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 Collections5,271

ISHIGURO, Munemaro

Poetry scroll, Peach Blossoms

c.1960

ISHIGURO, Munemaro

Self-portrait with poem by the artist

c.1960-68

ISHIGURO, Munemaro

Painting of celosia cristate with poem by the artist

c.1960-68

ISHIGURO, Munemaro

Calligraphy

c.1960-68

HIMI, Kodo

Low table, gold and silver fine-lines inlay on zelkova wood

1960

HIRATA, Goyo

Pullulation

1960

KAGOSHIMA, Juzo

Doll, "Sanu-no-chigami-no-otome"

1960

KITAGAWA, Heiro

Aya-ori type silk

1961

SASAKI, Shodo

Ornament, "Bud", silver, lost-wax casting

1961

WATANABE, Kisaburo III

Tea caddy in the shape of ball

1961

OKUDE, Jusen

A sweetmeat box in the chrysanthemum shape, kanshitsu

1961

HAMADA, Shoji

Jar, brown ash glaze

1961

HAMADA, Shoji

Vase, grass design in wax resist technique, reddish brown glaze

1961

UNO, Sango

Jar, copper red glaze

1961

SERIZAWA, Keisuke

Illustrations from Paradise (excerpt): The Proud Heike, Itsukushima Shrine

1961

SERIZAWA, Keisuke

Illustrations from Paradise

1961

INAGAKI, Toshijiro

Road, stencil dyeing on paper

1961

INAGAKI, Toshijiro

Road, stencil dyeing on paper

1961

INAGAKI, Toshijiro

Road, stencil dyeing on paper

1961

INAGAKI, Toshijiro

Road, stencil dyeing on paper

1961

INAGAKI, Toshijiro

Narabigaoka Hills, stencil dyeing on paper

c.1961

INAGAKI, Toshijiro

Gardeners, stencil dyeing on paper

c.1961

INAGAKI, Toshijiro

Rice Seedling Bed, stencil dyeing on paper

c.1961

INAGAKI, Toshijiro

Plowing in Irrigated Rice Fields, stencil dyeing on paper

c.1961

INAGAKI, Toshijiro

Wall-hanging, "Waving Heads of Wheat", stencil dyeing on cotton

1961

INAGAKI, Toshijiro

Kimono, autumn grass design, stencil dyeing on crepe silk

1961

MORIGUCHI, Kako

Kimono, "Swift Stream", yuzen dyeing on crepe silk

1961

MATSUBARA, Toshio

Yukata, stencil dyeing on cotton, latice pattern

1961

HAYASHI, Sohei

Kimono fabric, Echigo-jofu linen

1961

NAKAMURA, Katsuma

Kimono, "Kagari (thread-crossing)", yuzen dyeing on crepe silk

1961

SERIZAWA, Keisuke

Kimono, floral pattern, stencil dyeing on linen

1961

SERIZAWA, Keisuke

Kimono, Japanese syllabary design, stencil dyeing on cotton

1961

SUZUTA, Teruji

Kimono, bamboo design, stencil dyeing on crepe silk

1961

SHIMURA, Fukumi

Kimono, "Awaiting Moon", tsumugi silk

1961

SHIMURA, Fukumi

Kimono, tsumugi silk

1961

KODA, Eisuke

Hakama (kimono trousers) cloth, Seigo-sendaihira type silk

c.1961

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