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

KNOTHE, Jan

Warsaw

1954

KITADE, Tojiro

Water container, fish and shell design, overglaze enamels

c.1954

ZAULI, Carlo

Vase

1954

TOMIMOTO, Kenkichi

Dish, letters "Leisurely White Clouds", iron brown and copper green, stoneware

1954

TOMIMOTO, Kenkichi

Soy sauce jugs, underglaze blue and overglaze enamels

c.1954-58

YASUHARA, Kimei

Vase, "Harbor", stoneware

1954

HAMADA, Shoji

Square dish, underglaze brown, tetsu-e

1954

ISHIGURO, Munemaro

Tea bowl, leaf design, black glaze

1954

KAWAKAMI, Nampo

Limpidity

1954

HORI, Ryujo

Expectation

1954

MATSUDA, Gonroku

Box, black pine and oak design, maki-e

1955

KAGOSHIMA, Juzo

Wearing an Akome Kimono (a lined gown)

1955

ISHIGURO, Munemaro

Brazier, white porcelain

c.1955-59

MIYASHITA, Zenju

Vase, plum blossom pattern, white glaze

1955

KANO, Mitsuo

Vase, "Snowy Morning", white glaze

1955

ISHIGURO, Munemaro

Tea bowl, leaf design, black glaze

c.1955

ISHIGURO, Munemaro

Tea bowl, leaf design, black glaze

c.1955

ISHIGURO, Munemaro

Shallow tea bowl, yellowish brush pattern

1955

SERIZAWA, Keisuke

Tsumugi cloth, Naeshirogawa pottery motif on indigo ground

1955

SERIZAWA, Keisuke

Kimono, climbing kiln motif on gray ground, silk

1955

MOTONO, Toichi

Composition for a Wall

1955

INAGAKI, Toshijiro

The Tower of Toji Shrine, stencil dyeing on paper

1955

INAGAKI, Toshijiro

Higashi-honganji Temple, stencil dyeing on paper

1955

INAGAKI, Toshijiro

Fushimi-inari Shrine, stencil dyeing on paper

1955

INAGAKI, Toshijiro

Market at Kitano-tenjin Shrine, stencil dyeing on paper

1955

INAGAKI, Toshijiro

Road, stencil dyeing on paper

1955

INAGAKI, Toshijiro

Rokusai-nenbutsu (religious performance), stencil dyeing on paper

1955

INAGAKI, Toshijiro

Arashiyama, stencil dyeing on paper

1955

INAGAKI, Toshijiro

Two-fold screens, "Beginning", "Glory", "Transient prosperity" from Tale of Heike, stencil dyeing on paper

1955

Group of Important Intangible Cultural Properties / Yuki-tsumugi

Kimono, Yuki-tsumugi type silk, hexagon pattern

1955

Group of Important Intangible Cultural Properties / Yuki-tsumugi

Kimono fabric, Yuki-tsumugi type silk

1955

Group of Important Intangible Cultural Properties / Yuki-tsumugi

Kimono fabric, kagasuri (tiny splashes) pattern, Yuki-tsumugi type silk

1955

Group of Important Intangible Cultural Properties / Yuki-tsumugi

Kimono fabric, Yuki-tsumugi type silk, striped pattern

1955

Group of Important Intangible Cultural Properties / Yuki-tsumugi

Kimono fabric, Yuki-tsumugi silk, hexagon pattern

1955

MORIGUCHI, Kako

Kimono, "Early Spring", yuzen dyeing on crepe silk

1955

MATSUBARA, Toshio

Yukata cloth, stencil dyeing on cotton

1955

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