An Outline of the Independent
Administrative Institution
National Museum

2004
Independent Administrative Institution
National Museum Secretariat
13-9, Ueno Koen, Taito-ku, Tokyo, 110-8712
Phone: 03-3822-1111
URC: http://www.natmus.jp/

CONTENTS

Greetings from the chairman of the board of directors…… 1
I What is the new mandate of the National Museum ……2
II Activities of the National Museum ………………………3
1. Disseminating Japanese aesthetics and culture ………3
① Exhibitions② Research activities③ Educational activities④ Volunteer activities
2. Passing down Japanese aesthetics and culture ………6
① Collection, preservation and restration② Recording and disseminating information
3. Attracting more people to the museums ……………7① Number of visitors② Efficient use of museum facilities
4. Activities of the individual national museums ……… 8① Tokyo National Museum② Kyoto National Museum③ Nara National Museum④ Kyushu National Museum (tentative name)
III Operation of the National Museum …………………16
1. Cooperation with outside organizations and people ……16
① The supporting members system② Friends of the Museum
2. Organization and number of staff at each museum ……16
① Organization② Directors③ Board of Special Advisors④ Board of Outside Evaluation⑤ Board of Trustees (by each museum)⑥ Number of museum staff
3. Budget of the fiscal year 2004 ……………………21
IV Evaluation ……………………………………………22

Greetings from the chairman of the board of directors

An Outline of the Independent
Administrative Institution National Museum

As of April 2004, four years have passed since theIndependent Administrative Institution (IAI) National
Museum, consisting of the Tokyo National Museum, theKyoto National Museum and the Nara National Museum,was established.
In August of 2003, the IAI Evaluation Committee of the
Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports and Science andTechnology stated its opinion that it would like the Tokyo,
Kyoto and Nara National Museums to be operated in an
integrated manner. In response to this recommendation, we
have decided that some administrative processes, including
personnel affairs common to the three national museums,
should be handled at Institution Secretariat and thatmuseum outline brochures formerly published separately
by each national museum should also be compiled into asingle booklet, to make it easy for the public to understandthe general nature of the National Museum.
In addition, the chairman of the board of directors andother directors, who doubled the role of the executive
directors of the national museums, have tended to focus
most on their own duties as executive directors. In the
future, however, these directors will share the work ofoverseeing cross-museum management while the chairmanof the board of directors serves as the supervisor of overall
museum activities.
We intend to operate the branch museums of the National
Museum in an integrated manner, while making the mostof the individual characteristics of each national museum.

V Disclosure of information ……………………………24◇ Information about membership ………………………25

National Treasure"Waterfowl in Lotus Pond," by Tawaraya Sotatsu (Kyoto National Museum)

Chairman of the board of directors of the Independent
Administrative Institute National Museum

NOZAKI Hiroshi

CONTENTS

Greetings from the chairman of the board of directors…… 1
I What is the new mandate of the National Museum ……2
II Activities of the National Museum ………………………3
1. Disseminating Japanese aesthetics and culture ………3
① Exhibitions② Research activities③ Educational activities④ Volunteer activities
2. Passing down Japanese aesthetics and culture ………6
① Collection, preservation and restration② Recording and disseminating information
3. Attracting more people to the museums ……………7① Number of visitors② Efficient use of museum facilities
4. Activities of the individual national museums ……… 8① Tokyo National Museum② Kyoto National Museum③ Nara National Museum④ Kyushu National Museum (tentative name)
III Operation of the National Museum …………………16
1. Cooperation with outside organizations and people ……16
① The supporting members system② Friends of the Museum
2. Organization and number of staff at each museum ……16
① Organization② Directors③ Board of Special Advisors④ Board of Outside Evaluation⑤ Board of Trustees (by each museum)⑥ Number of museum staff
3. Budget of the fiscal year 2004 ……………………21
IV Evaluation ……………………………………………22

Greetings from the chairman of the board of directors

An Outline of the Independent
Administrative Institution National Museum

As of April 2004, four years have passed since theIndependent Administrative Institution (IAI) National
Museum, consisting of the Tokyo National Museum, theKyoto National Museum and the Nara National Museum,was established.
In August of 2003, the IAI Evaluation Committee of the
Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports and Science andTechnology stated its opinion that it would like the Tokyo,
Kyoto and Nara National Museums to be operated in an
integrated manner. In response to this recommendation, we
have decided that some administrative processes, including
personnel affairs common to the three national museums,
should be handled at Institution Secretariat and thatmuseum outline brochures formerly published separately
by each national museum should also be compiled into asingle booklet, to make it easy for the public to understandthe general nature of the National Museum.
In addition, the chairman of the board of directors andother directors, who doubled the role of the executive
directors of the national museums, have tended to focus
most on their own duties as executive directors. In the
future, however, these directors will share the work ofoverseeing cross-museum management while the chairmanof the board of directors serves as the supervisor of overall
museum activities.
We intend to operate the branch museums of the National
Museum in an integrated manner, while making the mostof the individual characteristics of each national museum.

V Disclosure of information ……………………………24◇ Information about membership ………………………25

National Treasure"Waterfowl in Lotus Pond," by Tawaraya Sotatsu (Kyoto National Museum)

Chairman of the board of directors of the Independent
Administrative Institute National Museum

NOZAKI Hiroshi

National
MuseumWhat is the new mandateof the National Museum?

In April 2001, the Tokyo National Museum, the Kyoto National Museum and the Nara National
Museum were united under the name of the Independent Administrative Institution National
Museum (hereunder referred to as the National Museum), as part of the national government's
administrative reform program, to provide higher quality and better educational services to the
public.
To achieve the goals of the 5-year mid-term plan suggested as a guideline for the operation of the
National Museum by the Minister of ECSST, we at the National Museum worked out our own
mid-term plan and annual plans, and are carrying out various projects according to these plans.
As part of the 5-year mid-term plan (2001 through 2005), the National Museum aims to play thefollowing four basic roles, to make itself more appealing to the public and attract more people tothe museum.
① Inherit Japanese culture, while passing down Japanese cultural properties, ourinvaluable national properties, to the following generations in good condition② Present cultural properties to the public, in order to improve and develop Japaneseculture③ Promote cultural exchanges between Japan and foreign countries, thus serving as arepresentative of Japanese culture④ Contribute to the activities of museums in Japan and abroad, as Japan's central
museumTo fulfill these goals, it is necessary for us to increase our collection and improve museum
facilities as well as our ability to collect, preserve, display, and study cultural properties, including
works of art and archaeological objects. In addition, we need to enhance our functions as an
educational facility and as a platform for international cultural exchanges and the disseminationof Japanese culture. Therefore, the following three points are listed in the 5-year mid-term plan
as objectives to be attained by the National Museum.
I. Improve the efficiency of operation
II. Improve the services provided to the publicIII. Improve our financial position

Tokyo National Museum

Kyoto National Museum

HONKAN (Japanese Gallery)
Opened in 1938. An important cultural property.

Main Building
Opened in 1897. An important cultural property.

Nara National Museum

Kyushu National Museum (tentative name)

Activities of the
National Museum

National
MuseumThe primary activities of the National Museum involve providing such direct services to visitors as exhibitions
and education. Study and research, including collecting and preserving works of art, are conducted in supportof the exhibit and education functions.
Of course, the expansion and improvement of museum facilities -- such as storages and exhibition rooms -- isvery important and prerequisite to all the museum's activities. Here are some of the most important things wedo:Study and researchCollecting
art objects

Preserving art
objects

Offering exhibitions
Serving
visitors
Providing public education

Improving and enhancing our facilities

1

Disseminating Japanese aesthetics and culture① Exhibitions
The National Museum offers regular exhibitions and provides a variety of special exhibitions, to meet theneeds of the public. This encourages people to take an interest in Japanese cultural properties, including works
of art and archaeological objects, and to appreciate Japanese aesthetics and develop a better understanding oftraditional Japanese culture. In addition, we cooperate with overseas art museums and other types of museums,
enabling us to provide many exhibitions that bring representations from other cultures to the Tokyo, Kyoto andNara national museums. At the same time, we can help with the presentation of exhibitions all around theworld that illustrate Japanese aesthetics and culture to people overseas. Furthermore, we also organize
traveling exhibitions within Japan so that works of art owned by the National Museum can be displayed inregional museums and other art museums, enabling local people to also enjoy works of art from the National
Museum collection. There is also the "Archeological Object Mutual Loan" system that allows the National
Museum, regional museums and other art museums to loan archeological objects to each other, in order tomake more extensive use of them and increase the opportunities people have to get a close look at genuine
artifacts.
Consideration is given to the following points when displaying works of art:a) To prevent discoloration and deterioration, the amount of light that falls on the works must be
carefully monitored, temperature and humidity must be strictly controlled and the length of time
displayed must be limited appropriately.
b) The contents of exhibitions are timed to suit the season, seasonal festivals and contemporary
events.

Special feature: "Pine Trees Screens"(Tokyo National Museum)Special exhibition: "Women and Buddhism"(Nara National Museum)■ Regular exhibitions
Regular exhibitions generally display objects owned by the National Museum and borrowed items, based on
the individual characteristics of the Tokyo, Kyoto and Nara national museums. Each museum changes its
exhibits periodically, with about 10,700 items in total displayed during the year at the three museums.
■ Thematic exhibitions and special features
We also hold thematic exhibitions and special features at which works of art and archeological objects with a
special theme are placed in public view, where cultural properties that have recently been discovered are
displayed, or where items that are rarely seen are shown.
Thematic exhibitions and special features scheduled for 2004

* For details, see "4. Activities of the individual national museums" on pages 8 - 15.

Main Building
Opened in 1895. An important cultural property.

Scheduled to be opened in 2005.

○ The newly designated National Treasures and Important Cultural Properties in 2004
(April 20 - May 5, 2004) (Tokyo National Museum)○ National Treasure: Kichijoten from Yakushiji (July 27 - August 22, 2004) (Tokyo National Museum)○ Twelve Devas and Landscape Screens - Elegance in the Heian Period (January 2 - February 6, 2005 ) (Kyoto National Museum)○ Omizutori Ritual (February 15 - March 21, 2005) (Nara National Museum)

National
MuseumWhat is the new mandateof the National Museum?

In April 2001, the Tokyo National Museum, the Kyoto National Museum and the Nara National
Museum were united under the name of the Independent Administrative Institution National
Museum (hereunder referred to as the National Museum), as part of the national government's
administrative reform program, to provide higher quality and better educational services to the
public.
To achieve the goals of the 5-year mid-term plan suggested as a guideline for the operation of the
National Museum by the Minister of ECSST, we at the National Museum worked out our own
mid-term plan and annual plans, and are carrying out various projects according to these plans.
As part of the 5-year mid-term plan (2001 through 2005), the National Museum aims to play thefollowing four basic roles, to make itself more appealing to the public and attract more people tothe museum.
① Inherit Japanese culture, while passing down Japanese cultural properties, ourinvaluable national properties, to the following generations in good condition② Present cultural properties to the public, in order to improve and develop Japaneseculture③ Promote cultural exchanges between Japan and foreign countries, thus serving as arepresentative of Japanese culture④ Contribute to the activities of museums in Japan and abroad, as Japan's central
museumTo fulfill these goals, it is necessary for us to increase our collection and improve museum
facilities as well as our ability to collect, preserve, display, and study cultural properties, including
works of art and archaeological objects. In addition, we need to enhance our functions as an
educational facility and as a platform for international cultural exchanges and the disseminationof Japanese culture. Therefore, the following three points are listed in the 5-year mid-term plan
as objectives to be attained by the National Museum.
I. Improve the efficiency of operation
II. Improve the services provided to the publicIII. Improve our financial position

Tokyo National Museum

Kyoto National Museum

HONKAN (Japanese Gallery)
Opened in 1938. An important cultural property.

Main Building
Opened in 1897. An important cultural property.

Nara National Museum

Kyushu National Museum (tentative name)

Activities of the
National Museum

National
MuseumThe primary activities of the National Museum involve providing such direct services to visitors as exhibitions
and education. Study and research, including collecting and preserving works of art, are conducted in supportof the exhibit and education functions.
Of course, the expansion and improvement of museum facilities -- such as storages and exhibition rooms -- isvery important and prerequisite to all the museum's activities. Here are some of the most important things wedo:Study and researchCollecting
art objects

Preserving art
objects

Offering exhibitions
Serving
visitors
Providing public education

Improving and enhancing our facilities

1

Disseminating Japanese aesthetics and culture① Exhibitions
The National Museum offers regular exhibitions and provides a variety of special exhibitions, to meet theneeds of the public. This encourages people to take an interest in Japanese cultural properties, including works
of art and archaeological objects, and to appreciate Japanese aesthetics and develop a better understanding oftraditional Japanese culture. In addition, we cooperate with overseas art museums and other types of museums,
enabling us to provide many exhibitions that bring representations from other cultures to the Tokyo, Kyoto andNara national museums. At the same time, we can help with the presentation of exhibitions all around theworld that illustrate Japanese aesthetics and culture to people overseas. Furthermore, we also organize
traveling exhibitions within Japan so that works of art owned by the National Museum can be displayed inregional museums and other art museums, enabling local people to also enjoy works of art from the National
Museum collection. There is also the "Archeological Object Mutual Loan" system that allows the National
Museum, regional museums and other art museums to loan archeological objects to each other, in order tomake more extensive use of them and increase the opportunities people have to get a close look at genuine
artifacts.
Consideration is given to the following points when displaying works of art:a) To prevent discoloration and deterioration, the amount of light that falls on the works must be
carefully monitored, temperature and humidity must be strictly controlled and the length of time
displayed must be limited appropriately.
b) The contents of exhibitions are timed to suit the season, seasonal festivals and contemporary
events.

Special feature: "Pine Trees Screens"(Tokyo National Museum)Special exhibition: "Women and Buddhism"(Nara National Museum)■ Regular exhibitions
Regular exhibitions generally display objects owned by the National Museum and borrowed items, based on
the individual characteristics of the Tokyo, Kyoto and Nara national museums. Each museum changes its
exhibits periodically, with about 10,700 items in total displayed during the year at the three museums.
■ Thematic exhibitions and special features
We also hold thematic exhibitions and special features at which works of art and archeological objects with a
special theme are placed in public view, where cultural properties that have recently been discovered are
displayed, or where items that are rarely seen are shown.
Thematic exhibitions and special features scheduled for 2004

* For details, see "4. Activities of the individual national museums" on pages 8 - 15.

Main Building
Opened in 1895. An important cultural property.

Scheduled to be opened in 2005.

○ The newly designated National Treasures and Important Cultural Properties in 2004
(April 20 - May 5, 2004) (Tokyo National Museum)○ National Treasure: Kichijoten from Yakushiji (July 27 - August 22, 2004) (Tokyo National Museum)○ Twelve Devas and Landscape Screens - Elegance in the Heian Period (January 2 - February 6, 2005 ) (Kyoto National Museum)○ Omizutori Ritual (February 15 - March 21, 2005) (Nara National Museum)Activities of the National Museum■ Special exhibitions
Special exhibitions are relatively large-scale exhibitions that are offered in keeping with our understanding ofvisitors' needs, based on the results of research conducted for that purpose.
Special exhibitions scheduled for 2004 * For details, see "4. Activities of the individual national museums" on pages 8 - 15.
○ Arts of East and West from World Expositions (July 6 - August 29, 2004) (Tokyo National Museum)○ Exhibition of National Treasures: The Image of the Priest Ganjin and the Image of the Buddha Rushana - In
Commemoration of the Restoration of the Golden Hall of the Toshodaiji Temple(January 12 - March 6, 2005) (Tokyo National Museum)○ The Sacred World of Shinto Art in Kyoto(August 10 - September 20, 2004) (Kyoto National Museum)○ The Golden Kingdom of Silla: Treasures from Korean Royal Tombs(July 10 - August 29, 2004) (Nara National Museum)
Overseas exhibitions
Overseas exhibitions are held in cooperation with overseas museums to disseminate Japanese culture toforeign people and promote interest in and understanding of Japanese culture.
Overseas exhibitions in 2004
○ "Exhibition of Japanese Treasures" at the National Museum of China in Beijing(May 25 - June 30, 2004) (Nara National Museum)② Research activities
Exhibitions, the preservation of works of art and archeological objects, and other activities carried out by the
National Museum are supported by the research activities of curators and guest researchers at the museum.
Research concerning and investigation of cultural properties is especially important to the functions andenrichment of the museum, and the results of these activities enrich the contents of regular and special
exhibitions.
For example, "The Nanzenji Exhibition", presented at the Tokyo National Museum from January throughFebruary, 2004 and again at the Kyoto National Museum from April through May, 2004, displayed paintings
on partitions (drawn by Maruyama Okyo) of Kiunin, a sub-temple attached to Nanzenji. Those paintings werelong thought to have been destroyed by fire, but it was discovered through joint research by the Tokyo
National Museum and the Kyoto National Museum that they had been preserved in the storage of the Tokyo
National Museum.
The exhibition: "Kazari in Gold - Japanese Aesthetics Expressed Through Metalwork", was presented at the
Kyoto National Museum from October through November, 2003. This exhibition put on view to the public for
the first time a portable shrine decorated with gilt bronze enamels. It had been identified in Nagahama City,
Shiga Prefecture through research which revealed it to be a reference work with the period of creation andcraftsman's name.
These types of research activities, conducted by the National Museum curators, revitalize the Museum's
exhibitions.
[Major research activities]a) Research concerning objects owned by eachnational musemb) Research related to exhibition themesc) Research into the cultural properties held by
various regions, and at temples and shrines inlocal areasd) Research supported by the Subsidy for ScientificExamination conducted in advanceResearch programof an exhibition(Tokyo National Museum)e) Joint research in and out of Japanf) Research on the environment related to thepreservation and exhibition of tangible cultural
A portable shrine decorated
properties
with gold and bronze enamels,
displayed to the public for the
first time
(Kyoto National Museum)

Exhibition poster

A scence from an exhibition entitled"The Soul and Beauty of Japan, Masterpieces
from the Tokyo National Museum−theGreatest Collections" held at the Art andExhibition Hall of the Federal Republic of
Germany in Bonn, Germany from August 29 October 26, 2003 (Tokyo National Museum)A scene from an exhibition entitled"Early Buddhist Art from Korea and Japan" at theJapan Society Gallery (New York)
April 9, 20 - June 22, 2003
(Nara National Museum)

Regional traveling exhibitions
Regional traveling exhibitions are organized in cooperation with regional museums and other art museums forthe purpose of sending cultural properties owned by the National Museum to various regions in Japan, to
promote interest in and understanding of Japanese culture and the National Museum.
Traveling exhibitions scheduled for 2004
○ "Masterpieces from the Kyoto National Museum Collections" at Oita City Art Museum(July 24 - August 29, 2004) (Kyoto National Museum)○ "Craftsmanship" (co-organized by Takayama City, Gifu Prefecture)(March - May 2005) (Tokyo National Museum)"National Treasures, Their Beauty
and Spirit"
Citizens' Gallery at the Monbetsu
City Museum
October 14 - November 3, 2003

Exhibition of Ryukyu ethnic materials
owned by the Tokyo National Museum:"Tokyo National Museum Collection
Ryukyu Materials" held at the Urasoe
City Art Museum
December 13, 2003 - January 18, 2004

③ Educational activities
Now that the public has embraced the practice of lifelong study, a 5-day-a-week school schedule, and new
curriculum guidelines from the government, we carry out a variety of educational activities in cooperation
with schools and other educational institutions, including the following.
In addition, we present a "Curator Training Course" to help curators at public and private museums and art
museums improve their professional skills. We
intend to enhance our educational activities, seeing
this as one of the museum's important functions.
a) Gathering information and materials concerning
cultural properties and making them open to the
publicb) Programs for students and teachersc) Extension programs and gallery talks (monthly
lectures, lectures on the appreciation of works ofart, Saturday lecture series)
Workshop for students
An explanatory session about(Tokyo National Museum)
exhibitions − offered to teachersd) Acceptance of trainees(Tokyo National Museum)e) Cooperation with universitiesf) Symposia④ Volunteer activities
To support the public's interest in lifelong study, we accept volunteers and offer various fields of activity tothem, including explaining
exhibits in the exhibition
hall, serving as helpers
at workshops, and thepresentation of programs
that are planned by thevolunteers themselves.

