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
OKI, Hideharu
Sash clip in the shape of butterflies
c.1944-68
KITAHARA, Senroku
Box, design of the moon and bamboo, inlay on gold ground
c.1944
OKI, Hideharu
Cuff buttons in the shape of red dragonflies
c.1944-68
OKI, Hideharu
Cuff buttons in the shape of ume blossoms
c.1944-68
OKI, Hideharu
Sash clip in the shape of a citron
c.1944-68
OKI, Hideharu
Sash clip in the shape of a chrysanthemum
c.1944-68
OKI, Hideharu
Sash clip in the shape of a orchid
c.1944-68
TSUISHU, Yozei XX
Inkstone case, crane design, choshitsu
1944
SERIZAWA, Keisuke
Travels to Papermaking Villages, by Jugaku Bunsho and Jugaku Shizuko
1944
MATSUDA, Gonroku
Tea caddy, mandarin duck design, maki-e and rankaku
1945
HIROKAWA, Matsugoro
Hanging scroll, "Rabbit"
c.1945-52
YAMADA, Konosuke
Tray with bail handle, roiro-nuri
1945
YAMADA, Konosuke
Tray with bail handle, negoro type
1945
SAVIGNAC, Raymond
N'oubliez pas de mettre la barrette de surete
c.1945
LEUPIN, Herbert
Pantène
1945
TOMIMOTO, Kenkichi
Enjoying Ceramics
1945
TOMIMOTO, Kenkichi
Scroll, Memoranda of Ceramics
1946
TAGUCHI, Yoshikuni
Ink-stone case, narcissus design, maki-e
1946
EAMES, Charles/EAMES, Ray
Plywood chair, LCM (Lounge Chair Metal Legs)
1946
SERIZAWA, Keisuke
A Hotspring Inn, by Kawabata Yasunari
1946
GOMI, Fumio
Red Plum Blossoms
1946
MASUDA, Mitsuo
Vase, bull design, gilding on copper
1947
MUROSE, Shunji
Table, floral design, maki-e
1947
SERIZAWA, Keisuke
1948 Calendar (April, May, June)
1947
SERIZAWA, Keisuke
Les Fleurs du Mal, by Charles Baudelaire (Japanese translation by Horiguchi Daigaku)
1947
SERIZAWA, Keisuke
Dawn, by Shinmura Izuru
1947
SERIZAWA, Keisuke
Everyday Snippets, by Jugaku Busho
1947
SERIZAWA, Keisuke
Folk Crafts of Many Lands, by Shikiba Ryuzaburo
1947
BURTIN, Will
The 27th Anual Exhibition, Art Directors Club of New York
1947
WEIDEMA, Fedde
The North-South Line
1947
ISHIGURO, Munemaro
Jar, dancers drawn in chalk-like glaze on white ground
c.1947
AKIYAMA, Issei
Round tray, inlay on zelkova wood
c.1947-48
KATO, Hajime
Rice bowls, design of the character, furochoju (eternal life), overglaze enamels
1948
ITO, Kenji
Aspirin
1948
SERIZAWA, Keisuke
Jottings on Washi, by Hamada Tokutaro
1948
KATO, Hajime
Rice bowls, design of the character, furochoju (eternal life), overglaze enamels
1948