Museum of the Imperial Collections

Tokyo, Japan · 14 works · 3 painters

The Museum of the Imperial Collections, known as Sannomaru-Shōzōkan, stands in Tokyo, Japan, within the East Garden of the Imperial Palace. It presents rotating displays drawn from the imperial household's treasures. It took shape during the move from the Shōwa to the Heisei era, when the imperial family donated about 6,000 artworks to the Japanese government, many made by Imperial Household Artists, and later gifts enlarged the holdings. Among its paintings, Itō Jakuchū is the most represented artist, with detailed studies of birds, flowers and animals such as Rooster and Hen with Hydrangeas and Mandarin Ducks in the Snow. Katsushika Hokusai's Watermelon and Kanō Eitoku's Chinese Lions also appear. The museum is temporarily closed for renovations and is due to reopen in autumn 2026.

Works

**Rooster and Hen with Hydrangeas**Itō Jakuchū1759

**Rooster and Sunflowers**Itō Jakuchū1759

**Blossoming plum under the moon**Itō Jakuchū1800

**Birds on blossoming plum**Itō Jakuchū1800

**Rose mallows and fowl**Itō Jakuchū1800

**Cockatoos in an old pine**Itō Jakuchū1800

**Herbaceous peonies and butterflies**Itō Jakuchū1758

**Mandarin ducks in the snow**Itō Jakuchū1759

**Autumn Millet and Sparrows**Itō Jakuchū1759

**White peacock and peonies under a pine**Itō Jakuchū

Artists with work in this museum

Itō Jakuchū 12
Katsushika Hokusai 1
Kanō Eitoku 1