Student volunteers(Tokyo National Museum)A student volunteer explaining exhibits A volunteer giving a talk to visitors(Kyoto National Museum)(Nara National Museum)Activities of the National Museum■ Special exhibitions
Special exhibitions are relatively large-scale exhibitions that are offered in keeping with our understanding ofvisitors' needs, based on the results of research conducted for that purpose.
Special exhibitions scheduled for 2004 * For details, see "4. Activities of the individual national museums" on pages 8 - 15.
○ Arts of East and West from World Expositions (July 6 - August 29, 2004) (Tokyo National Museum)○ Exhibition of National Treasures: The Image of the Priest Ganjin and the Image of the Buddha Rushana - In
Commemoration of the Restoration of the Golden Hall of the Toshodaiji Temple(January 12 - March 6, 2005) (Tokyo National Museum)○ The Sacred World of Shinto Art in Kyoto(August 10 - September 20, 2004) (Kyoto National Museum)○ The Golden Kingdom of Silla: Treasures from Korean Royal Tombs(July 10 - August 29, 2004) (Nara National Museum)
Overseas exhibitions
Overseas exhibitions are held in cooperation with overseas museums to disseminate Japanese culture toforeign people and promote interest in and understanding of Japanese culture.
Overseas exhibitions in 2004
○ "Exhibition of Japanese Treasures" at the National Museum of China in Beijing(May 25 - June 30, 2004) (Nara National Museum)② Research activities
Exhibitions, the preservation of works of art and archeological objects, and other activities carried out by the
National Museum are supported by the research activities of curators and guest researchers at the museum.
Research concerning and investigation of cultural properties is especially important to the functions andenrichment of the museum, and the results of these activities enrich the contents of regular and special
exhibitions.
For example, "The Nanzenji Exhibition", presented at the Tokyo National Museum from January throughFebruary, 2004 and again at the Kyoto National Museum from April through May, 2004, displayed paintings
on partitions (drawn by Maruyama Okyo) of Kiunin, a sub-temple attached to Nanzenji. Those paintings werelong thought to have been destroyed by fire, but it was discovered through joint research by the Tokyo
National Museum and the Kyoto National Museum that they had been preserved in the storage of the Tokyo
National Museum.
The exhibition: "Kazari in Gold - Japanese Aesthetics Expressed Through Metalwork", was presented at the
Kyoto National Museum from October through November, 2003. This exhibition put on view to the public for
the first time a portable shrine decorated with gilt bronze enamels. It had been identified in Nagahama City,
Shiga Prefecture through research which revealed it to be a reference work with the period of creation andcraftsman's name.
These types of research activities, conducted by the National Museum curators, revitalize the Museum's
exhibitions.
[Major research activities]a) Research concerning objects owned by eachnational musemb) Research related to exhibition themesc) Research into the cultural properties held by
various regions, and at temples and shrines inlocal areasd) Research supported by the Subsidy for ScientificExamination conducted in advanceResearch programof an exhibition(Tokyo National Museum)e) Joint research in and out of Japanf) Research on the environment related to thepreservation and exhibition of tangible cultural
A portable shrine decorated
properties
with gold and bronze enamels,
displayed to the public for the
first time
(Kyoto National Museum)

Exhibition poster

A scence from an exhibition entitled"The Soul and Beauty of Japan, Masterpieces
from the Tokyo National Museum−theGreatest Collections" held at the Art andExhibition Hall of the Federal Republic of
Germany in Bonn, Germany from August 29 October 26, 2003 (Tokyo National Museum)A scene from an exhibition entitled"Early Buddhist Art from Korea and Japan" at theJapan Society Gallery (New York)
April 9, 20 - June 22, 2003
(Nara National Museum)

Regional traveling exhibitions
Regional traveling exhibitions are organized in cooperation with regional museums and other art museums forthe purpose of sending cultural properties owned by the National Museum to various regions in Japan, to
promote interest in and understanding of Japanese culture and the National Museum.
Traveling exhibitions scheduled for 2004
○ "Masterpieces from the Kyoto National Museum Collections" at Oita City Art Museum(July 24 - August 29, 2004) (Kyoto National Museum)○ "Craftsmanship" (co-organized by Takayama City, Gifu Prefecture)(March - May 2005) (Tokyo National Museum)"National Treasures, Their Beauty
and Spirit"
Citizens' Gallery at the Monbetsu
City Museum
October 14 - November 3, 2003

Exhibition of Ryukyu ethnic materials
owned by the Tokyo National Museum:"Tokyo National Museum Collection
Ryukyu Materials" held at the Urasoe
City Art Museum
December 13, 2003 - January 18, 2004

③ Educational activities
Now that the public has embraced the practice of lifelong study, a 5-day-a-week school schedule, and new
curriculum guidelines from the government, we carry out a variety of educational activities in cooperation
with schools and other educational institutions, including the following.
In addition, we present a "Curator Training Course" to help curators at public and private museums and art
museums improve their professional skills. We
intend to enhance our educational activities, seeing
this as one of the museum's important functions.
a) Gathering information and materials concerning
cultural properties and making them open to the
publicb) Programs for students and teachersc) Extension programs and gallery talks (monthly
lectures, lectures on the appreciation of works ofart, Saturday lecture series)
Workshop for students
An explanatory session about(Tokyo National Museum)
exhibitions − offered to teachersd) Acceptance of trainees(Tokyo National Museum)e) Cooperation with universitiesf) Symposia④ Volunteer activities
To support the public's interest in lifelong study, we accept volunteers and offer various fields of activity tothem, including explaining
exhibits in the exhibition
hall, serving as helpers
at workshops, and thepresentation of programs
that are planned by thevolunteers themselves.

Student volunteers(Tokyo National Museum)A student volunteer explaining exhibits A volunteer giving a talk to visitors(Kyoto National Museum)(Nara National Museum)Activities of the National Museum

2

Passing down Japanese aesthetics and culture

3① Collection, preservation and restoration

Attracting more people to the museums① Number of visitors (fiscal year 2003)■ Collecting and borrowing objects
To enhance the characteristics of the Tokyo, Kyoto and Nara National Museums and toprevent the dispersion of tangible cultural properties and their leaving our national boundary,
we make continuous efforts to collect tangible cultural properties by purchasing or
borrowing them, and accepting donations.

National Museum

Tokyo National Museum

Kyoto National Museum

Nara National Museum

Total: 2,126,000

1,196,000

579,000

351,000

PeopleChange in the number of visitors over the past 3 years(after the conversion to an Independent Administrative Institution)

1,300,000

Our collection
National Museum
Total

National Important
culturaltreasure property

119,384＊ 130895Tokyo National
MuseumTotal

111,397

National Important
culturaltreasure property

91

Kyoto National
Museum(as of March 31, 2004)

1,200,000

Nara National
Museum

1,100,000

Total

National Important
culturaltreasure property

Total

National Important
culturaltreasure property

6,226

27

1,710

12

620

180

1,000,000
900,000
800,000

95

Tokyo National Museum

700,000＊ Including works of art to be transferred to the Kyushu National Museum.

600,000
500,000

Some of the new acquisitions in 2003

Kyoto National Museum

400,000
300,000

Nara National Museum

200,000

A suit of armor with purplethread strings(Kyoto National Museum)Ise monogatari emaki(The Tale of Ise Scroll)(Tokyo National Museum)Art objects on loan

National Museum
Total

National Important
culturaltreasure property

Total

10,419202 1,274

2,447

National Important
culturaltreasure property

65

327

(as of March 31, 2004)

Kyoto National
Museum

Total

6,130

National Important
culturaltreasure property

85

636

Nara National
Museum

Total

1,842

National Important
culturaltreasure property

52■ Restorations
In Japan, the tangible cultural properties that have been passed down tothe present generation had generally been repaired about once every 100
years.
The National Museum carries out two types of restorations: partial ones
on an as-needed basis around the time of exhibitions and preservation,and full-scale ones performed on a periodic basis in response to theprogress of deterioration of the art object.
② Recording and disseminating information
We are pushing ahead with a plan to publish research results andrestoration reports, operate a web site, and digitize information about
cultural properties, in order to pass information about them down tofuture generations in this modern form. Besides which, the Tokyo
National Museum offers digital information to the public on a paid
subscription basis (through the
TNM image archives) for
commercial use.
Publications○ Illustrated catalogues
about exhibitions○ Proceedings on research○ Restoration reports

311

0

2001

2002

2003

② Efficient use of museum facilities
In order to attract more people to the national museums and awaken their interest in cultural properties, werent some of the museum facilities for the various private-business events. In this case, viewing some of themuseum's works of art is one of the major components of the event. This new approach was adopted after the
National Museum complex became an Independent Administrative Institution. Our chief aim is to facilitate
more public exposure of exhibition-related items and museum facilities, by planning and holding various typesof events ourselves, but we are also trying to make efficient use of our museum facilities by responding
positively to the needs of private businesses and organizations, who sometimes cooperate in these offerings.

To enrich the offerings of regular exhibitions at the three national museums, weborrow cultural properties possessed by public and private organizations or
individuals. When borrowing, we also consider works of art recommended andapproved by the director general of the Agency for Cultural Affairs.
Tokyo National
Museum100,000

Juichimen-Kannon(The Eleven-Headed Kannon - showing
Kannon flanked by two smaller attendant bodhisattvas.)(Nara National Museum)

Examples of efficient use of museum facilities (by the museums themselves) in 2003
Events offered at each national museum○ A concert held jointly with the Salon de Sonnet (Tokyo National Museum)○ A rakugo performance in cooperation with Suzumoto Entertainment Hall (Tokyo National Museum)○ A baroque music concert held jointly with the Telemann Institute of Japan (Tokyo National Museum, Nara
National Museum)○ Lecture Meeting and Flute Concert (Kyoto National Museum)○ Theatrical performance by the Ku Nauka Theater (Tokyo National Museum)○ Indian Classical Dance (Nara National Museum)○ A special showing of motion picture films (Tokyo National Museum)
Examples of efficient use of museum facilities (by private businesses and organizations)○ A viewing of exhibits and a party held under the auspices of the International Gas Union (IGU) (Tokyo
National Museum)○ A special showing of motion picture films (Nara National Museum)○ A tea ceremony held under the auspices of Yufu no Kai (Nara National Museum)

Before restoration

After restoration

Number Three of "The Sixteen Arhats",
hanging scrolls, colors on silk
(Nara National Museum)

Pictures owned by the museum are
reproduced on notepads and pens tobe purchased as mementos(Tokyo National Museum)A view of the International Gas Union party(Tokyo National Museum)

Lecture and Concert (Kyoto National Museum)

Scene from an Indian Classical Dance
performance: dancer with figure of Buddha(Nara National Museum)Activities of the National Museum

2

Passing down Japanese aesthetics and culture

3① Collection, preservation and restoration

Attracting more people to the museums① Number of visitors (fiscal year 2003)■ Collecting and borrowing objects
To enhance the characteristics of the Tokyo, Kyoto and Nara National Museums and toprevent the dispersion of tangible cultural properties and their leaving our national boundary,
we make continuous efforts to collect tangible cultural properties by purchasing or
borrowing them, and accepting donations.

National Museum

Tokyo National Museum

Kyoto National Museum

Nara National Museum

Total: 2,126,000

1,196,000

579,000

351,000

PeopleChange in the number of visitors over the past 3 years(after the conversion to an Independent Administrative Institution)

1,300,000

Our collection
National Museum
Total

National Important
culturaltreasure property

119,384＊ 130895Tokyo National
MuseumTotal

111,397

National Important
culturaltreasure property

91

Kyoto National
Museum(as of March 31, 2004)

1,200,000

Nara National
Museum

1,100,000

Total

National Important
culturaltreasure property

Total

National Important
culturaltreasure property

6,226

27

1,710

12

620

180

1,000,000
900,000
800,000

95

Tokyo National Museum

700,000＊ Including works of art to be transferred to the Kyushu National Museum.

600,000
500,000

Some of the new acquisitions in 2003

Kyoto National Museum

400,000
300,000

Nara National Museum

200,000

A suit of armor with purplethread strings(Kyoto National Museum)Ise monogatari emaki(The Tale of Ise Scroll)(Tokyo National Museum)Art objects on loan

National Museum
Total

National Important
culturaltreasure property

Total

10,419202 1,274

2,447

National Important
culturaltreasure property

65

327

(as of March 31, 2004)

Kyoto National
Museum

Total

6,130

National Important
culturaltreasure property

85

636

Nara National
Museum

Total

1,842

National Important
culturaltreasure property

52■ Restorations
In Japan, the tangible cultural properties that have been passed down tothe present generation had generally been repaired about once every 100
years.
The National Museum carries out two types of restorations: partial ones
on an as-needed basis around the time of exhibitions and preservation,and full-scale ones performed on a periodic basis in response to theprogress of deterioration of the art object.
② Recording and disseminating information
We are pushing ahead with a plan to publish research results andrestoration reports, operate a web site, and digitize information about
cultural properties, in order to pass information about them down tofuture generations in this modern form. Besides which, the Tokyo
National Museum offers digital information to the public on a paid
subscription basis (through the
TNM image archives) for
commercial use.
Publications○ Illustrated catalogues
about exhibitions○ Proceedings on research○ Restoration reports

311

0

2001

2002

2003

② Efficient use of museum facilities
In order to attract more people to the national museums and awaken their interest in cultural properties, werent some of the museum facilities for the various private-business events. In this case, viewing some of themuseum's works of art is one of the major components of the event. This new approach was adopted after the
National Museum complex became an Independent Administrative Institution. Our chief aim is to facilitate
more public exposure of exhibition-related items and museum facilities, by planning and holding various typesof events ourselves, but we are also trying to make efficient use of our museum facilities by responding
positively to the needs of private businesses and organizations, who sometimes cooperate in these offerings.

To enrich the offerings of regular exhibitions at the three national museums, weborrow cultural properties possessed by public and private organizations or
individuals. When borrowing, we also consider works of art recommended andapproved by the director general of the Agency for Cultural Affairs.
Tokyo National
Museum100,000

Juichimen-Kannon(The Eleven-Headed Kannon - showing
Kannon flanked by two smaller attendant bodhisattvas.)(Nara National Museum)

Examples of efficient use of museum facilities (by the museums themselves) in 2003
Events offered at each national museum○ A concert held jointly with the Salon de Sonnet (Tokyo National Museum)○ A rakugo performance in cooperation with Suzumoto Entertainment Hall (Tokyo National Museum)○ A baroque music concert held jointly with the Telemann Institute of Japan (Tokyo National Museum, Nara
National Museum)○ Lecture Meeting and Flute Concert (Kyoto National Museum)○ Theatrical performance by the Ku Nauka Theater (Tokyo National Museum)○ Indian Classical Dance (Nara National Museum)○ A special showing of motion picture films (Tokyo National Museum)
Examples of efficient use of museum facilities (by private businesses and organizations)○ A viewing of exhibits and a party held under the auspices of the International Gas Union (IGU) (Tokyo
National Museum)○ A special showing of motion picture films (Nara National Museum)○ A tea ceremony held under the auspices of Yufu no Kai (Nara National Museum)

Before restoration

After restoration

Number Three of "The Sixteen Arhats",
hanging scrolls, colors on silk
(Nara National Museum)

Pictures owned by the museum are
reproduced on notepads and pens tobe purchased as mementos(Tokyo National Museum)A view of the International Gas Union party(Tokyo National Museum)

Lecture and Concert (Kyoto National Museum)

Scene from an Indian Classical Dance
performance: dancer with figure of Buddha(Nara National Museum)4

To k y oActivities of the individual national museums

National Museum

Tokyo National Museum

As the most representative museum of Japan, we
carry out such activities as collecting, preserving,
displaying, researching and teaching about
the cultural properties of Asia with a stress on
Japan.

Number of art objects owned by the museum:
111,397 (91 national treasures and 620 important culturalproperties)
Number of art objects on loan:
2,447 (65 national treasures and 327 important culturalproperties)(as of March 31, 2004)

Brief history
1872

At the Tokyo National Museum we collect, preserve and display tangible cultural properties ofJapan and other Asian nations, and carry out research and educational activities concerning thosecultural properties. For this fiscal year, in September we plan to thoroughly refresh the regularexhibition of Japanese art. We plan to improve the suggested routes for visitors inside the museum
Compound to induce more visitors to view The Treasures from Horyuji and art objects from other
Asian areas in TOYOKAN (Asian Gallery). In addition, we intend to review carefully such areas as
the museum shops, restaurants and gardens, to make the entire museum more comfortable andenjoyable.
Executive Director of the Tokyo National Museum NOZAKI Hiroshi

Location:
13-9, Ueno Koen, Taito-Ku, Tokyo, 110-8712
http://www.tnm.jp/

1882
Important Cultural Property
Tea jar with an over-glazed
moon and plum tree design(Tokyo National Museum)■ Exhibition activities■Educational activities●Regular exhibitions
Regular exhibitions are held at the HONKAN (Japanese Gallery), TOYOKAN, HEISEIKAN,
and The Gallery of Horyuji Treasures. The exhibits in the regular exhibition areas are changed
frequently (about 180 times a year). We plan to display about 8000 cultural properties during
fiscal 2004.
The HONKAN building displays artworks and historic materials from Japan; the TOYOKAN
building contains works of art and archeological objects from all over Asia including China andthe Korean Peninsula; the HEISEIKAN building (1st floor) shows Japanese archeologicalobjects; and the Gallery of Horyuji Treasures houses treasures from the Horyuji temple.
On the second floor of the HONKAN building, a regular exhibition entitled "Highlights ofJapanese Art" is held, to allow visitors to get an overview of Japanese art history from the
Jomon to the Modern Period, shown in chronological order.

