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 Collections5,273

TSUISHU, Yozei XX

Low table, white-dragon design, zonsei

1940

MATSUDA, Gonroku

Incense case, crane design, maki-e

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

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

KITAOJI, Rosanjin

Square bowl with cover, oribe ware

c.1940-45

ISHIGURO, Munemaro

Coffee pot and a set of cups and saucers, reddish brown glaze

c.1940

KITAOJI, Rosanjin

Covered bowls, gold leaves on overglaze enamels

c.1940

NAGAHAMA, Jutaro

Dyed wall hanging, water holes design

1941

SERIZAWA, Keisuke

Illustrated life of Honen Shonin (excerpt), 6: Parting with Hatashi

1941

SERIZAWA, Keisuke

Illustrated life of Honen Shonin (excerpt), 47: Halo and lotus stand

1941

SUGIURA, Hisui

Tanka shijo shugi ("Tanka-centrism"), vol.9, no.10 (October 1941)

1941

SUGIURA, Hisui

Tanka shijo shugi ("Tanka-centrism"), vol.9, no.12 (December 1941)

1941

SUGIURA, Hisui

Tanka shijo shugi ("Tanka-centrism"), vol9, no.8 (August 1941)

1941

ISHIGURO, Munemaro

Tea bowl, black glaze

c.1941

NAITO, Shiro

Tabacco box with the motif of barley ears

c.1941

TOMIMOTO, Kenkichi

Long, narrow ornamental box, lattice pattern, underglaze blue and overglaze enamels

1941

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INAKI, Higashisenri

Table, blackwood

1942

SERIZAWA, Keisuke

Honen Shonin

c.1942

SERIZAWA, Keisuke

Honen Shonin

1942

ISOI, Joshin

Round tray, dragon design, kimma

c.1942

SERIZAWA, Keisuke

Lautrec, Life and Art, by Shikiba Ryuzaburo

1942

SERIZAWA, Keisuke

Paper-covered Shoji, by Jugaku Bunsho

1942

SERIZAWA, Keisuke

This Food: Collected Poems, by Ozaki Kihachi

1942

SUGIURA, Hisui

Design original, Tanka shijo shugi ("Tanka-centrism"), vol.10, no.1

1942

SUGIURA, Hisui

Tanka shijo shugi ("Tanka-centrism"), vol.10, no.12 (December 1942)

1942

SUGIURA, Hisui

Tanka shijo shugi ("Tanka-centrism"), vol.10, no.2 (February 1942)

1942

SUGIURA, Hisui

Kuchinashi ("Cape Jasmine"), vol.5, no.2 (February 1942)

1942

ISHIGURO, Munemaro

Tea bowl, opaque glaze

c.1942-44

ISHIGURO, Munemaro

Incense burner in the shape of flower, white porcelain

c.1942-44

ISHIGURO, Munemaro

Tea bowl, madara-garatsu type

c.1942-44

ISHIGURO, Munemaro

Vase, flower pattern

c.1942-44

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