1]
Flag of Japan.svg Japan Tokyo National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo [1]
Flag of Japan.svg JapanTokyo Suntory Museum of Art [1]
Flag of Japan.svg JapanTokyo Tokyo National Museum Art, archaeology and history [1]
Flag of Japan.svg JapanTokyo Yamatane Museum 1,800
Flag of Japan.svg JapanOsaka National Museum of Art, Osaka 8,200 (As of February 2022)Modern art [3]
Flag of Japan.svg JapanTokyoSumidaHokusai MuseumUkiyoe prints; P. Morse collection, M. Narashige collection [4] [5] [6]
Flag of Poland.svg Poland Kraków Manggha Museum of Japanese Art and Technology
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom London British Museum
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United KingdomLondon Nasser D. Khalili Collection of Japanese Art 1,600Decorative arts of the Meiji era
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United KingdomLondon Victoria and Albert Museum 30,000+Mostly from Edo and Meiji periods
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom Maidstone Maidstone Museum 4,000Edo and Meiji-period decorative arts [7]
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom Oxford Ashmolean Museum
Flag of the United States.svg USAFeinberg Collection300
Flag of the United States.svg USA Manyo'an Collection of Japanese Art Hosted by the Gitter-Yelen Art Study Center
Flag of the United States.svg USA Bartlesville, Oklahoma Price CollectionArts of the Edo period
Flag of the United States.svg USA Boston Museum of Fine Arts includes the Leonard A. Lauder collection of more than 20,000 postcards
Flag of the United States.svg USA Cleveland Cleveland Museum of Art 1,950 [8]
Flag of the United States.svg USA Eugene, Oregon Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art 3,000+Mainly Edo period prints
Flag of the United States.svg USA Los Angeles Pavilion for Japanese Art, Los Angeles County Museum of Art
Flag of the United States.svg USA Newark, New Jersey The Newark Museum of Art 7,000Concentrated in Edo, Meiji and Showa periods
Flag of the United States.svg USA New York Ronin Gallery 17th – 21st century woodblock prints
Flag of the United States.svg USA New York Metropolitan Museum of Art 17,000
Flag of the United States.svg USA Washington, D.C. Library of Congress 2,500Woodblock prints and drawings, 17th to 20th centuries
Flag of the United States.svg USA Washington, D.C. National Museum of Asian Art (Freer/Sackler)

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