Responding to the introduction of the five-day-a-week school schedule, in
cooperation with schools we present a variety of activities for students andteachers, such as lecture series and workshops for students, and training
courses for teachers.
Here are some of the educational activities scheduled for 2004.

Renovation of the HONKAN galleries
The HONKAN (Japanese Gallery) will be closed from July 1 to August 31, 2004 forgallery renovation. The completely overhauled installation will open on September 1,
2004.
After this renovation, the first floor will contain rooms full of Buddhist sculpture,
decorative arts, ethnic materials, historic materials, and modern Japanese art, and a
Donors Gallery. The second floor will show "Highlights of Japanese Art".
In addition to the display changes, the HONKAN will be reborn in terms of improved
accessibility to visitors, such as enhanced information provisions and improvement of
the display environment.

●Special exhibitions
Special exhibitions are organized as occasions for presenting the result of research andresponding to requests from the people.
The following special and joint exhibitions are scheduled for 2004.
・Treasures of a Sacred Mountain: Kukai and Mount Koya (April 6 - May 16)
・Arts of East and West from World Expositions (July 6 - August 29)
・Treasures of Ancient China (September 28 - November 28)
・Exhibition of National Treasures: The Image of the Priest Ganjin and the Image of the
Buddha Rushana (January 12 - March 6, 2005)

1889
1900
1923
1925
1938
1947
1978

Special feature - "Fugaku sanjurokkei (ThirtySix Views of Mt. Fuji)" landscape prints* The HONKAN will be closed from July 1 to August 31, 2004 for gallery renovations. Some of the
HONKAN displays will be shown during that time at the HEISEIKAN.

Thematic exhibitions and special features
Thematic exhibitions are often held within a regular exhibition. Also, cultural properties thatare not usually on public display are shown as special features. Here are some of the thematic
exhibitions and special features scheduled for 2004.
・Rubbed Copies - A masterpiece exhibition held simultaneously at all three museums(March 30 - June 6)
・Masks and Costumes from Koyasan Amanosha (April 6 - May 16)
・National Treasures and Important Cultural Properties So Designated in 2004
(April 20 - May 5)
・New Acquisitions of 2003 (May 18 - June 27)
・New Treasures for the People - Cultural Properties Purchased by the Agency of Cultural
Affairs (May 25 - June 27)
・Special Feature - National Treasure Kichijoten from Yakushiji (July 27 - August 22)
・Carved lacquer ware of the Sung Dynasty, China (September 7 - October 3)・Preservation and Repair of the Tokyo National Museum's Collection(October 26 - December 5)
・The First Visit of the Year to the Museum (January 2 - January 30, 2005)- ・Special Feature - National Treasures from Horyuji(tentative name) (March 1 - April 10, 2005 [scheduled])

1875

Phone: 03-3822-1111

・Family gallery①"Lots and lots of characters" (July 17 - August 29)②"What is the museum like?: The treasures series" (November 9 December 26)③"Secrets of Buddhist sculptures" (January 2 - March 6, 2005)
・Lecture series on the appreciation of works of art (6 times a year)
・Children's Workshops (6 times a year)
・Explanations of exhibits byvolunteers
・Curator's job experience programfor students
・Our role in the "Period forIntegrated Study" program
・Implementation of exhibitionrelated tours inside and outside
the museum
・Training program for teachers(once a year)
・Explanations of exhibitions to
prepare teachers to conduct
The Children's Museum
student field trips (twice a year)

Special exhibition - "The Splendor of
Diamonds, 400 years of diamond jewelry inEurope"■Research activities

Ino Maps exhibited on the floor (Special
exhibition - "Ino Tadataka and Dai Nihon Enkai
Yochi Zenzu (Coastal Maps of Japan)")We plan and conduct research, the results of which are reflected in ourcollection, preservation, and exhibition of cultural properties. Our research iscarried out under a subsidy from the Scientific Research Program and grants
for cultural activities from the government, in addition to funds allocated in
our annual budget.
Below are some of the research themes scheduled for 2004.
・Survey of the layout of the monasterycomplex and relics excavated in
Gandhara
・Consideration of the best ways to use
spaces for preserving and exhibiting
cultural properties (as related to historicalbuildings)
・Transfer of technology concerning
coloring and decorating techniques used
for paintings and vessels and themechanisms through which originality isborn・Research on Igarashi maki-e (sprinkled
pictures) of the Edo period・Research on the origins of treasures fromthe Horyuji and Shosoin
Scene of a research investigation

1999
2001
2001

The Ministry of Education held the first public exhibition in
Japan, at the Taiseiden Hall of the former Seido at
Yushima, Tokyo. The exhibition hall continued on under thename of the Museum of the Ministry of Education.
Authority over the Museum was transferred to the Ministryof Interior. Its collections were divided into eight categories:
nature, agriculture and forestry, industry, fine art, history,
education, law, and land & sea.
The Museum was moved to its present location, a site
formerly occupied by the Hombo (headquarters) of theKaneiji Temple in Ueno.
The Museum became part of the Imperial Ministry and was
renamed the Imperial Museum.
The Museum was once again renamed, becoming theTokyo Imperial Household Museum.
The Honkan (main building) was damaged in the Great
Kanto Earthquake.
Objects in the Nature division were transferred to the Tokyo
Museum of the Ministry of Education (now the National
Science Museum).
The present Honkan (main building) was opened.
The Museum was placed under the authority of the Ministryof Education and renamed the National Museum.
The Hyokeikan building was designated an important
cultural property.
The Gallery of Horyuji Treasures and the Heiseikanbuilding were opened.
The Museum became the Tokyo National Museum of the
Independent Administrative Institution National Museum.
The Honkan (main building) was designated an important
cultural property.

Visitor information
9:30 - 17:00 Tuesday thru Sunday (no admissions after
16:30)
9:30 - 20:00 on Friday (no admissions after 19:30)
during special exhibition periods (April thru November).
9:30 - 18:00 on Saturday, Sunday and holidays (noadmissions after 17:30)
Mondays (If a National Holiday falls on a Monday, theClosedmuseum is open on that day and closed instead on thefollowing day.)Year-end and New Year's Day holidays (December 28- January 1)
The museum is open during Golden Week in May andthe school summer holiday season (July 20- August
31).
Admission fees Adults: 420 yen (group rate - 210)
College students: 130 yen (group rate - 70)
Hours※Special exhibitions charge a separate admission fee.
※Prices in parentheses are for people in groups of 20 or more.
※People with disabilities and one companion are admitted free of charge.
※Regular exhibitions are free of charge to those over 65 or under 18 years ofage.
※Regular exhibitions are free of charge on Respect for the Aged Day (the third
Monday in September)N

The North Gate

Heiseikan

Honkan

The West Gate
Shiryokan

Hyokeikan

ToyokanGallery of
HoryujiTreasures
Kuromon

The Main Gate

4

To k y oActivities of the individual national museums

National Museum

Tokyo National Museum

As the most representative museum of Japan, we
carry out such activities as collecting, preserving,
displaying, researching and teaching about
the cultural properties of Asia with a stress on
Japan.

Number of art objects owned by the museum:
111,397 (91 national treasures and 620 important culturalproperties)
Number of art objects on loan:
2,447 (65 national treasures and 327 important culturalproperties)(as of March 31, 2004)

Brief history
1872

At the Tokyo National Museum we collect, preserve and display tangible cultural properties ofJapan and other Asian nations, and carry out research and educational activities concerning thosecultural properties. For this fiscal year, in September we plan to thoroughly refresh the regularexhibition of Japanese art. We plan to improve the suggested routes for visitors inside the museum
Compound to induce more visitors to view The Treasures from Horyuji and art objects from other
Asian areas in TOYOKAN (Asian Gallery). In addition, we intend to review carefully such areas as
the museum shops, restaurants and gardens, to make the entire museum more comfortable andenjoyable.
Executive Director of the Tokyo National Museum NOZAKI Hiroshi

Location:
13-9, Ueno Koen, Taito-Ku, Tokyo, 110-8712
http://www.tnm.jp/

1882
Important Cultural Property
Tea jar with an over-glazed
moon and plum tree design(Tokyo National Museum)■ Exhibition activities■Educational activities●Regular exhibitions
Regular exhibitions are held at the HONKAN (Japanese Gallery), TOYOKAN, HEISEIKAN,
and The Gallery of Horyuji Treasures. The exhibits in the regular exhibition areas are changed
frequently (about 180 times a year). We plan to display about 8000 cultural properties during
fiscal 2004.
The HONKAN building displays artworks and historic materials from Japan; the TOYOKAN
building contains works of art and archeological objects from all over Asia including China andthe Korean Peninsula; the HEISEIKAN building (1st floor) shows Japanese archeologicalobjects; and the Gallery of Horyuji Treasures houses treasures from the Horyuji temple.
On the second floor of the HONKAN building, a regular exhibition entitled "Highlights ofJapanese Art" is held, to allow visitors to get an overview of Japanese art history from the
Jomon to the Modern Period, shown in chronological order.

Responding to the introduction of the five-day-a-week school schedule, in
cooperation with schools we present a variety of activities for students andteachers, such as lecture series and workshops for students, and training
courses for teachers.
Here are some of the educational activities scheduled for 2004.

Renovation of the HONKAN galleries
The HONKAN (Japanese Gallery) will be closed from July 1 to August 31, 2004 forgallery renovation. The completely overhauled installation will open on September 1,
2004.
After this renovation, the first floor will contain rooms full of Buddhist sculpture,
decorative arts, ethnic materials, historic materials, and modern Japanese art, and a
Donors Gallery. The second floor will show "Highlights of Japanese Art".
In addition to the display changes, the HONKAN will be reborn in terms of improved
accessibility to visitors, such as enhanced information provisions and improvement of
the display environment.

●Special exhibitions
Special exhibitions are organized as occasions for presenting the result of research andresponding to requests from the people.
The following special and joint exhibitions are scheduled for 2004.
・Treasures of a Sacred Mountain: Kukai and Mount Koya (April 6 - May 16)
・Arts of East and West from World Expositions (July 6 - August 29)
・Treasures of Ancient China (September 28 - November 28)
・Exhibition of National Treasures: The Image of the Priest Ganjin and the Image of the
Buddha Rushana (January 12 - March 6, 2005)

1889
1900
1923
1925
1938
1947
1978

Special feature - "Fugaku sanjurokkei (ThirtySix Views of Mt. Fuji)" landscape prints* The HONKAN will be closed from July 1 to August 31, 2004 for gallery renovations. Some of the
HONKAN displays will be shown during that time at the HEISEIKAN.

Thematic exhibitions and special features
Thematic exhibitions are often held within a regular exhibition. Also, cultural properties thatare not usually on public display are shown as special features. Here are some of the thematic
exhibitions and special features scheduled for 2004.
・Rubbed Copies - A masterpiece exhibition held simultaneously at all three museums(March 30 - June 6)
・Masks and Costumes from Koyasan Amanosha (April 6 - May 16)
・National Treasures and Important Cultural Properties So Designated in 2004
(April 20 - May 5)
・New Acquisitions of 2003 (May 18 - June 27)
・New Treasures for the People - Cultural Properties Purchased by the Agency of Cultural
Affairs (May 25 - June 27)
・Special Feature - National Treasure Kichijoten from Yakushiji (July 27 - August 22)
・Carved lacquer ware of the Sung Dynasty, China (September 7 - October 3)・Preservation and Repair of the Tokyo National Museum's Collection(October 26 - December 5)
・The First Visit of the Year to the Museum (January 2 - January 30, 2005)- ・Special Feature - National Treasures from Horyuji(tentative name) (March 1 - April 10, 2005 [scheduled])

1875

Phone: 03-3822-1111

・Family gallery①"Lots and lots of characters" (July 17 - August 29)②"What is the museum like?: The treasures series" (November 9 December 26)③"Secrets of Buddhist sculptures" (January 2 - March 6, 2005)
・Lecture series on the appreciation of works of art (6 times a year)
・Children's Workshops (6 times a year)
・Explanations of exhibits byvolunteers
・Curator's job experience programfor students
・Our role in the "Period forIntegrated Study" program
・Implementation of exhibitionrelated tours inside and outside
the museum
・Training program for teachers(once a year)
・Explanations of exhibitions to
prepare teachers to conduct
The Children's Museum
student field trips (twice a year)

Special exhibition - "The Splendor of
Diamonds, 400 years of diamond jewelry inEurope"■Research activities

Ino Maps exhibited on the floor (Special
exhibition - "Ino Tadataka and Dai Nihon Enkai
Yochi Zenzu (Coastal Maps of Japan)")We plan and conduct research, the results of which are reflected in ourcollection, preservation, and exhibition of cultural properties. Our research iscarried out under a subsidy from the Scientific Research Program and grants
for cultural activities from the government, in addition to funds allocated in
our annual budget.
Below are some of the research themes scheduled for 2004.
・Survey of the layout of the monasterycomplex and relics excavated in
Gandhara
・Consideration of the best ways to use
spaces for preserving and exhibiting
cultural properties (as related to historicalbuildings)
・Transfer of technology concerning
coloring and decorating techniques used
for paintings and vessels and themechanisms through which originality isborn・Research on Igarashi maki-e (sprinkled
pictures) of the Edo period・Research on the origins of treasures fromthe Horyuji and Shosoin
Scene of a research investigation

1999
2001
2001

The Ministry of Education held the first public exhibition in
Japan, at the Taiseiden Hall of the former Seido at
Yushima, Tokyo. The exhibition hall continued on under thename of the Museum of the Ministry of Education.
Authority over the Museum was transferred to the Ministryof Interior. Its collections were divided into eight categories:
nature, agriculture and forestry, industry, fine art, history,
education, law, and land & sea.
The Museum was moved to its present location, a site
formerly occupied by the Hombo (headquarters) of theKaneiji Temple in Ueno.
The Museum became part of the Imperial Ministry and was
renamed the Imperial Museum.
The Museum was once again renamed, becoming theTokyo Imperial Household Museum.
The Honkan (main building) was damaged in the Great
Kanto Earthquake.
Objects in the Nature division were transferred to the Tokyo
Museum of the Ministry of Education (now the National
Science Museum).
The present Honkan (main building) was opened.
The Museum was placed under the authority of the Ministryof Education and renamed the National Museum.
The Hyokeikan building was designated an important
cultural property.
The Gallery of Horyuji Treasures and the Heiseikanbuilding were opened.
The Museum became the Tokyo National Museum of the
Independent Administrative Institution National Museum.
The Honkan (main building) was designated an important
cultural property.

Visitor information
9:30 - 17:00 Tuesday thru Sunday (no admissions after
16:30)
9:30 - 20:00 on Friday (no admissions after 19:30)
during special exhibition periods (April thru November).
9:30 - 18:00 on Saturday, Sunday and holidays (noadmissions after 17:30)
Mondays (If a National Holiday falls on a Monday, theClosedmuseum is open on that day and closed instead on thefollowing day.)Year-end and New Year's Day holidays (December 28- January 1)
The museum is open during Golden Week in May andthe school summer holiday season (July 20- August
31).
Admission fees Adults: 420 yen (group rate - 210)
College students: 130 yen (group rate - 70)
Hours※Special exhibitions charge a separate admission fee.
※Prices in parentheses are for people in groups of 20 or more.
※People with disabilities and one companion are admitted free of charge.
※Regular exhibitions are free of charge to those over 65 or under 18 years ofage.
※Regular exhibitions are free of charge on Respect for the Aged Day (the third
Monday in September)N

The North Gate

Heiseikan

Honkan

The West Gate
Shiryokan

Hyokeikan

ToyokanGallery of
HoryujiTreasures
Kuromon

The Main GateK y o t oActivities of the individual national museums

National Museum
Number of art objects owned by the museum:
6226 (27 national treasures and 180 important
cultural properties)
Number of art objects on loan:
6130 (85 national treasures and 636 important
cultural properties)(as of March 31, 2004)

At the Kyoto National Museum we conduct
a variety of activities related to culturalproperties, including those in Kyoto, ranging
in time from the Heian to the Edo period.

Kyoto National Museum

Brief history
At the Kyoto National Museum we conduct a variety of activities related to cultural properties,
including those in Kyoto, ranging in time from the Heian to the Edo period. Kyoto, a city that has
been central to Japanese culture for over 1200 years, is blessed with an extensive cultural heritage.
Many times we have been struck anew by the depth and breadth of Kyoto culture, as a seemingly
inexhaustible source of valuable cultural assets, when cultural properties that had not been known
to anyone were discovered through research conducted by the museum. Under our museum policyof maintaining tradition while looking to the future, we intend to further improve our activities astime goes on. In addition, seizing the opportunity that the establishment of the Independent
Administrative Institution has offered, we strive to make the museum more accessible for more
people, by adopting fresh ideas that depart from those of the past.
Executive Director, Kyoto National Museum

1889
1897
1900

Location:
527, Chayamachi, HigashiyamaKu, Kyoto City, Kyoto Prefecture605-0931

Important Art Object
Tomb figurines: a pairof horses

1924
1952

Phone: 075-541-1151
http://kyotohaku.go.jp/
1966
1969

KOZEN Hiroshi■Exhibition activities■Research activities●Regular exhibitions
Collection Hall Exhibitions. Art and decorative art objects produced through the ages, up to theearly years of the modern era, are displayed under the categories of painting, sculpture,gecorative art, calligraphy, and archeological finds, with the exhibits changed periodically(about 50 times a year) to display about 2000 objects in total per year.
Thematic exhibitions
Thematic exhibitions are held in a section of the regular exhibition space, developing aparticular theme.
・Mysterious Landscapes and the Korean Edition of Yshi Bizangquan from the Nanzen-ji
Sutra Collection (April 6 - May 16)
・Edo to Meiji Period Studies of Ancient Objects through Illustrations (May 19 - June 27)
・New Acquisitions (June 30 - August 1)
・Her Majesty the Empress and the Sericulture of the Koishimaru Silkworm: Celebrating Ten
Years in the Reproduction of Shoso-in Textiles (August 21 - September 23)
・The Other Moriya Collection: Chinese Bronze Mirrors (October 19 - December 19)
・The Twelve Devas and the Landscape Screen - Elegance of the Heian period - (January 2 February 6, 2005)
・Kodai-ji Makie and Namban Lacquer Ware (January 2 - February 20, 2005)
・Buddhist sculptures and photography (January 2 - March 27, 2005)
・Imperial Missives: The Calligraphy of Emperors (March 2 - April 3, 2005)●Special exhibitions
Special exhibitions are held at the Special Exhibition Hall.
・Commemorating the 700th Anniversary of Emperor Kameyama Treasures of a Great Zen
Temple: The Nazenji (April 6 - May 16, 2004)
・The Sacred World of Shinto Art in Kyoto (August 10 - September 20, 2004)
・Celebrating Fifty Years since the Donation of the Moriya Collection: The Sacred Letters of
Early Sutra Copies (October 19 - November 28, 2004)● Research
Since 1979 we have been systematically carrying out a comprehensive surveyof the cultural properties of selected temples and shrines in Kyoto, to gather
information to be used to promote museum programs.
At present, we are carrying out research on the cultural properties of theKenninji temple and its sub-temples. The results of our research on temples
and shrines are published in the series "Research Reports on Temples andShrines" (23 volumes in all published so far).
They are extremely handy as lists of the treasures of temples and shrines in
Kyoto.

