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