Collection
National Crafts Museum comprises craft, graphic and industrial design works made in Japan and foreign countries from circa 1900 to the present day, focusing on the post-World War II, which showed a particularly diverse development.As of April 2022, the collection contains more than 4,000 works of various genres including ceramics, grass works, lacquerware, wood works, bamboo works, textiles, dolls, metal works, industrial design, and graphic design.
All Collections5,224
KITAOJI, Rosanjin
Tea cups, phoenix design, gold leaves on overglaze yellowish-green enamel
c.1939
TOMIMOTO, Kenkichi
Twisted, gourd-shaped sake bottle, overall calico pattern
1939
TANABE, Icchikusai (Chikuunsai II)
Flower basket in the shape of gourd, sukashi-ami (weave)
c.1939
ISHIGURO, Munemaro
Tea bowl, leaf design, black glaze
c.1940-42
ISHIGURO, Munemaro
Bowl, reddish brown glaze
c.1940
ISHIGURO, Munemaro
Incense case, reddish brown glaze
c.1940
ISHIGURO, Munemaro
Jar, incised circle pattern, green glaze on white ground
c.1940-49
ISHIGURO, Munemaro
Small jar, black glaze
c.1940-49
ISHIGURO, Munemaro
Tea bowl, reddish brown glaze
c.1940-49
ISHIGURO, Munemaro
Tea bowl, globefish design, overglaze red and green enamels
c.1940-49
SUKEGAWA, Hoshu
Screen incised with deer motif
1940
MASUDA, Mitsuo
Two-fold screen, trifoliate-orange design
c.1940
MASUDA, Mitsuo
Box, grass design, silver and iron
1940
NOBUTA, Yo
Incense burner with flower-shaped lid handle, celadon
1940
TSUISHU, Yozei XX
Low table, white-dragon design, zonsei
1940
MATSUDA, Gonroku
Incense case, crane design, maki-e
1940
YAMAZAKI, Kakutaro
Inkstone case, maki-e
c.1940
MATSUDA, Gonroku
Square tray, pine design, maki-e
c.1940-44
MATSUDA, Gonroku
Lidded bowl, motif of Longevity, maki-e
1940
MATSUDA, Gonroku
Box, design of chrysanthemum and stream, maki-e
1940
SATO, Junshiro
Glass vase blown into forged iron work
1940
SERIZAWA, Keisuke
Fun Tales from the Bishotei, by Shikiba Ryuzaburo
1940
SERIZAWA, Keisuke
New Year’s, by Kawabata Yasunari
1940
SUGIURA, Hisui
Mureboshi ("Stars"), vol.13, no.11 (November 1940)
1940
SUGIURA, Hisui
Mureboshi ("Stars"), vol.13, no.8 (August 1940)
1940
SUGIURA, Hisui
Mureboshi ("Stars"), vol.13, no.9 (September 1940)
1940
SUGIURA, Hisui
Mureboshi ("Stars"), vol.13, no.7 (July 1940)
1940
SUGIURA, Hisui
Mureboshi ("Stars"), vol.13, no.1 (January 1940)
1940
SUGIURA, Hisui
Yokohama Telephone Directory
1940
SUGIURA, Hisui
Tokyo Telephone Directory (except the Tokyo Central Telephone Office)
1940
SUGIURA, Hisui
Kuchinashi ("Cape Jasmine"), vol.3, no.1 (January 1940)
1940
SUGIURA, Hisui
Onsen ("Hot Springs"), vol.11, no.6 (June 1940)
1940
SUGIURA, Hisui
Onsen ("Hot Springs"), vol.11, no.5 (May 1940)
1940
SANDBERG, Jonkheer Willem J.H.B.
Dutch Art, 1800-1940 (summer exhibition of Amsterdam Municipal Museum of Art)
1940
TOMIMOTO, Kenkichi
Brooch, five-petal floral pattern, overglaze enamels
1940
TOMIMOTO, Kenkichi
Sash clip, leaf design, overglaze enamels
1940