1973
1979
2001
2001

Visitor information

Thematic exhibition: "Celebrating the Doll's
Day Festival"

9:30 - 17:00 Tuesday through Sunday (noadmissions after 16:30)
9:30 - 20:00 on Friday (no admissions after
19:30) during special exhibition periods(April through November).
ClosedMondays (If a National Holiday falls on a
Monday, the museum is open on that day
and closed instead on the following day.)Year-end and New Year's Day holidays(December 28 - January 1)
The museum is open during Golden Week in
May and the school summer holiday season(July 20- August 31).
Admission fees Adults: 420 yen (group rate - 210)
College students: 130 yen (group rate - 70)※Prices in parentheses are for those in groups of 20 or
more.
※People with disabilities and one companion are admitted
free of charge.
※Admission to regular exhibitions is free for those over 70
and under 15 years of age.
Free admission days:
Admission to regular exhibitions and thematic exhibitions is
free on the 2nd and 4th Saturday of each month and on
Respect for the Aged Day (the third Monday of September).
Hours■Other activities●Publications
We publish a variety of materials, including the annual Kyoto Museum
Bulletin and catalogues of the collections●Rakugo at the Museum
Rakugo is traditional Japanese comic storytelling. We host Rakugo
performances four times a year, once during each season, based on seasonal
themes.
Lectures and concerts are also held at the museum.
Special exhibition: "Kazari
in Gold - Japanese Aesthetics through Metalwork"■Educational activities●Activities for students
・Preparation of explanatory sheets about art objects (The Museum Dictionary) for elementaryand middle school students, with postings on our web site
・Lectures and seminars for elementary and middle school students (The Museum Children'sClub) in collaboration with thematic exhibitions
・Museum workshops for middle-school students●Cooperation with Kyoto University for the education of graduate school students
As full or associate professors at the Kyoto University Graduate School of Human andEnvironmental Studies, our curators hold seminars and give lectures.
●Seminars and lectures
・Saturday lecture series (about 46 times a year)
Every Saturday our curators give lectures about exhibitions and exhibits.
・Summer seminars (July 28 - 30)
Lectures are delivered under the theme of "Replication and Creation Ⅱ."
・International symposium centered around the special exhibition, "Early Sutra Copies"(November 13)

Established as the Imperial Museum of Kyoto.
The Museum was open to the public.
The Museum was renamed the Imperial Household
Museum of Kyoto.
The Museum was donated to the City of Kyoto andrenamed the Imperial Gift Museum of Kyoto.
The Museum was placed under the authority of thenational government and became an institutionaffiliated with the Committee for the Preservation ofCultural Properties. Renamed the Kyoto National
Museum.
The present Exhibition Hall was completed.
The Special Exhibition Hall, Main Gate, ticket booth,and fences were designated important culturalproperties under the name of the former Imperial
Museum of Kyoto.
The first session of the Saturday Lecture Series was
held.
The Conservation Center for Cultural Properties wascompleted.
The South Gate was constructed as part of a new
construction project for the 100th Year Anniversary
Hall (tentative name).
The Museum became the Kyoto National Museum of
the Independent Administrative Institution National
Museum.

N

North Gate

Museum Children's Club

Exhibition Hall

LectureHall

To Kiyomizutera
templeAdministrationbuilding
Materials
building

North
Repository

Gate

East Repository
Center for theConservation ofCultural Properties

Yamato-oji
StreetMain
Gate

MaruikePond

Special Exhibition Hall

Higashi-oji
StreetTea Ceremony
House

Technical Materials
CenterParking lot
Entrance

Kosode (kimono) withflower design(Kyoto National Museum)
Summer seminar

JR's Kintetsu Kyoto Station

Shichijo Street

Sanjusanendo Temple

South Gate

Exit

K y o t oActivities of the individual national museums

National Museum
Number of art objects owned by the museum:
6226 (27 national treasures and 180 important
cultural properties)
Number of art objects on loan:
6130 (85 national treasures and 636 important
cultural properties)(as of March 31, 2004)

At the Kyoto National Museum we conduct
a variety of activities related to culturalproperties, including those in Kyoto, ranging
in time from the Heian to the Edo period.

Kyoto National Museum

Brief history
At the Kyoto National Museum we conduct a variety of activities related to cultural properties,
including those in Kyoto, ranging in time from the Heian to the Edo period. Kyoto, a city that has
been central to Japanese culture for over 1200 years, is blessed with an extensive cultural heritage.
Many times we have been struck anew by the depth and breadth of Kyoto culture, as a seemingly
inexhaustible source of valuable cultural assets, when cultural properties that had not been known
to anyone were discovered through research conducted by the museum. Under our museum policyof maintaining tradition while looking to the future, we intend to further improve our activities astime goes on. In addition, seizing the opportunity that the establishment of the Independent
Administrative Institution has offered, we strive to make the museum more accessible for more
people, by adopting fresh ideas that depart from those of the past.
Executive Director, Kyoto National Museum

1889
1897
1900

Location:
527, Chayamachi, HigashiyamaKu, Kyoto City, Kyoto Prefecture605-0931

Important Art Object
Tomb figurines: a pairof horses

1924
1952

Phone: 075-541-1151
http://kyotohaku.go.jp/
1966
1969

KOZEN Hiroshi■Exhibition activities■Research activities●Regular exhibitions
Collection Hall Exhibitions. Art and decorative art objects produced through the ages, up to theearly years of the modern era, are displayed under the categories of painting, sculpture,gecorative art, calligraphy, and archeological finds, with the exhibits changed periodically(about 50 times a year) to display about 2000 objects in total per year.
Thematic exhibitions
Thematic exhibitions are held in a section of the regular exhibition space, developing aparticular theme.
・Mysterious Landscapes and the Korean Edition of Yshi Bizangquan from the Nanzen-ji
Sutra Collection (April 6 - May 16)
・Edo to Meiji Period Studies of Ancient Objects through Illustrations (May 19 - June 27)
・New Acquisitions (June 30 - August 1)
・Her Majesty the Empress and the Sericulture of the Koishimaru Silkworm: Celebrating Ten
Years in the Reproduction of Shoso-in Textiles (August 21 - September 23)
・The Other Moriya Collection: Chinese Bronze Mirrors (October 19 - December 19)
・The Twelve Devas and the Landscape Screen - Elegance of the Heian period - (January 2 February 6, 2005)
・Kodai-ji Makie and Namban Lacquer Ware (January 2 - February 20, 2005)
・Buddhist sculptures and photography (January 2 - March 27, 2005)
・Imperial Missives: The Calligraphy of Emperors (March 2 - April 3, 2005)●Special exhibitions
Special exhibitions are held at the Special Exhibition Hall.
・Commemorating the 700th Anniversary of Emperor Kameyama Treasures of a Great Zen
Temple: The Nazenji (April 6 - May 16, 2004)
・The Sacred World of Shinto Art in Kyoto (August 10 - September 20, 2004)
・Celebrating Fifty Years since the Donation of the Moriya Collection: The Sacred Letters of
Early Sutra Copies (October 19 - November 28, 2004)● Research
Since 1979 we have been systematically carrying out a comprehensive surveyof the cultural properties of selected temples and shrines in Kyoto, to gather
information to be used to promote museum programs.
At present, we are carrying out research on the cultural properties of theKenninji temple and its sub-temples. The results of our research on temples
and shrines are published in the series "Research Reports on Temples andShrines" (23 volumes in all published so far).
They are extremely handy as lists of the treasures of temples and shrines in
Kyoto.

1973
1979
2001
2001

Visitor information

Thematic exhibition: "Celebrating the Doll's
Day Festival"

9:30 - 17:00 Tuesday through Sunday (noadmissions after 16:30)
9:30 - 20:00 on Friday (no admissions after
19:30) during special exhibition periods(April through November).
ClosedMondays (If a National Holiday falls on a
Monday, the museum is open on that day
and closed instead on the following day.)Year-end and New Year's Day holidays(December 28 - January 1)
The museum is open during Golden Week in
May and the school summer holiday season(July 20- August 31).
Admission fees Adults: 420 yen (group rate - 210)
College students: 130 yen (group rate - 70)※Prices in parentheses are for those in groups of 20 or
more.
※People with disabilities and one companion are admitted
free of charge.
※Admission to regular exhibitions is free for those over 70
and under 15 years of age.
Free admission days:
Admission to regular exhibitions and thematic exhibitions is
free on the 2nd and 4th Saturday of each month and on
Respect for the Aged Day (the third Monday of September).
Hours■Other activities●Publications
We publish a variety of materials, including the annual Kyoto Museum
Bulletin and catalogues of the collections●Rakugo at the Museum
Rakugo is traditional Japanese comic storytelling. We host Rakugo
performances four times a year, once during each season, based on seasonal
themes.
Lectures and concerts are also held at the museum.
Special exhibition: "Kazari
in Gold - Japanese Aesthetics through Metalwork"■Educational activities●Activities for students
・Preparation of explanatory sheets about art objects (The Museum Dictionary) for elementaryand middle school students, with postings on our web site
・Lectures and seminars for elementary and middle school students (The Museum Children'sClub) in collaboration with thematic exhibitions
・Museum workshops for middle-school students●Cooperation with Kyoto University for the education of graduate school students
As full or associate professors at the Kyoto University Graduate School of Human andEnvironmental Studies, our curators hold seminars and give lectures.
●Seminars and lectures
・Saturday lecture series (about 46 times a year)
Every Saturday our curators give lectures about exhibitions and exhibits.
・Summer seminars (July 28 - 30)
Lectures are delivered under the theme of "Replication and Creation Ⅱ."
・International symposium centered around the special exhibition, "Early Sutra Copies"(November 13)

Established as the Imperial Museum of Kyoto.
The Museum was open to the public.
The Museum was renamed the Imperial Household
Museum of Kyoto.
The Museum was donated to the City of Kyoto andrenamed the Imperial Gift Museum of Kyoto.
The Museum was placed under the authority of thenational government and became an institutionaffiliated with the Committee for the Preservation ofCultural Properties. Renamed the Kyoto National
Museum.
The present Exhibition Hall was completed.
The Special Exhibition Hall, Main Gate, ticket booth,and fences were designated important culturalproperties under the name of the former Imperial
Museum of Kyoto.
The first session of the Saturday Lecture Series was
held.
The Conservation Center for Cultural Properties wascompleted.
The South Gate was constructed as part of a new
construction project for the 100th Year Anniversary
Hall (tentative name).
The Museum became the Kyoto National Museum of
the Independent Administrative Institution National
Museum.

N

North Gate

Museum Children's Club

Exhibition Hall

LectureHall

To Kiyomizutera
templeAdministrationbuilding
Materials
building

North
Repository

Gate

East Repository
Center for theConservation ofCultural Properties

Yamato-oji
StreetMain
Gate

MaruikePond

Special Exhibition Hall

Higashi-oji
StreetTea Ceremony
House

Technical Materials
CenterParking lot
Entrance

Kosode (kimono) withflower design(Kyoto National Museum)
Summer seminar

JR's Kintetsu Kyoto Station

Shichijo Street

Sanjusanendo Temple

South Gate

Exit

N a r a

Activities of the individual national museums

National Museum

Nara National Museum

Number of art objects owned by the museum:
1710 (12 national treasures and 95 important
cultural properties)
Number of art objects on loan:
1842 (52 national treasures and 311 important
cultural properties)(as of March 31, 2004)

The museum has long been actively involved incollecting and preserving cultural properties, including
Buddhist art, as well as conducting research andproviding educational activities.

Brief history

Bronze bell
(Nara National Museum)

The Nara National Museum is located in a corner of Nara Park and surrounded by many shrines
and temples. The museum has long been actively involved in collecting and preserving culturalproperties, including Buddhist art, as well as conducting research and providing educational
activities. In addition, in cooperation with museums in Japan and abroad, we have organized many
exhibitions to present a wealth of outstanding artwork associated with the Buddhist faith and therich historic and cultural backgrounds in which they were created.
In the future, we intend to bend our efforts to making the museum more appealing to visitors as aspace of beauty and knowledge, by further improving the efficiency of our administrative process,promoting the globalization of our activities, and stepping up the computerization of information,
as well as enhancing cooperation with related institutions and organizations.
Executive Director, Nara National Museum

1889

Location:

1895
1900

50 Noborioji-Cho, Nara, 0742-7771
Phone: 0742-22-7771

Volunteers serve as visitor guides

1914
1947

http://www.narahaku.go.jp/

1950

WASHIZUKA Hiromitsu

1952
1968
1969

■Exhibition activities■Educational activities●Regular exhibitions
A regular exhibition under the name "Masterpieces of Buddhist Art" is held in the Main
Building and the West Wing.
The Main Building features a wide range of Japanese sculptures primarily from the Asuka to
the Kamakura period (6th - 14th centuries), prototypical sculptures from Gandhara, China andthe Korean Peninsula, and a collection of bronze vessels from ancient China.
In the West Wing there are also displays of paintings, calligraphy, decorative arts andarcheological objects.
The regular exhibits are changed periodically (about 24 times a year) to display over 700
cultural properties. From March 2004 through October 2005, kanshitsu (dry lacquer) statues
from the Denpodo of the Horyuji temple are being displayed as part of the regular exhibition.

●Education
In keeping with the movement toward lifelong study, the 5-day-a-week schoolschedule, and new curriculum guidelines from the government, we offer avariety of educational activities to help visitors deepen their understanding of
cultural properties. We also offer various programs to help curators at public
and private museums and art museums improve their professional skills, andprovide a training course for people who want to be qualified as curators.
①Gathering and disseminating information and materials about culturalproperties②Programs for students:
Setting up a cultural properties school for family to attend together andpromoting understanding of themuseum by teachers and parents③Setting up lectures and seminars:
Gallery talks, extensions, summer
seminars, symposia about special
exhibitions④Training for curators at public
and private museums and art
museums (the Curator Training
Course)⑤Training in museum science⑥Enhancement of volunteer
activities

Feature exhibitions
Feature exhibitions are small-scale exhibitions covering various fields.
・Golden Ornamentation in the Kofun Period: Japanese-Korean Relations as Seen throughBurial Objects ( July 10 - August 29)- ・The Former Shrine of Horyu-ji'sGuze Kannon (December 4 - December 26)
・Shinto Art from Nara: The Treasures of Tanzan Shrine(December 11, 2004 - January 23, 2005)
・Early Esoteric Buddhist Art (tentative name) (January 2 - February 6, 2005)
・Treasures of Todai-ji's
Omizutori Ritual (February 15 - March 21, 2005)
Children's Gallery
An exhibition to introduce Buddhist art to elementary and middle school students
・Discovering Early Maps (July 10 - August 29)

Exhibition of Chinese Ancient Ritual Bronze(regular exhibition)- - Treasures
A scene from Exhibition of Shoso-in●Special exhibitions
This type of exhibition is held two or three times a year, during spring and fall.
- - The Dawn of Japanese Buddhist Art (April 24 - June 13)
・Horyu-ji:
・The Golden Kingdom of Silla: Treasures from Korean Royal Tombs (July 10 - August 29)
・Time of Dawn: Japan's culture and history from the beginning to the first emperors (March
23, 2005 - May 8, 2005)- - Treasures (October 30 - November 15)
・The 56th Annual Exhibition of Shoso-in

Training in museum science■Research activities●Research and international exchange
The results of research by the museum concerning cultural properties arereflected in regular and special exhibitions. Research enlivens the contents of
those exhibitions, and thus we always emphasize research activities.
In fiscal 2004 the Nara National Museum will conduct the research listed
below.
In addition, we energetically promote international exchange with overseas
museums. As one of the fruits of an academic exchange with the Korean
National Gyeongju Museum, we are holding a special exhibition entitled "TheGolden Kingdom of Silla: Treasures from Korean Royal Tombs" in thesummer of 2004.
①Systemic research on shrines and temples in and around Nara
②Research on Asian art overseas③Research on objects unearthed from ancient temples in Nara (joint researchwith the Tezukayama University Archeological Institute)④Research on Buddhist paintings (joint research with the National ResearchInstitute for Cultural Properties, Tokyo)⑤Research for special exhibitions and other museum activities⑥Collection of and research on photographs of Buddhist art⑦Academic exchanges with the Korean National Gyeongju Museum, The
Shanghai Museum, and the National Museum of China (Beijin).

●International exchange exhibitions
This exhibition is held to introduce Japanese art to foreign people.
・Exhibition of Japanese Treasures (at the National Museum of China)(May 25 - June 30, 2004)■Collection, preservation and restoration of cultural properties
To prevent the dispersion of tangible cultural properties, valuable assets of the Japanese people,
we pursue the collection of tangible cultural properties through purchase, donation andborrowing.
We pay close attention to the environment in which collected cultural properties are displayed
and preserved, carefully controlling the temperature and humidity at all times.
Many Japanese cultural properties are made of fragile materials such as wood and paper, and it
is extremely important to consider means of passing them down as intact as possible to future
generations. In 2002 we established the Conservation Center of the Nara National Museum, afacility for preserving and repairing cultural properties.
Conservation Center

12

The Museum was established as the Imperial
Museum of Nara.
The Museum was open to the public.
The Museum was renamed the Imperial Household
Museum of Nara.
The Shosoin department was established.
The Museum was transferred from the authority of theImperial Household Ministry to the Ministry of
Education.
The Museum became an institution affiliated with theCommittee for the Preservation of Cultural Properties.
Renamed the Nara National Museum.
Became affiliated with the Agency for Cultural Affairs.
The Main Building was designated an important
cultural property.
A new exhibition building (the West Wing) wascompleted.
The Buddhist Art Library was opened.
A ceremony to observe the 100th anniversary of theMuseum's opening was held.
The East Wing and the underground corridor werecompleted.
The Conservation Center for preserving culturalproperties was completed.
The Museum became the Nara National Museum of
the Independent Administrative Institution National
Museum.

