Exhibitions

• Japanese Shrines -- What is a shrine ? --
  Date:March 21 (Tues) to May 7 (Sun), 2006

PERMANENT EXHIBITS ---- The permanent exhibits are designed around selected themes from the flow of Japanese history and culture that have relevance today. The emphasis is on the way people used to live.
First is a Prologue exhibit on the ocean, a symbol of geographic conditions of the Japanese islands followed by Galleries One through Three. These galleries focus on thirteen themes and three sub-themes covering the period extending from the primitive/ancient period to pre-modern times and most displays are chronologically arranged. In the ground floor Gallery 4 centers on six themes of folklife in Japan and Gallery 5 on three themes of modern times. These twenty-five themes were selected by research teams consisting of museum and outside scholars, and represent interpretations of problems under study.
The items on display were selected as representative of their respective themes and include not only authentic artifacts but dynamic use of reproductions and reconstructions. In addition to strategic placement of these objects, graphic panels, explanation sheets, and video tapes are just some of the methods used to help portraying these themes as vividly as possible.

• 2005 Exhibition of New Acquisitions
• -- 2005 Special Exhibit -- Japanese Architecture
• The Power of Poetry -- Japanese Poetry through the Ages
• Japanese Musical Instruments:Heirloom of Kishu-Tokugawa Family
• Japanese morning glory 2005
• Joint Exhibit(Held at the National Science Museum, Tokyo) "Jomon versus Yayoi"
• Wetland and Jomon People -- Archaeology in the Wetlands
• The Interaction in Medieval East Asian Sea
• 2004 Exhibition of New Acquisitions
• Winter Flowers "Camellia sasanqua" 2004
• The Meiji Restoration and Hirata Kokugaku
• Traditional plants of the Seasons: Autumn "Antique Chrysanthemum"
• Plants and Flowers Crossing over the Sea in Japanese History
• Popular Culture and Created Heroes
• Guide to the Traditional Seasonal Flora Exhibition on "Traditional Dianthus"
• Guide to the Traditional Seasonal Flora Exhibition on "Traditional Primrose"
• 2003 Exhibition of New Acquisitions
• Winter Flowers"Camellia sasanqua" 2003
• Science in the Quest for History
• Documenting Disaster: Natural Disasters in Japanese History, 1703-2003
• Japanese morning glory 2003
• Haniwa - Form and Meaning
• 2002 Exhibition of New Acquisitions
• The Function of Medieval Temples and Monasteries
• Traditional plants of the Seasons: Summer -- Uri and Hyoutan
• Male and female accessories
• Japanese morning glory 2002
• Ancient Japanese writing symbols
• Exhibition of New Items in the Collection
• Winter Flowers"Camellia sasanqua"
• What Can Be Learned From Illustrations of Shrine and Temple Grounds?
• Japanese morning glory
  -From Seedling to Flowering -
• Kaleidoscope of the different worlds
  -The World to Come, Specters, Fortune Telling -
• Opening the Doors to Jomon Culture
  - From the Sannai Maruyama Site to the Jomon Archipelago -
• New Collection of Exhibits
  - Birth, Marriage, and Funeral -
• Castles and the Unification of the Realm
  15th century to 17th century Japan
• Japanese carpentry Tools that traveled to the Netherlands
  
• Japanese morning glory
  From Seedling to Flowering
• The Jomon people in the northern Island