13

1972
1980
1995
1997
2000
2002

Visitor information
9:30 - 17:00 Tuesday through Sunday (noadmissions after 16:30)
9:30 - 19:00 on Friday (no admissions after
18:30) during the period from the last Friday ofApril through the 2nd Friday of November, on
the day before the 2nd Monday of January,
February 3rd, March 12th, August 15th, andDecember 17th.
Mondays (If a National Holiday falls on a
ClosedMonday, the museum is open on that day andclosed instead on the following day.)Year-end and New Year's Day holidays(December 28 - January 1)
Admission fees Adults: 420 yen (group rate - 210)
College students: 130 yen (group rate - 70)※Special exhibitions require a separate admission fee.
※( ) indicate prices for those in groups of 20 or more.
※People with disabilities and one companion are admitted
free of charge.
※Admission to regular exhibitions is free for those under 15
years of age.
Hours

to Kasuga
Taisha shrine

Kasuga Sando

Sanjo Street

Tea Ceremony
House, Hassoan

Buddhist Art LibraryConservation
CenterEast Wing

to Kofukuji
templeWest Wing
Entrance
Entrance

Lower Level
Passageway

Entrance

Main
Building Entrance

Nob
orio
ji Street
to Todaiji
templeN

to Kintetsu Nara Station

N a r a

Activities of the individual national museums

National Museum

Nara National Museum

Number of art objects owned by the museum:
1710 (12 national treasures and 95 important
cultural properties)
Number of art objects on loan:
1842 (52 national treasures and 311 important
cultural properties)(as of March 31, 2004)

The museum has long been actively involved incollecting and preserving cultural properties, including
Buddhist art, as well as conducting research andproviding educational activities.

Brief history

Bronze bell
(Nara National Museum)

The Nara National Museum is located in a corner of Nara Park and surrounded by many shrines
and temples. The museum has long been actively involved in collecting and preserving culturalproperties, including Buddhist art, as well as conducting research and providing educational
activities. In addition, in cooperation with museums in Japan and abroad, we have organized many
exhibitions to present a wealth of outstanding artwork associated with the Buddhist faith and therich historic and cultural backgrounds in which they were created.
In the future, we intend to bend our efforts to making the museum more appealing to visitors as aspace of beauty and knowledge, by further improving the efficiency of our administrative process,promoting the globalization of our activities, and stepping up the computerization of information,
as well as enhancing cooperation with related institutions and organizations.
Executive Director, Nara National Museum

1889

Location:

1895
1900

50 Noborioji-Cho, Nara, 0742-7771
Phone: 0742-22-7771

Volunteers serve as visitor guides

1914
1947

http://www.narahaku.go.jp/

1950

WASHIZUKA Hiromitsu

1952
1968
1969

■Exhibition activities■Educational activities●Regular exhibitions
A regular exhibition under the name "Masterpieces of Buddhist Art" is held in the Main
Building and the West Wing.
The Main Building features a wide range of Japanese sculptures primarily from the Asuka to
the Kamakura period (6th - 14th centuries), prototypical sculptures from Gandhara, China andthe Korean Peninsula, and a collection of bronze vessels from ancient China.
In the West Wing there are also displays of paintings, calligraphy, decorative arts andarcheological objects.
The regular exhibits are changed periodically (about 24 times a year) to display over 700
cultural properties. From March 2004 through October 2005, kanshitsu (dry lacquer) statues
from the Denpodo of the Horyuji temple are being displayed as part of the regular exhibition.

●Education
In keeping with the movement toward lifelong study, the 5-day-a-week schoolschedule, and new curriculum guidelines from the government, we offer avariety of educational activities to help visitors deepen their understanding of
cultural properties. We also offer various programs to help curators at public
and private museums and art museums improve their professional skills, andprovide a training course for people who want to be qualified as curators.
①Gathering and disseminating information and materials about culturalproperties②Programs for students:
Setting up a cultural properties school for family to attend together andpromoting understanding of themuseum by teachers and parents③Setting up lectures and seminars:
Gallery talks, extensions, summer
seminars, symposia about special
exhibitions④Training for curators at public
and private museums and art
museums (the Curator Training
Course)⑤Training in museum science⑥Enhancement of volunteer
activities

Feature exhibitions
Feature exhibitions are small-scale exhibitions covering various fields.
・Golden Ornamentation in the Kofun Period: Japanese-Korean Relations as Seen throughBurial Objects ( July 10 - August 29)- ・The Former Shrine of Horyu-ji'sGuze Kannon (December 4 - December 26)
・Shinto Art from Nara: The Treasures of Tanzan Shrine(December 11, 2004 - January 23, 2005)
・Early Esoteric Buddhist Art (tentative name) (January 2 - February 6, 2005)
・Treasures of Todai-ji's
Omizutori Ritual (February 15 - March 21, 2005)
Children's Gallery
An exhibition to introduce Buddhist art to elementary and middle school students
・Discovering Early Maps (July 10 - August 29)

Exhibition of Chinese Ancient Ritual Bronze(regular exhibition)- - Treasures
A scene from Exhibition of Shoso-in●Special exhibitions
This type of exhibition is held two or three times a year, during spring and fall.
- - The Dawn of Japanese Buddhist Art (April 24 - June 13)
・Horyu-ji:
・The Golden Kingdom of Silla: Treasures from Korean Royal Tombs (July 10 - August 29)
・Time of Dawn: Japan's culture and history from the beginning to the first emperors (March
23, 2005 - May 8, 2005)- - Treasures (October 30 - November 15)
・The 56th Annual Exhibition of Shoso-in

Training in museum science■Research activities●Research and international exchange
The results of research by the museum concerning cultural properties arereflected in regular and special exhibitions. Research enlivens the contents of
those exhibitions, and thus we always emphasize research activities.
In fiscal 2004 the Nara National Museum will conduct the research listed
below.
In addition, we energetically promote international exchange with overseas
museums. As one of the fruits of an academic exchange with the Korean
National Gyeongju Museum, we are holding a special exhibition entitled "TheGolden Kingdom of Silla: Treasures from Korean Royal Tombs" in thesummer of 2004.
①Systemic research on shrines and temples in and around Nara
②Research on Asian art overseas③Research on objects unearthed from ancient temples in Nara (joint researchwith the Tezukayama University Archeological Institute)④Research on Buddhist paintings (joint research with the National ResearchInstitute for Cultural Properties, Tokyo)⑤Research for special exhibitions and other museum activities⑥Collection of and research on photographs of Buddhist art⑦Academic exchanges with the Korean National Gyeongju Museum, The
Shanghai Museum, and the National Museum of China (Beijin).

●International exchange exhibitions
This exhibition is held to introduce Japanese art to foreign people.
・Exhibition of Japanese Treasures (at the National Museum of China)(May 25 - June 30, 2004)■Collection, preservation and restoration of cultural properties
To prevent the dispersion of tangible cultural properties, valuable assets of the Japanese people,
we pursue the collection of tangible cultural properties through purchase, donation andborrowing.
We pay close attention to the environment in which collected cultural properties are displayed
and preserved, carefully controlling the temperature and humidity at all times.
Many Japanese cultural properties are made of fragile materials such as wood and paper, and it
is extremely important to consider means of passing them down as intact as possible to future
generations. In 2002 we established the Conservation Center of the Nara National Museum, afacility for preserving and repairing cultural properties.
Conservation Center

12

The Museum was established as the Imperial
Museum of Nara.
The Museum was open to the public.
The Museum was renamed the Imperial Household
Museum of Nara.
The Shosoin department was established.
The Museum was transferred from the authority of theImperial Household Ministry to the Ministry of
Education.
The Museum became an institution affiliated with theCommittee for the Preservation of Cultural Properties.
Renamed the Nara National Museum.
Became affiliated with the Agency for Cultural Affairs.
The Main Building was designated an important
cultural property.
A new exhibition building (the West Wing) wascompleted.
The Buddhist Art Library was opened.
A ceremony to observe the 100th anniversary of theMuseum's opening was held.
The East Wing and the underground corridor werecompleted.
The Conservation Center for preserving culturalproperties was completed.
The Museum became the Nara National Museum of
the Independent Administrative Institution National
Museum.

13

1972
1980
1995
1997
2000
2002

Visitor information
9:30 - 17:00 Tuesday through Sunday (noadmissions after 16:30)
9:30 - 19:00 on Friday (no admissions after
18:30) during the period from the last Friday ofApril through the 2nd Friday of November, on
the day before the 2nd Monday of January,
February 3rd, March 12th, August 15th, andDecember 17th.
Mondays (If a National Holiday falls on a
ClosedMonday, the museum is open on that day andclosed instead on the following day.)Year-end and New Year's Day holidays(December 28 - January 1)
Admission fees Adults: 420 yen (group rate - 210)
College students: 130 yen (group rate - 70)※Special exhibitions require a separate admission fee.
※( ) indicate prices for those in groups of 20 or more.
※People with disabilities and one companion are admitted
free of charge.
※Admission to regular exhibitions is free for those under 15
years of age.
Hours

to Kasuga
Taisha shrine

Kasuga Sando

Sanjo Street

Tea Ceremony
House, Hassoan

Buddhist Art LibraryConservation
CenterEast Wing

to Kofukuji
templeWest Wing
Entrance
Entrance

Lower Level
Passageway

Entrance

Main
Building Entrance

Nob
orio
ji Street
to Todaiji
templeN

to Kintetsu Nara Station

Kyushu

Activities of the individual national museums

National Museum

Kyushu National Museum (tentative name)
The building of the Kyushu National Museum was completed in March 2004. We are now making
every effort to open the museum in the fall of 2005. We are planning to help visitors understandJapan's long history of cultural exchange with other Asian countries and enjoy the variety ofcultures from Asia. In this museum, curators will find opportunities to pursue museum science andbe involve in international exchanges. We also intend to contribute to our local communities
through our activities. We will do our best to attain these goals.
Head of the Department for Creating the Kyushu National Museum

The idea behind the Kyushu National Museum is that the formation ofJapanese culture should be considered not only from the perspective of theJapanese Archipelago but also within the context of Asian history. The
museum is scheduled to open in 2005.

Brief history

Location:
4-7-2, Ishizaka, Dazaifu City, Fukuoka Prefercture 818-0118
Phone: 092-918-2807
http://www.kyushuhaku.com/pr/

MIWA Karoku

Exhibitions

Building

The museum building

An area for immersing oneself in Asian culture
There is a quarter-circle shaped space near the entrance hall and escalator on the first floor.
There, visitors can have hands-on experiences with a selection of Asian cultures, touchingethnic objects and listening to the sounds of Asian languages. Volunteer instructors will help
visitors enjoy the varieties of cultures.

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Cultural exchange exhibition hallThis big hall is located on the fourth floor of the building. It is used to fulfill one of the mostimportant purposes of this museum, to show the panorama of Japanese culture, which hasdeveloped through the accumulation of cultural exchanges with other Asian areas. Visitors cansee the chronological progress of the history of Japanese culture from the Old Stone Age to theend of the Edo period or they can simply pick up the things they are interested in.
In addition, thematic exhibitions will fulfill people's interest in various specific themes.

By Airplane : from Fukuoka Airport, about 30 minutes bytaxi

New acquisitions
Ten art objects, including the following, were acquired in fiscal 2003.
・Kitano Tenjin Engi Emaki (scroll)・Fan sketchbook
・Shinmonsho
・"Um sum" cards"Um sum" cards were devised inJapan, based on cards imported
from Europe. Each card has a handdrawn picture depicting Japanese,
Chinese or sometimes Westerncustoms. This set consisting of 75
cards seems to have been made in
the early Edo period and may be theoldest complete set of such cards
extant.

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Department of Preservation Science and Restoration

JR
Kagoshima line: from Futsukaichi Station,
about 15 minutes by taxi

A scene from the "First Step" exhibition

Um sum cards

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JR Nagasaki Line

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Poster for the "First Step" exhibition

N is hSpecial exhibition gallery
The special exhibition gallery will present to hold a variety of exhibitions of art objects from
Asian countries and the rest of the world, as well as from Japan. The gallery can be divided
into up to three rooms that can be varied in size to suit the importance of diverse
exhibitions.The opening commemorative exhibition, scheduled for the fall of 2005, will beheld in this gallery. Because of the large scale of this exhibition, all the space in the gallery
will be used for it.

By Railway : Nishitetsu Railway
Dazaifu line: from Dazaifu Station, 15
minutes on footRepository

Department of preservation science and restoration
To protect and display cultural properties in an appropriate manner, the display and storage
environment must be properly maintained. It is also necessary to inspect cultural properties atperiodic intervals and restore them if necessary. To this end, the building has rooms forpreservation science and restoration on the second and third floors. The department is divided
into three major sectors: Environmental Control, Preservation and Restoration, and Materials
and Technology Research.

: Kyushu Jidoshado Highway
To Dazaifu Temmangu from the Dazaifu
Interchange, about a 15 minute driveig

Storages
Cultural properties are made of various types of material and thus they need to be storedaccording to material type. Temperature, humidity, air quality and harmful insects must strictly
be controlled to maintain the optimal environment for preserving the cultural properties.
They are placed in the center of a building to avoid the influence of air from outside. A double
wall has been built, with Japanese cedar used on the inner wall surface.

The Big Step Forward Exhibition
The Big Step Forward Exhibition is scheduled to be held from February 15 April 10, 2005 at two of the Thematic Display Room the Tokyo National
Museum.This is the second phase, to follow the "First Step" exhibition held at
the two of the Thematic Display Room in the Honkan building of the Tokyo
National Museum in February 2004. With the opening of the museum
approaching next year, we are taking a big step forward. The first exhibition
was entitled "Introduction to a Museum Opening." In naming this second
exhibition, we want to convey the fact that this is a big leap toward the final
step of opening the museum.
We intend that this exhibition will be a digest of the exhibitions to be shown at
the Kyushu National Museum,
including themes we were not able
to display at
the previous
exhibition.

Tosu-Chik

Construction
The building has 5 aboveground stories and 2 underground floors. The entrance is on the firstfloor, which contains a museum hall and other rooms, the second floor has administrative
offices and storages, and the third and fourth floors are used for galleries. The architecture of
the building harmonizes with the surroundings, having a curved roof and glass walls. The
building is chiefly steel-framed and the floors are made of concrete. The building was largely
prefabricated, so almost all the components were manufactured at a factory and assembled at
the construction site. This technique was chosen to reduce the generation of ammonia so thatthe period during which weathering of the building components occurred could be shortened
and the adverse effect of ammonia on the cultural properties could be alleviated.
The building is seismically isolated to absorb vibration due to earthquakes.

1994 "The Committee to Investigate the Establishment ofa New Type of Museum" was created.
1995 It was decided that the name of the new museum
would be the Kyushu National Museum (tentativename) and Dazaifu City was selected as thecandidate site.
1997 The Committee compiled "A Basic Statement of
Policy for the Kyushu National Museum" (tentativename).
1998 The Committee worked out "A Basic Plan for the
Kyushu National Museum" (tentative name).
1999 Fukuoka Prefecture and the Incorporated
Foundation to Promote the Kyushu National
Museum (hereafter called the "Foundation")completed "The Basic Construction Design." An"Expert Conference to Prepare for the Constructionof the Kyushu National Museum," set up jointly with
Fukuoka Prefecture, worked out "The Regular
Exhibition Plan."
2000 Fukuoka Prefecture and the Foundation jointly
completed "The Design for Implementing
Construction " and " The Basic Exhibition Design."
2001 Fukuoka Prefecture and the Foundation jointly
started "The Construction Phase" (1st part of a 3year plan).
2002 The Independent Administrative Institution andFukuoka Prefecture jointly completed " The
Implementation of Exhibition Design."
2003 The Independent Administrative Institution andFukuoka Prefecture jointly started "The Exhibition
Phase" (1st part of a 2-year plan) and completed"The Construction Phase."2004 The building was completed.

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Activities of the individual national museums

National Museum

Kyushu National Museum (tentative name)
The building of the Kyushu National Museum was completed in March 2004. We are now making
every effort to open the museum in the fall of 2005. We are planning to help visitors understandJapan's long history of cultural exchange with other Asian countries and enjoy the variety ofcultures from Asia. In this museum, curators will find opportunities to pursue museum science andbe involve in international exchanges. We also intend to contribute to our local communities
through our activities. We will do our best to attain these goals.
Head of the Department for Creating the Kyushu National Museum

The idea behind the Kyushu National Museum is that the formation ofJapanese culture should be considered not only from the perspective of theJapanese Archipelago but also within the context of Asian history. The
museum is scheduled to open in 2005.

Brief history

Location:
4-7-2, Ishizaka, Dazaifu City, Fukuoka Prefercture 818-0118
Phone: 092-918-2807
http://www.kyushuhaku.com/pr/

MIWA Karoku

Exhibitions

Building

The museum building

An area for immersing oneself in Asian culture
There is a quarter-circle shaped space near the entrance hall and escalator on the first floor.
There, visitors can have hands-on experiences with a selection of Asian cultures, touchingethnic objects and listening to the sounds of Asian languages. Volunteer instructors will help
visitors enjoy the varieties of cultures.

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Cultural exchange exhibition hallThis big hall is located on the fourth floor of the building. It is used to fulfill one of the mostimportant purposes of this museum, to show the panorama of Japanese culture, which hasdeveloped through the accumulation of cultural exchanges with other Asian areas. Visitors cansee the chronological progress of the history of Japanese culture from the Old Stone Age to theend of the Edo period or they can simply pick up the things they are interested in.
In addition, thematic exhibitions will fulfill people's interest in various specific themes.

By Airplane : from Fukuoka Airport, about 30 minutes bytaxi

New acquisitions
Ten art objects, including the following, were acquired in fiscal 2003.
・Kitano Tenjin Engi Emaki (scroll)・Fan sketchbook
・Shinmonsho
・"Um sum" cards"Um sum" cards were devised inJapan, based on cards imported
from Europe. Each card has a handdrawn picture depicting Japanese,
Chinese or sometimes Westerncustoms. This set consisting of 75
cards seems to have been made in
the early Edo period and may be theoldest complete set of such cards
extant.

it e ts

Department of Preservation Science and Restoration

JR
Kagoshima line: from Futsukaichi Station,
about 15 minutes by taxi

A scene from the "First Step" exhibition

Um sum cards

15

JR Nagasaki Line

hikuh

JR C

e

o Lin

ay

Poster for the "First Step" exhibition

N is hSpecial exhibition gallery
The special exhibition gallery will present to hold a variety of exhibitions of art objects from
Asian countries and the rest of the world, as well as from Japan. The gallery can be divided
into up to three rooms that can be varied in size to suit the importance of diverse
exhibitions.The opening commemorative exhibition, scheduled for the fall of 2005, will beheld in this gallery. Because of the large scale of this exhibition, all the space in the gallery
will be used for it.

By Railway : Nishitetsu Railway
Dazaifu line: from Dazaifu Station, 15
minutes on footRepository

Department of preservation science and restoration
To protect and display cultural properties in an appropriate manner, the display and storage
environment must be properly maintained. It is also necessary to inspect cultural properties atperiodic intervals and restore them if necessary. To this end, the building has rooms forpreservation science and restoration on the second and third floors. The department is divided
into three major sectors: Environmental Control, Preservation and Restoration, and Materials
and Technology Research.

: Kyushu Jidoshado Highway
To Dazaifu Temmangu from the Dazaifu
Interchange, about a 15 minute driveig

Storages
Cultural properties are made of various types of material and thus they need to be storedaccording to material type. Temperature, humidity, air quality and harmful insects must strictly
be controlled to maintain the optimal environment for preserving the cultural properties.
They are placed in the center of a building to avoid the influence of air from outside. A double
wall has been built, with Japanese cedar used on the inner wall surface.

The Big Step Forward Exhibition
The Big Step Forward Exhibition is scheduled to be held from February 15 April 10, 2005 at two of the Thematic Display Room the Tokyo National
Museum.This is the second phase, to follow the "First Step" exhibition held at
the two of the Thematic Display Room in the Honkan building of the Tokyo
National Museum in February 2004. With the opening of the museum
approaching next year, we are taking a big step forward. The first exhibition
was entitled "Introduction to a Museum Opening." In naming this second
exhibition, we want to convey the fact that this is a big leap toward the final
step of opening the museum.
We intend that this exhibition will be a digest of the exhibitions to be shown at
the Kyushu National Museum,
including themes we were not able
to display at
the previous
exhibition.

Tosu-Chik

Construction
The building has 5 aboveground stories and 2 underground floors. The entrance is on the firstfloor, which contains a museum hall and other rooms, the second floor has administrative
offices and storages, and the third and fourth floors are used for galleries. The architecture of
the building harmonizes with the surroundings, having a curved roof and glass walls. The
building is chiefly steel-framed and the floors are made of concrete. The building was largely
prefabricated, so almost all the components were manufactured at a factory and assembled at
the construction site. This technique was chosen to reduce the generation of ammonia so thatthe period during which weathering of the building components occurred could be shortened
and the adverse effect of ammonia on the cultural properties could be alleviated.
The building is seismically isolated to absorb vibration due to earthquakes.

1994 "The Committee to Investigate the Establishment ofa New Type of Museum" was created.
1995 It was decided that the name of the new museum
would be the Kyushu National Museum (tentativename) and Dazaifu City was selected as thecandidate site.
1997 The Committee compiled "A Basic Statement of
Policy for the Kyushu National Museum" (tentativename).
1998 The Committee worked out "A Basic Plan for the
Kyushu National Museum" (tentative name).
1999 Fukuoka Prefecture and the Incorporated
Foundation to Promote the Kyushu National
Museum (hereafter called the "Foundation")completed "The Basic Construction Design." An"Expert Conference to Prepare for the Constructionof the Kyushu National Museum," set up jointly with
Fukuoka Prefecture, worked out "The Regular
Exhibition Plan."
2000 Fukuoka Prefecture and the Foundation jointly
completed "The Design for Implementing
Construction " and " The Basic Exhibition Design."
2001 Fukuoka Prefecture and the Foundation jointly
started "The Construction Phase" (1st part of a 3year plan).
2002 The Independent Administrative Institution andFukuoka Prefecture jointly completed " The
Implementation of Exhibition Design."
2003 The Independent Administrative Institution andFukuoka Prefecture jointly started "The Exhibition
Phase" (1st part of a 2-year plan) and completed"The Construction Phase."2004 The building was completed.

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hin
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Ohita Jidoshado Highway
Tosu Junction

Operation of the
National Museum

National
MuseumOperation of the National Museum

Organization chart of the Kyoto National Museum

1

Cooperation with outside organizations and people① The supporting members system
To continue the operation of the museum, the National Museum needs to make self-help efforts as well as
solidify its financial base by obtaining support from a wide range of outside organizations and people.
For this reason, the Tokyo and Nara national museums have supporting member systems and the Kyoto
National Museum has a supporting incorporated body called Seifukai.

Executive
Director

Executive Vice
Director

Head of Public
Relations Division

Assistant Supervisor,
Public Relations

Manager, Public Relations
Manager, FinanceManager, Facilities and Operations
Manager, Security
Special Staff② Friends of the Museum
The purpose of this program is to make the museum more enjoyable and attractive, and enable people toparticipate in various programs at the museum.
The plan is operated independently by each national museum, so they can respond to the individual
characteristics of the region where the specific museum is located.

Senior Manager, Exhibition and Publicity

Head of Curator
Division

Senior Manager, Education
Senior Manager, Fine Arts
Senior Manager, Decorative and Applied Arts
Senior Manager, Archeology

For details, see page 25

cultural Properties Administrator

2

Senior Manager, Registration and Image Archives

Head of Cultural
Resources Division

Organization and number of staff at each museum (as of April 1, 2004)

Senior Manager, Information Resources
Senior Manager, Conservation and Restoration① Organization
The organization chart of the Independent Administrative Institution National Museum and the National Museum Secretariat
Chairmanof theBoard ofDirectors

Secretary-General
Directors(3)Tokyo National Museum

Productivity
Monitors(2)Kyoto National Museum
Nara National Museum

Supervisor,
General Affairs
SectionSenior Manager (General Affairs/Human Resources)
Senior Manager (Planning and Assessment)

Supervisor,
Asset Management

Manager (General Affairs)
Manager (Human Resources)
Manager (Planning)
Manager (Research Promotion)
Manager (Auditing/Financial Analysis)Manager (Asset Management)

Kyushu National Museum (tentative name)

Organization chart of the Nara National Museum

Executive
Director

Executive Vice
Director

Supervisor,
General Affairs

Assistant Supervisor

Manager, General Affairs and Visitor Services
Manager, AccountManager, Facilities

Organization chart of the Tokyo National Museum

Senior Staff

Manager, Security
Special Staff

Executive
Director

Executive
Vice
Director

Director of
Business
Development

Supervisor,
Accountant/Contract

Supervisor
External Affairs

Director ofPlanning andDevelopment

Supervisor, Planning andDevelopment

Supervisor,
Curator Division

Manager (Accountant)Senior Manager, Planning
Senior Manager, Information Service

Manager (Contract)
Senior Manager(Facilities andOperations)
Senior Manager,
External Affairs

Senior Manager, Education

Manager(Facilities and Operations/
General Maintenance)
Manager (External Affairs and Business Development)

Senior Manager, Materials
Senior Manager, Collection

Manager (Security and Public Services)

Senior Manager, Fine Arts
Senior Manager, Decorative Arts and Archeology

Visitor Service Center(Guards)
Senior Manger, Exhibition and Graphic Design
Senior Manager, Special Exhibition Planning

Senior Manager, Restoration Technology
Senior Researcher

Senior Manager, Publications
Senior Manager, International Relations
Supervisor, Education

Senior Manager, Education Programming
Senior Manager, Lectures and Educational Event Programming
Senior Manager, Volunteer Services

Supervisor, Informatics

Senior Manager, Informatics Systems Management
Senior Manager, Library and Photo Archives

Organization chart of the Kyushu National Museum (tentative name)

Senior Manager, Public Relations and Press
Special Research Chair
Director
Director ofCultural
Properties

Supervisor,
Regular Exhibitions

Senior Manager, Regular Rotations

Senior Manager,
Registrar's OfficeSenior Manager, Collection Documentation

GeneralSupervisor

Administrative
Supervisor

AssistantAdministrative
Supervisor

Senior Manager, Photography Studio
Senior Manager, Collection Management

Supervisor, Conservation

Senior Manager, Preventive Conservation

Special Research Chair

Senior Manager, Conservation Technology

Manager, General Affairs
Manager, AccountManager, Facilities

Senior Research
Supervisor

Supervisor, PlanningSupervisor, Conservation and Restoration
Supervisor, Cultural Properties

Special Staff

Operation of the
National Museum

National
MuseumOperation of the National Museum

Organization chart of the Kyoto National Museum

1

Cooperation with outside organizations and people① The supporting members system
To continue the operation of the museum, the National Museum needs to make self-help efforts as well as
solidify its financial base by obtaining support from a wide range of outside organizations and people.
For this reason, the Tokyo and Nara national museums have supporting member systems and the Kyoto
National Museum has a supporting incorporated body called Seifukai.

Executive
Director

Executive Vice
Director

Head of Public
Relations Division

Assistant Supervisor,
Public Relations

Manager, Public Relations
Manager, FinanceManager, Facilities and Operations
Manager, Security
Special Staff② Friends of the Museum
The purpose of this program is to make the museum more enjoyable and attractive, and enable people toparticipate in various programs at the museum.
The plan is operated independently by each national museum, so they can respond to the individual
characteristics of the region where the specific museum is located.

Senior Manager, Exhibition and Publicity

Head of Curator
Division

Senior Manager, Education
Senior Manager, Fine Arts
Senior Manager, Decorative and Applied Arts
Senior Manager, Archeology

For details, see page 25

cultural Properties Administrator

2

Senior Manager, Registration and Image Archives

Head of Cultural
Resources Division

Organization and number of staff at each museum (as of April 1, 2004)

Senior Manager, Information Resources
Senior Manager, Conservation and Restoration① Organization
The organization chart of the Independent Administrative Institution National Museum and the National Museum Secretariat
Chairmanof theBoard ofDirectors

Secretary-General
Directors(3)Tokyo National Museum

Productivity
Monitors(2)Kyoto National Museum
Nara National Museum

Supervisor,
General Affairs
SectionSenior Manager (General Affairs/Human Resources)
Senior Manager (Planning and Assessment)

Supervisor,
Asset Management

Manager (General Affairs)
Manager (Human Resources)
Manager (Planning)
Manager (Research Promotion)
Manager (Auditing/Financial Analysis)Manager (Asset Management)

Kyushu National Museum (tentative name)

Organization chart of the Nara National Museum

Executive
Director

Executive Vice
Director

Supervisor,
General Affairs

Assistant Supervisor

Manager, General Affairs and Visitor Services
Manager, AccountManager, Facilities

Organization chart of the Tokyo National Museum

Senior Staff

Manager, Security
Special Staff

Executive
Director

Executive
Vice
Director

Director of
Business
Development

Supervisor,
Accountant/Contract

Supervisor
External Affairs

Director ofPlanning andDevelopment

Supervisor, Planning andDevelopment

Supervisor,
Curator Division

Manager (Accountant)Senior Manager, Planning
Senior Manager, Information Service

Manager (Contract)
Senior Manager(Facilities andOperations)
Senior Manager,
External Affairs

Senior Manager, Education

Manager(Facilities and Operations/
General Maintenance)
Manager (External Affairs and Business Development)

Senior Manager, Materials
Senior Manager, Collection

Manager (Security and Public Services)

Senior Manager, Fine Arts
Senior Manager, Decorative Arts and Archeology

Visitor Service Center(Guards)
Senior Manger, Exhibition and Graphic Design
Senior Manager, Special Exhibition Planning

Senior Manager, Restoration Technology
Senior Researcher

Senior Manager, Publications
Senior Manager, International Relations
Supervisor, Education

Senior Manager, Education Programming
Senior Manager, Lectures and Educational Event Programming
Senior Manager, Volunteer Services

Supervisor, Informatics

Senior Manager, Informatics Systems Management
Senior Manager, Library and Photo Archives

Organization chart of the Kyushu National Museum (tentative name)

Senior Manager, Public Relations and Press
Special Research Chair
Director
Director ofCultural
Properties

Supervisor,
Regular Exhibitions

Senior Manager, Regular Rotations

Senior Manager,
Registrar's OfficeSenior Manager, Collection Documentation

GeneralSupervisor

Administrative
Supervisor

AssistantAdministrative
Supervisor

Senior Manager, Photography Studio
Senior Manager, Collection Management

Supervisor, Conservation

Senior Manager, Preventive Conservation

Special Research Chair

Senior Manager, Conservation Technology

Manager, General Affairs
Manager, AccountManager, Facilities

Senior Research
Supervisor

Supervisor, PlanningSupervisor, Conservation and Restoration
Supervisor, Cultural Properties

Special Staff

Operation of the National Museum② Directors

The Chairman of the board of directors (Executive Director of the Tokyo National Museum)

NOZAKI Hiroshi

Chairman

Director (Executive Director of the Kyoto National Museum)

KOZEN Hiroshi

Vice-Chairman MINO Yutaka

Director (Executive Director of the Nara National Museum)

WASHIZUKA Hiromitsu

KIMURA Shigenobu

Director (Executive Vice Director of the Tokyo National Museum)

NISHIOKA Yasuhiro

FUJIYOSHI Masaomi Certified Public Accountant

Auditor (The Chairman of the Board of Directors of for the Society for the Promotion of the University of the Air)ABE Mitsuo

YOKOSATO Koichi

Auditor (Certified Public Accountant)

SHINOHARA Hiroyoshi

Director of the Kyushu National Museum (tentative name)

MIWA Karoku③ Board of Special Advisors
The National Museum Independent Administrative Institution is mandated to enhance the museums' publicappeal. To help attain this goal, we have a board of special advisors consisting of learned men drawn fromoutside the museum staff to gather various opinions from many fields.
The mission of the board of special advisors is to discuss important issues about the operation andmanagement of the National Museum and give advice to the executive director. The number of board members
is no more than 20 and their tenure is 2 years (renewable.) Generally, two meetings per year of the Board are
held.

ChairmanHIRAYAMA Ikuo
President, Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music
Chairman, the Japan Audio-Visual Education AssociationVice-Chairman INAI Keijiro
Owner of the Asahi Newspaper
UENO Shoichi
Chairman of NHK
EBISAWA Katsuji
Chairman of the Board of Directors of Bunka Gakuen
OONUMA Sunao
Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Toyota Foundation
KIMURA Shozaburo
Chairman of the Tokyo Metropolitan Board of Education
SHIMIZU Tsukasa
SUZUKI Kakichi
Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Buddhist Art Society
TSUJI Nobuo
Professor Emeritus of Tokyo University
TSUJIMURA Tetsuo
Chairman of the Board of Director of IAI National Museum of Art
NAGAOKA Minoru
Chairman of the Board of Director of the Capital Market Research Institute
NISHIKAWA Kyotaro Chairman of the Board of Director of the Tokiwamatsu Gakuen
NOMURA Kichisaburo Chairman of ANA
FUKUHARA Yoshiharu Honorary President of Shiseido
Adviser to the Japan Foundation
FUJII Hiroaki
President of Ochanomizu University
HONDA Masuko
Cartoonist
MAKI Miyako
Different Culture Communicator
Mari Christine
Grand Steward of the Imperial Household Agency
YUASA Toshio

Executive Director of the Osaka Municipal Museum
Executive Director of the Hyogo Prefectural Museum
Manager, Operations Division of NHK(Titles omitted)⑤ Board of Trustees
There is a separate board of trustees for each national museum. The duty of the board is to discuss important
issues concerning the operation of the museum and give advice to its executive director.
Board of Trustees, the Tokyo National Museum
ChairmanHIRAYAMA Ikuo

Vice-Chairman INAI Keijiro

President, Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music
Chairman, the Japan Audio-Visual Education Association

EBISAWA Katsuji

Chairman of NHK

OONUMA Sunao

Chairman of the Board of Directors of Bunka Gakuen

KATO Masakatsu

Principal of Taito-ku Negishi Elementary School

KANDA Shojun

Chief Priest of Kan'eiji

KIMURA Shozaburo

Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Toyota Foundation

SHIMIZU Tsukasa

Chairman of the Tokyo Metropolitan Board of Education

TSUJI Nobuo

Professor Emeritus of Tokyo University

NAITO Mikio

Principal of Taito-ku Shinobugaoka Junior-high School

NAGAOKA Minoru

Chairman of the Board of Director of the Capital Market Research Institute

NISHIKAWA Kyotaro

Chairman of the Board of Director of the Tokiwamatsu Gakuen

NOMURA Kichisaburo Chairman of ANA
FUKUHARA Yoshiharu Honorary Chairman of Shiseido
Important Cultural Property
Saddle with design of lions in
mother-of-pearl inlay(Tokyo National Museum)

HONDA Masuko

President of Ochanomizu University

MAKI Miyako

Cartoonist

Mari Christine

Different Culture Communicator

MARUYAMA Yuki

Station Master of JR Ueno Station

YOSHIZUMI Hiroshi

Chief of Taito Ward
(Titles omitted)

Board of Trustees, the Kyoto National Museum(Titles omitted)④ Board of Ontside Evaluation
The performance of the Independent Administrative Institution is evaluated during each fiscal year and during
the period of the mid-term plan. For this purpose, the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science andTechnology maintains a Board of Assessment to evaluate the performance of Independent Administrative
Institutions, but the National Museum itself has a board of outside evaluation consisting of learned men fromoutside the Museum, for self-evaluation of the performance of its operation, to verify that performance, and to
submit an evaluation.
The Board of Outside Evaluation has the duty to evaluates the performance of the operation of the National
Museum and give advice to the Executive Director. There are five or fewer members whose tenure is 2 years(renewable). The board holds meetings and conducts such inspections as are required to perform evaluations .

KOBAYASHI Tadashi Professor, Gakushuin University

National Treasure: "Shakamuni Risingfrom the Golden Coffin"(Kyoto National Museum)

Professor emeritus, Kyoto University
Vice-Chairman ASAO Naohiro
UEDA Masaaki
Professer Emeritus of Kyoto University
Owner of Asahi Newspaper
UENO Shoichi
Executive Director of Kyoto National Museum of Modern Art
UCHIYAMA Takeo
Executive Director of Osaka University Museum
KOEZUKA Takashi
SAWADA Fujiko
Writer
NAKAGAWA Hisayasu Vice President of the International Institute for Advanced Studies
Chief Executor of Daigoji temple
NAKATA Junna
NARASAKI Shoichi
Professor Emeritus of Nagoya University
NISHIHACHIJO Minoru Adviser to Shimadzu Corporation
HISADA Souya
Member of Executive Board, Fushin-an, Omotesenke
MIURA Koharu
Former Professor of Nagoya Zokei University
MURATA Jun'ichi
President of Murata Machinery Co.
WASHIZUKA Hiromitsu Executive Director of the Nara National Museum(Titles omitted)

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Operation of the National Museum② Directors

The Chairman of the board of directors (Executive Director of the Tokyo National Museum)

NOZAKI Hiroshi

Chairman

Director (Executive Director of the Kyoto National Museum)

KOZEN Hiroshi

Vice-Chairman MINO Yutaka

Director (Executive Director of the Nara National Museum)

WASHIZUKA Hiromitsu

KIMURA Shigenobu

Director (Executive Vice Director of the Tokyo National Museum)

NISHIOKA Yasuhiro

FUJIYOSHI Masaomi Certified Public Accountant

Auditor (The Chairman of the Board of Directors of for the Society for the Promotion of the University of the Air)ABE Mitsuo

YOKOSATO Koichi

Auditor (Certified Public Accountant)

SHINOHARA Hiroyoshi

Director of the Kyushu National Museum (tentative name)

MIWA Karoku③ Board of Special Advisors
The National Museum Independent Administrative Institution is mandated to enhance the museums' publicappeal. To help attain this goal, we have a board of special advisors consisting of learned men drawn fromoutside the museum staff to gather various opinions from many fields.
The mission of the board of special advisors is to discuss important issues about the operation andmanagement of the National Museum and give advice to the executive director. The number of board members
is no more than 20 and their tenure is 2 years (renewable.) Generally, two meetings per year of the Board are
held.

ChairmanHIRAYAMA Ikuo
President, Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music
Chairman, the Japan Audio-Visual Education AssociationVice-Chairman INAI Keijiro
Owner of the Asahi Newspaper
UENO Shoichi
Chairman of NHK
EBISAWA Katsuji
Chairman of the Board of Directors of Bunka Gakuen
OONUMA Sunao
Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Toyota Foundation
KIMURA Shozaburo
Chairman of the Tokyo Metropolitan Board of Education
SHIMIZU Tsukasa
SUZUKI Kakichi
Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Buddhist Art Society
TSUJI Nobuo
Professor Emeritus of Tokyo University
TSUJIMURA Tetsuo
Chairman of the Board of Director of IAI National Museum of Art
NAGAOKA Minoru
Chairman of the Board of Director of the Capital Market Research Institute
NISHIKAWA Kyotaro Chairman of the Board of Director of the Tokiwamatsu Gakuen
NOMURA Kichisaburo Chairman of ANA
FUKUHARA Yoshiharu Honorary President of Shiseido
Adviser to the Japan Foundation
FUJII Hiroaki
President of Ochanomizu University
HONDA Masuko
Cartoonist
MAKI Miyako
Different Culture Communicator
Mari Christine
Grand Steward of the Imperial Household Agency
YUASA Toshio

Executive Director of the Osaka Municipal Museum
Executive Director of the Hyogo Prefectural Museum
Manager, Operations Division of NHK(Titles omitted)⑤ Board of Trustees
There is a separate board of trustees for each national museum. The duty of the board is to discuss important
issues concerning the operation of the museum and give advice to its executive director.
Board of Trustees, the Tokyo National Museum
ChairmanHIRAYAMA Ikuo

Vice-Chairman INAI Keijiro

President, Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music
Chairman, the Japan Audio-Visual Education Association

EBISAWA Katsuji

Chairman of NHK

OONUMA Sunao

Chairman of the Board of Directors of Bunka Gakuen

KATO Masakatsu

Principal of Taito-ku Negishi Elementary School

KANDA Shojun

Chief Priest of Kan'eiji

KIMURA Shozaburo

Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Toyota Foundation

SHIMIZU Tsukasa

Chairman of the Tokyo Metropolitan Board of Education

TSUJI Nobuo

Professor Emeritus of Tokyo University

NAITO Mikio

Principal of Taito-ku Shinobugaoka Junior-high School

NAGAOKA Minoru

Chairman of the Board of Director of the Capital Market Research Institute

NISHIKAWA Kyotaro

Chairman of the Board of Director of the Tokiwamatsu Gakuen

NOMURA Kichisaburo Chairman of ANA
FUKUHARA Yoshiharu Honorary Chairman of Shiseido
Important Cultural Property
Saddle with design of lions in
mother-of-pearl inlay(Tokyo National Museum)

HONDA Masuko

President of Ochanomizu University

MAKI Miyako

Cartoonist

Mari Christine

Different Culture Communicator

MARUYAMA Yuki

Station Master of JR Ueno Station

YOSHIZUMI Hiroshi

Chief of Taito Ward
(Titles omitted)

Board of Trustees, the Kyoto National Museum(Titles omitted)④ Board of Ontside Evaluation
The performance of the Independent Administrative Institution is evaluated during each fiscal year and during
the period of the mid-term plan. For this purpose, the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science andTechnology maintains a Board of Assessment to evaluate the performance of Independent Administrative
Institutions, but the National Museum itself has a board of outside evaluation consisting of learned men fromoutside the Museum, for self-evaluation of the performance of its operation, to verify that performance, and to
submit an evaluation.
The Board of Outside Evaluation has the duty to evaluates the performance of the operation of the National
Museum and give advice to the Executive Director. There are five or fewer members whose tenure is 2 years(renewable). The board holds meetings and conducts such inspections as are required to perform evaluations .

KOBAYASHI Tadashi Professor, Gakushuin University

National Treasure: "Shakamuni Risingfrom the Golden Coffin"(Kyoto National Museum)

Professor emeritus, Kyoto University
Vice-Chairman ASAO Naohiro
UEDA Masaaki
Professer Emeritus of Kyoto University
Owner of Asahi Newspaper
UENO Shoichi
Executive Director of Kyoto National Museum of Modern Art
UCHIYAMA Takeo
Executive Director of Osaka University Museum
KOEZUKA Takashi
SAWADA Fujiko
Writer
NAKAGAWA Hisayasu Vice President of the International Institute for Advanced Studies
Chief Executor of Daigoji temple
NAKATA Junna
NARASAKI Shoichi
Professor Emeritus of Nagoya University
NISHIHACHIJO Minoru Adviser to Shimadzu Corporation
HISADA Souya
Member of Executive Board, Fushin-an, Omotesenke
MIURA Koharu
Former Professor of Nagoya Zokei University
MURATA Jun'ichi
President of Murata Machinery Co.
WASHIZUKA Hiromitsu Executive Director of the Nara National Museum(Titles omitted)

18

19

Operation of the National Museum

Board of Trustees, the Nara National Museum
Chairman
KIMURA Shigenobu
Vice-Chairman ISHIGE Naomichi
AOYAMA Shigeru
OONO Genmyo

Executive Director of the Hyogo Prefectural Museum
Former Executive Director of the National Museum of Ethnology

Budget of the fiscal year 2004 (unit: thousand yen)
IncomeScholar of Nara Gaku

(

Total

Chief Abbot of Shotoku Sect and Chief priest of Horyuji temple

TNM) indicates the closing sum for the previous fiscal year

KNM

NNM

National Museum Secretariat

Professor Emeritus of Tenri University
KOZEN Hiroshi
Executive Director of the Kyoto National Museum
SAKAMOTO Michitaka President of the Nanto Bank
President of Kinki Nippon Railway
TASHIRO Wa
Professor Emeritus of Nara Women's University
NIWA Masako
HASHIMOTO Shoen Chief Abbot of Kegon Sect and Steward of Todaiji temple
Chief Priet of Kasuga Shrine
HAMURO Yoriaki
Executive Director of the National Research Institute for
MACHIDA Akira
Cultural Properties, Nara

Grant for running expenses（5,127,857）
5,955,549

Income from exhibition activities（917,243）
580,066（472,562）
297,831（233,889）
91,053（208,830）
191,182（1,962）0

Entrance fees

（606,129）
480,348（284,455）
233,206（168,993）
71,996（152,681）
175,146（0）
0

Other incomes（311,114）
99,718（188,107）
64,625（64,896）
19,057（56,149）
16,036（1,962）0

Contributions（40,500）
0（23,800）
0（9,300）0（7,400）0（0）0Grant for facilities improvement（524,497）
2,319,153（0）0（485,297）0（0）0（39,200）
2,319,153

MIYAKE Hisao
YAMAZAKI Shigeko

Total（6,610,097）
8,854,768（2,802,029）
2,427,044（1,662,360）
993,955（1,088,199）
1,326,259（1,057,824）
4,298,692

KANASEKI Hiroshi

Important Cultural Property:"Juichimen (eleven-headed)
Kannon"(Nara National Museum)3

YAWATA Tadakazu

Chief of the Shoso-in Office of the Imperial Household Agency
Essayist
Superintendent of Education of Nara Prefecture(Titles omitted)⑥ Number of museum staff（871,654）
943,895（1,016,662）
1,979,539(

TNM) indicates the closing sum for the previous fiscal year

KNM

NNM

National Museum Secretariat

Personnel（2,181,214）
2,276,554（1,219,473）
998,884（402,198）
368,264（329,763）
404,045（229,780）
505,361

Operational expenses（2,990,186）
4,259,061（1,229,397）
1,428,160（655,425）
625,691（703,866）
731,032（401,498）
1,474,178（492,302）
1,016,954（254,971）
470,624（114,494）
145,705（57,669）
278,213（65,168）
122,412（1,713,591）
1,359,160（649,504）
636,550（467,477）
368,430（592,641）
354,180（3,969）0Research（402,663）
447,389（295,486）
268,705（56,831）
90,189（50,346）
58,507（0）
29,988Item

Number of
staff

Total

237

96

8

8

Tokyo National Museum

127

46

27

54

Education（49,269）
116,246（29,436）
52,281（16,623）
21,367（3,210）40,132（0）
2,466

Kyoto National Museum

42

20

6

16

Preparations for Kyushu National Museum（332,361）
1,319,312

（0）
0

（0）
0

（0）
0

（332,361）
1,319,312

Nara National Museum

34

13

8

13

Kyushu National Museum (tentative name)26

9（524,497）
2,319,153（0）0（485,297）0（0）0（39,200）
2,319,153（5,695,897）
8,854,768（2,448,870）
2,427,044（1,542,920）
993,955（1,033,629）
1,135,077（670,478）
4,298,692

National Museum Secretariat

Technical andsecurity staff（933,874）
902,902

Expenditures
Total

Administrative
staff（2,305,667）
2,129,213

41

General administration

Curator

Exhibition activities

100

Facility Improvement

17
Total

National Treasure: "Merry-making under aronia blossoms"(Tokyo National Museum)

Important Cultural Property:
Large bowl with design of flowers andbirds in overglaze enamels (Tokyo National Museum)

Dish with design of cherry trees in overglaze enamels(Tokyo National Museum)
National Treasure "Kujaku Myoo
(Mahamayuri)" (Tokyo National Museum)

National Treasure:"Winter Landscapes"
by Sesshu(TokyoNational
Museum)National Treasure: "Seated
Yakushi Nyorai"(Nara National Museum)

20

National Treasure:"Segment of the Anthologyof Xinzhuan leilin chao"(Kyoto National Museum)21

Operation of the National Museum

Board of Trustees, the Nara National Museum
Chairman
KIMURA Shigenobu
Vice-Chairman ISHIGE Naomichi
AOYAMA Shigeru
OONO Genmyo

Executive Director of the Hyogo Prefectural Museum
Former Executive Director of the National Museum of Ethnology

Budget of the fiscal year 2004 (unit: thousand yen)
IncomeScholar of Nara Gaku

(

Total

Chief Abbot of Shotoku Sect and Chief priest of Horyuji temple

TNM) indicates the closing sum for the previous fiscal year

KNM

NNM

National Museum Secretariat

Professor Emeritus of Tenri University
KOZEN Hiroshi
Executive Director of the Kyoto National Museum
SAKAMOTO Michitaka President of the Nanto Bank
President of Kinki Nippon Railway
TASHIRO Wa
Professor Emeritus of Nara Women's University
NIWA Masako
HASHIMOTO Shoen Chief Abbot of Kegon Sect and Steward of Todaiji temple
Chief Priet of Kasuga Shrine
HAMURO Yoriaki
Executive Director of the National Research Institute for
MACHIDA Akira
Cultural Properties, Nara

Grant for running expenses（5,127,857）
5,955,549

Income from exhibition activities（917,243）
580,066（472,562）
297,831（233,889）
91,053（208,830）
191,182（1,962）0

Entrance fees

（606,129）
480,348（284,455）
233,206（168,993）
71,996（152,681）
175,146（0）
0

Other incomes（311,114）
99,718（188,107）
64,625（64,896）
19,057（56,149）
16,036（1,962）0

Contributions（40,500）
0（23,800）
0（9,300）0（7,400）0（0）0Grant for facilities improvement（524,497）
2,319,153（0）0（485,297）0（0）0（39,200）
2,319,153

MIYAKE Hisao
YAMAZAKI Shigeko

Total（6,610,097）
8,854,768（2,802,029）
2,427,044（1,662,360）
993,955（1,088,199）
1,326,259（1,057,824）
4,298,692

KANASEKI Hiroshi

Important Cultural Property:"Juichimen (eleven-headed)
Kannon"(Nara National Museum)3

YAWATA Tadakazu

Chief of the Shoso-in Office of the Imperial Household Agency
Essayist
Superintendent of Education of Nara Prefecture(Titles omitted)⑥ Number of museum staff（871,654）
943,895（1,016,662）
1,979,539(

TNM) indicates the closing sum for the previous fiscal year

KNM

NNM

National Museum Secretariat

Personnel（2,181,214）
2,276,554（1,219,473）
998,884（402,198）
368,264（329,763）
404,045（229,780）
505,361

Operational expenses（2,990,186）
4,259,061（1,229,397）
1,428,160（655,425）
625,691（703,866）
731,032（401,498）
1,474,178（492,302）
1,016,954（254,971）
470,624（114,494）
145,705（57,669）
278,213（65,168）
122,412（1,713,591）
1,359,160（649,504）
636,550（467,477）
368,430（592,641）
354,180（3,969）0Research（402,663）
447,389（295,486）
268,705（56,831）
90,189（50,346）
58,507（0）
29,988Item

Number of
staff

Total

237

96

8

8

Tokyo National Museum

127

46

27

54

Education（49,269）
116,246（29,436）
52,281（16,623）
21,367（3,210）40,132（0）
2,466

Kyoto National Museum

42

20

6

16

Preparations for Kyushu National Museum（332,361）
1,319,312

（0）
0

（0）
0

（0）
0

（332,361）
1,319,312

Nara National Museum

34

13

8

13

Kyushu National Museum (tentative name)26

9（524,497）
2,319,153（0）0（485,297）0（0）0（39,200）
2,319,153（5,695,897）
8,854,768（2,448,870）
2,427,044（1,542,920）
993,955（1,033,629）
1,135,077（670,478）
4,298,692

National Museum Secretariat

Technical andsecurity staff（933,874）
902,902

Expenditures
Total

Administrative
staff（2,305,667）
2,129,213

41

General administration

Curator

Exhibition activities

100

Facility Improvement

17
Total

National Treasure: "Merry-making under aronia blossoms"(Tokyo National Museum)

Important Cultural Property:
Large bowl with design of flowers andbirds in overglaze enamels (Tokyo National Museum)

Dish with design of cherry trees in overglaze enamels(Tokyo National Museum)
National Treasure "Kujaku Myoo
(Mahamayuri)" (Tokyo National Museum)

National Treasure:"Winter Landscapes"
by Sesshu(TokyoNational
Museum)National Treasure: "Seated
Yakushi Nyorai"(Nara National Museum)

20

National Treasure:"Segment of the Anthologyof Xinzhuan leilin chao"(Kyoto National Museum)21

Committee of the Ministry of Education,
Evaluation (by the IAI Evaluation
Culture, Sports and Science and Technology)

National
Museum

Evaluation

In fiscal year 2003, the second evaluation was performed since the National Museum became an Independent
Administration Institution. Here are some portions of the evaluations of the performance of our operation in
fiscal 2002, given by the IAI Evaluation Committee of the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports and Scienceand Technology.
General evaluation
Fiscal 2002 was the second year of the mid-term plan for the National Museum. During this fiscal year, the number ofvisitors to the National Museum was about 2,390,000, a number far beyond the target of 1,340,000 visitors determinedin the plan. Many people reported that they were quite satisfied by the exhibitions. Such goals as "services provided to
the Japanese people", including collection, preservation, exhibition, research and education, and "improvement of theefficiency of operation" were attained at a higher level than planned. In addition, new types of activities were engaged
in, such as special events like concerts. Furthermore, in its role as a national center, the National Museum promoted
international cultural exchanges, contributing greatly to the accomplishment of museum activities in Japan and abroad.
Therefore, the Committee thinks that concerning the goal: "become a museum that has more popular appeal" stated in
the mid-term plan, the National Museum has produced excellent results. We therefore evaluate the performance of the
National Museum as very high.

The following issues were raised by advisors. We will tackle these issues selectively in the future.

・To make it easier to collect cultural properties, the Museum should cooperate with the Agency for
Cultural Affairs, to find methods for promoting the collection of cultural properties, such as
through the taxation system reform and other means. The three national museums should exchange
information freely enough so that art objects can be collected that are appropriate for eachCollection
museum.
and・In facilities where air conditioning is not available 24 hours a day, due consideration should bepreservation
given to preventing the temperature and humidity from exceeding the specified preservation range.
In addition, care must be exercised to avoid extreme changes in temperature and humidity.
・The handling of cultural properties requires caution as well as knowledge and skill. This should beemphasized to people working for the Museum, both through experience and training.

Exhibitions

・The Museum needs to enhance its public appeal through various activities, related to its
exhibitions, if it is to fulfill its purpose of attracting more people to the museum. Techniques foraccomplishing this purpose include publicity activities, strategies that help promote tourism andthe promotion of industries in the local community, capturing the interest of people who have notpreviously visited the museum, and developing in them the practice of visiting the museum
frequently.
・To encourage people to make more frequent visits, the Museum should do such things as reviewing
the possibility of issuing complimentary tickets that are only valid for a limited period.
・To enhance the educational impact of the exhibitions, the art objects should be arranged so that

Research
activities

・The results of research are published in the form of catalogues and bulletins prepared by the
National Museum. However, published bulletins should be at a high academic level. In addition,
the results of research should also be made widely available to the public, as through presentationsat related societies.

Education

・The National Museum can only perform educational activities within the limits of its humanresources and budget. Therefore it is desirable to examine the educational role it should play andreview the entire scope of its activities in this realm.
・Concerning the acceptance of trainees, it is necessary to clarify the intended goals and review thecurriculum accordingly, and striking a balance with other operations.
・It is desirable to do more to promote the digitizing and public availability of the art objects andbooks owned by the Museum.

22

Other
services tovisitors

Considerations
Concerning
Operating
Procedures(applicable to highlevel managers
such as the
Chairman of theBoard of Directors)

・In response to the report prepared by the government's Promotion of Tourism Conference, it isnecessary to continue to improve the museum's facilities so that they can be easily used by people
from other countries.
・It is desirable to thoroughly review the means of providing services through the Internet, such as
information about an access to the Museum.
・It is expected management will operate the National Museum efficiently and effectively, by
operating the three branch museums as one body and getting the most out of the resources ownedby the National Museum, such as its wide variety of cultural properties, its human resources, andthe information it contains.
・In the event of a disaster such as an earthquake, fire, or flood, of course the top priority must be
human life and safety. However, the National Museum is also responsible for preserving culturalproperties safely if possible, so they can be passed down to future generations. Therefore, it isimportant to prepare a crisis-management manual that gives instructions to be taken when such acrisis occurs.
・It is desirable to examine the problem of the legal rights involved in the planning and display
techniques used for exhibitions.

Finances

・In keeping with the scope of each project, it is necessary to prepare a budget, spend the funds in a
flexible manner and with awareness of the ongoing cost level, and carefully check the results ofexpenditures.
・The fees for the loan of cultural properties, special exhibitions and the use of museum facilities areoften determined according to preset fees determined for national properties by the government.
However, it is a good idea for the Independent Administrative Institution to set their own more
flexible fee schedules, for example by determining admission fees and usage charges appropriate to
the services provided, considering the users and their purposes.

Personnel

・It is not easy to find administrative personnel with the knowledge and skills peculiar to theadministration of a museum. For this reason, training needs to be conducted, to help the personnel
that have been hired learn the special things they need to know to administer the museum. In
addition, the National Museum needs to recruit administrative staff on its own and develop theskills of its own human resources.
・In addition, curators must have expertise in cultural properties, understand their role in an
Independent Administrative Institution, and recognize the importance of museum activities, such as
operations and publicity.
Therefore, it is necessary to exchange staff with the Agency of Cultural Affairs and the National
Universities, taking into account the experience and expertise of the people considered. Moreover,continued recruitment from private and municipal museums and private business should be
pursued.
・To operate the three museums as one body, the headquarter aspect of the National Museum should
be enhanced and staff exchange among the three museums should also be considered.

Facilities

・In regard to the Kyushu National Museum (tentative name) under construction and the 100th Year
Anniversary Hall of the Kyoto National Museum (tentative name), consideration should given to
the proper preservation of the cultural properties contained therein and means for assuring that
visitors can spend their time there comfortably.

23

Committee of the Ministry of Education,
Evaluation (by the IAI Evaluation
Culture, Sports and Science and Technology)

National
Museum

Evaluation

In fiscal year 2003, the second evaluation was performed since the National Museum became an Independent
Administration Institution. Here are some portions of the evaluations of the performance of our operation in
fiscal 2002, given by the IAI Evaluation Committee of the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports and Scienceand Technology.
General evaluation
Fiscal 2002 was the second year of the mid-term plan for the National Museum. During this fiscal year, the number ofvisitors to the National Museum was about 2,390,000, a number far beyond the target of 1,340,000 visitors determinedin the plan. Many people reported that they were quite satisfied by the exhibitions. Such goals as "services provided to
the Japanese people", including collection, preservation, exhibition, research and education, and "improvement of theefficiency of operation" were attained at a higher level than planned. In addition, new types of activities were engaged
in, such as special events like concerts. Furthermore, in its role as a national center, the National Museum promoted
international cultural exchanges, contributing greatly to the accomplishment of museum activities in Japan and abroad.
Therefore, the Committee thinks that concerning the goal: "become a museum that has more popular appeal" stated in
the mid-term plan, the National Museum has produced excellent results. We therefore evaluate the performance of the
National Museum as very high.

The following issues were raised by advisors. We will tackle these issues selectively in the future.

・To make it easier to collect cultural properties, the Museum should cooperate with the Agency for
Cultural Affairs, to find methods for promoting the collection of cultural properties, such as
through the taxation system reform and other means. The three national museums should exchange
information freely enough so that art objects can be collected that are appropriate for eachCollection
museum.
and・In facilities where air conditioning is not available 24 hours a day, due consideration should bepreservation
given to preventing the temperature and humidity from exceeding the specified preservation range.
In addition, care must be exercised to avoid extreme changes in temperature and humidity.
・The handling of cultural properties requires caution as well as knowledge and skill. This should beemphasized to people working for the Museum, both through experience and training.

Exhibitions

・The Museum needs to enhance its public appeal through various activities, related to its
exhibitions, if it is to fulfill its purpose of attracting more people to the museum. Techniques foraccomplishing this purpose include publicity activities, strategies that help promote tourism andthe promotion of industries in the local community, capturing the interest of people who have notpreviously visited the museum, and developing in them the practice of visiting the museum
frequently.
・To encourage people to make more frequent visits, the Museum should do such things as reviewing
the possibility of issuing complimentary tickets that are only valid for a limited period.
・To enhance the educational impact of the exhibitions, the art objects should be arranged so that

Research
activities

・The results of research are published in the form of catalogues and bulletins prepared by the
National Museum. However, published bulletins should be at a high academic level. In addition,
the results of research should also be made widely available to the public, as through presentationsat related societies.

Education

・The National Museum can only perform educational activities within the limits of its humanresources and budget. Therefore it is desirable to examine the educational role it should play andreview the entire scope of its activities in this realm.
・Concerning the acceptance of trainees, it is necessary to clarify the intended goals and review thecurriculum accordingly, and striking a balance with other operations.
・It is desirable to do more to promote the digitizing and public availability of the art objects andbooks owned by the Museum.

22

Other
services tovisitors

Considerations
Concerning
Operating
Procedures(applicable to highlevel managers
such as the
Chairman of theBoard of Directors)

・In response to the report prepared by the government's Promotion of Tourism Conference, it isnecessary to continue to improve the museum's facilities so that they can be easily used by people
from other countries.
・It is desirable to thoroughly review the means of providing services through the Internet, such as
information about an access to the Museum.
・It is expected management will operate the National Museum efficiently and effectively, by
operating the three branch museums as one body and getting the most out of the resources ownedby the National Museum, such as its wide variety of cultural properties, its human resources, andthe information it contains.
・In the event of a disaster such as an earthquake, fire, or flood, of course the top priority must be
human life and safety. However, the National Museum is also responsible for preserving culturalproperties safely if possible, so they can be passed down to future generations. Therefore, it isimportant to prepare a crisis-management manual that gives instructions to be taken when such acrisis occurs.
・It is desirable to examine the problem of the legal rights involved in the planning and display
techniques used for exhibitions.

Finances

・In keeping with the scope of each project, it is necessary to prepare a budget, spend the funds in a
flexible manner and with awareness of the ongoing cost level, and carefully check the results ofexpenditures.
・The fees for the loan of cultural properties, special exhibitions and the use of museum facilities areoften determined according to preset fees determined for national properties by the government.
However, it is a good idea for the Independent Administrative Institution to set their own more
flexible fee schedules, for example by determining admission fees and usage charges appropriate to
the services provided, considering the users and their purposes.

Personnel

・It is not easy to find administrative personnel with the knowledge and skills peculiar to theadministration of a museum. For this reason, training needs to be conducted, to help the personnel
that have been hired learn the special things they need to know to administer the museum. In
addition, the National Museum needs to recruit administrative staff on its own and develop theskills of its own human resources.
・In addition, curators must have expertise in cultural properties, understand their role in an
Independent Administrative Institution, and recognize the importance of museum activities, such as
operations and publicity.
Therefore, it is necessary to exchange staff with the Agency of Cultural Affairs and the National
Universities, taking into account the experience and expertise of the people considered. Moreover,continued recruitment from private and municipal museums and private business should be
pursued.
・To operate the three museums as one body, the headquarter aspect of the National Museum should
be enhanced and staff exchange among the three museums should also be considered.

Facilities

・In regard to the Kyushu National Museum (tentative name) under construction and the 100th Year
Anniversary Hall of the Kyoto National Museum (tentative name), consideration should given to
the proper preservation of the cultural properties contained therein and means for assuring that
visitors can spend their time there comfortably.

23

National
MuseumDisclosure of information
Information about membership

The National Museum has a liaison office for the Disclosure of Information, in compliance with the Law
Concerning the Disclosure of Information owned by Independent Administrative Institutions, which wasenacted on October 1, 2002. For inquiries about the disclosure of information in documents concerning theoperation of the Independent Administrative Institution National Museum (National Museum Secretariat,
Tokyo National Museum, Kyoto National Museum, Nara National Museum and Kyushu National Museum(tentative name)), please consult one of the Information Departments set up in the following three locations:
In addition, an information search system for documents about the operation of the National Museum isavailable on the Internet:
http://www.natmus.jp/DocFileSearch.html

TNM

KNM

13-9, Ueno Koen, Taito-Ku,
Tokyo, 110-8712

527, Chayamachi,
50, Noboriojicho, Nara, 630Higashiyama-Ku, Kyoto, 605- 8213
0931

Building

Research and Information Centerbuilding (2nd floor)West Gate (on the side of the International
Library of Children's Literature)

Administration building (1st floor)
Reception desk at the Higashi
Oji Street gate

East Wing (1st floor)

Dates
Hours

9：30〜12：00、13：00〜16：30

Phone

Research Promotion,
General Affairs of the
National Museum Secretariat

Public Relations Section,
PR Dept. of the Kyoto
National Museum

03-3822-1111

075-531-7504

TNM

Service Promotion Section,
General Affairs Dept. of
the Nara National Museum

KNM

NNM

Name

Supporting membership of the Tokyo
National Museum

SeifukaiSupporting membership of the Nara
National Museum

AnnualMembership

Special membership:
more than 1 million yen
Sustaining membership:
50 thousand yen for individuals; 200
thousand yen for organizations

Supporting membership (unit):
100 thousand yen
Special membership:
50 thousand yen
Ordinary membership: 20 thousand yen

Special supporting membership:
more than 500 thousand yen
Supporting membership:
50 thousand yen for individuals; 200
thousand yen for organizations

Benefits

Reception desk at the East Wing officeEvery day except for the following:
Saturdays, Sundays, National holidays, Year-end and New Year's Day holidays (Dec. 29 - Jan. 3)

Department inchargeSupporting member system

NNM

Location

Liaison office

The Tokyo National Museum and the Nara National Museum are supported by the supporting member system(which can be joined at any time) and the Kyoto National Museum is supported by the Seifukai. They alsooffer "friends of the museum" and "museum passport" systems, to encourage people to visit the museum more
frequently.
You are welcome to join any of these systems.

Regular exhibitions:With the membership card you and one companion have unlimited free admission to theregular exhibitions during the museum's open hours.
Special exhibitions:With the membership card you and one companion have unlimited fee admission to special
exhibitions during the museum's open hours.
* At other museums than the museum to which the membership applies, you have one time
only free admission with a companion to special exhibitions.
* Sustaining members of the Tokyo National Museum are allowed to enter a special exhibition
with one companion free of charge, one time only.

Inquiries

Call the External Affairs and Business
Development Section, Business
Development, Phone: 03-3822-1111

0742-22-4456

Call the Seifukai
Phone: 075-531-7519

Call the Service Promotion
Section:Phone:0742-22-7771

Preferential tax treatment is applicable for the membership fees.

The Friends of the Museum and Museum Passport system

TNM
Name

Friends of theMuseumAnnualMembership

10,000yen

Passport
3,000
yen forgeneral2,000
yen forstudents

KNM

NNM

Friends of the Museum

Friends of the Museum (Passport)

3,000 yenfor general

2,000 yenfor students

3,000
yen forgeneral2,000
yen forstudents

6 ,000yen forfamilies

Regular exhibitions:With the membership card, you have unlimited fee admission to regular exhibitions during
the museum's open hours.
* With the family membership card of the Nara National Museum, a total of five people will
be admitted to any regular exhibition at the Nara National Museum free of charge. You
alone will be admitted free of charge to regular exhibitions at the Tokyo and Kyoto
National Museums.
Benefits

Special exhibitions:With a membership card or passport, you will be admitted to special exhibitions (up to six
exhibitions) free of charge.
* Members of the Friends of Museum of the Tokyo National Museum are given 12 freetickets to special exhibitions (six tickets are valid only at the Tokyo National Museum).
* With a family membership card at the Nara National Museum, a total of five people will be
admitted to a regular exhibition at the Nara National Museum free of charge. You alone
will be admitted free of charge to regular exhibitions at the Tokyo and Kyoto National
Museums.(Note that this benefit is available six times in all at the Tokyo, Kyoto and Nara
National Museums.)

Applications

At the reception office of the museum, or you can apply using a postal transfer.

Inquiries

External Affairs and Business
Development
Phone: 03-3822-1111

Important Cultural Property "Fast Bull"(Tokyo National Museum)

Important Cultural
Property
Dogu (clay figurine)(Tokyo National Museum)

National Treasure: "Cypress
Trees" screens (Tokyo National
Museum)Public Relations Dept.
Phone: 075-541-1151

Planning Dept.
Phone: 0742-22-7771

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MuseumDisclosure of information
Information about membership

The National Museum has a liaison office for the Disclosure of Information, in compliance with the Law
Concerning the Disclosure of Information owned by Independent Administrative Institutions, which wasenacted on October 1, 2002. For inquiries about the disclosure of information in documents concerning theoperation of the Independent Administrative Institution National Museum (National Museum Secretariat,
Tokyo National Museum, Kyoto National Museum, Nara National Museum and Kyushu National Museum(tentative name)), please consult one of the Information Departments set up in the following three locations:
In addition, an information search system for documents about the operation of the National Museum isavailable on the Internet:
http://www.natmus.jp/DocFileSearch.html

TNM

KNM

13-9, Ueno Koen, Taito-Ku,
Tokyo, 110-8712

527, Chayamachi,
50, Noboriojicho, Nara, 630Higashiyama-Ku, Kyoto, 605- 8213
0931

Building

Research and Information Centerbuilding (2nd floor)West Gate (on the side of the International
Library of Children's Literature)

Administration building (1st floor)
Reception desk at the Higashi
Oji Street gate

East Wing (1st floor)

Dates
Hours

9：30〜12：00、13：00〜16：30

Phone

Research Promotion,
General Affairs of the
National Museum Secretariat

Public Relations Section,
PR Dept. of the Kyoto
National Museum

03-3822-1111

075-531-7504

TNM

Service Promotion Section,
General Affairs Dept. of
the Nara National Museum

KNM

NNM

Name

Supporting membership of the Tokyo
National Museum

SeifukaiSupporting membership of the Nara
National Museum

AnnualMembership

Special membership:
more than 1 million yen
Sustaining membership:
50 thousand yen for individuals; 200
thousand yen for organizations

Supporting membership (unit):
100 thousand yen
Special membership:
50 thousand yen
Ordinary membership: 20 thousand yen

Special supporting membership:
more than 500 thousand yen
Supporting membership:
50 thousand yen for individuals; 200
thousand yen for organizations

Benefits

Reception desk at the East Wing officeEvery day except for the following:
Saturdays, Sundays, National holidays, Year-end and New Year's Day holidays (Dec. 29 - Jan. 3)

Department inchargeSupporting member system

NNM

Location

Liaison office

The Tokyo National Museum and the Nara National Museum are supported by the supporting member system(which can be joined at any time) and the Kyoto National Museum is supported by the Seifukai. They alsooffer "friends of the museum" and "museum passport" systems, to encourage people to visit the museum more
frequently.
You are welcome to join any of these systems.

Regular exhibitions:With the membership card you and one companion have unlimited free admission to theregular exhibitions during the museum's open hours.
Special exhibitions:With the membership card you and one companion have unlimited fee admission to special
exhibitions during the museum's open hours.
* At other museums than the museum to which the membership applies, you have one time
only free admission with a companion to special exhibitions.
* Sustaining members of the Tokyo National Museum are allowed to enter a special exhibition
with one companion free of charge, one time only.

Inquiries

Call the External Affairs and Business
Development Section, Business
Development, Phone: 03-3822-1111

0742-22-4456

Call the Seifukai
Phone: 075-531-7519

Call the Service Promotion
Section:Phone:0742-22-7771

Preferential tax treatment is applicable for the membership fees.

The Friends of the Museum and Museum Passport system

TNM
Name

Friends of theMuseumAnnualMembership

10,000yen

Passport
3,000
yen forgeneral2,000
yen forstudents

KNM

NNM

Friends of the Museum

Friends of the Museum (Passport)

3,000 yenfor general

2,000 yenfor students

3,000
yen forgeneral2,000
yen forstudents

6 ,000yen forfamilies

Regular exhibitions:With the membership card, you have unlimited fee admission to regular exhibitions during
the museum's open hours.
* With the family membership card of the Nara National Museum, a total of five people will
be admitted to any regular exhibition at the Nara National Museum free of charge. You
alone will be admitted free of charge to regular exhibitions at the Tokyo and Kyoto
National Museums.
Benefits

Special exhibitions:With a membership card or passport, you will be admitted to special exhibitions (up to six
exhibitions) free of charge.
* Members of the Friends of Museum of the Tokyo National Museum are given 12 freetickets to special exhibitions (six tickets are valid only at the Tokyo National Museum).
* With a family membership card at the Nara National Museum, a total of five people will be
admitted to a regular exhibition at the Nara National Museum free of charge. You alone
will be admitted free of charge to regular exhibitions at the Tokyo and Kyoto National
Museums.(Note that this benefit is available six times in all at the Tokyo, Kyoto and Nara
National Museums.)

Applications

At the reception office of the museum, or you can apply using a postal transfer.

Inquiries

External Affairs and Business
Development
Phone: 03-3822-1111

Important Cultural Property "Fast Bull"(Tokyo National Museum)

Important Cultural
Property
Dogu (clay figurine)(Tokyo National Museum)

National Treasure: "Cypress
Trees" screens (Tokyo National
Museum)Public Relations Dept.
Phone: 075-541-1151

Planning Dept.
Phone: 0742-22-7771

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An Outline of the Independent
Administrative Institution
National Museum

2004
Independent Administrative Institution
National Museum Secretariat
13-9, Ueno Koen, Taito-ku, Tokyo, 110-8712
Phone: 03-3822-1111
URC: http://www.natmus.jp/