※Copying may not be possible due to the condition of the original material

Charge: ￥30 for monochrome and ￥100 for color

Hours 9：30 －17：00
Counter hours 9：30 －16：00※Forrequestingmaterialsandapplyingforcopies

ClosedSaturdays, Sundays, national holidays, the last day of themonth (or the preceding day if the last day is a Saturday,Sunday, or national holiday), and the year-end holidays.

・Photocopying ※Up to 25 photocopies can be requested at a time up to a

※The Center may be closed at other times and its hours aredifferent from the Museum's.

maximum of 100 per day・Electronic copying using a microfilm reader-printer※Monochrome only

Access

JR Line: 10 minutes' walk from Ueno or Uguisudani Station;Ginza or Hibiya Tokyo Metro Line: 15 minutes' walk fromUeno Station; Chiyoda Tokyo Metro Line: 15 minutes' walkfrom Nezu Station; Keisei Line: 15 minutes' walk fromKeisei Ueno Station

・Printing out electronic information

Copying documents using the Inter-Library
Loans (ILL) system
Charge: 60 yen for monochrome and 200 yen for color
This service enables users to order copies of documents in theResearch and Information Center's collection through libraries. Theservice is available through public libraries and the libraries ofuniversities and research institutions.
※The original books/magazines, etc. cannot be loaned※Copies cannot be send directly to individuals.

The University Art Museum,
Tokyo University of the Arts
Ueno Zoo
Tokyo Metropolitan
Art Museum

Shinobazu
Pond

Ueno Park Fountain
National Museum of
Nature and Science

Keisei Ueno
StationReference services

Tokyo MetroNezu Station

West Exit

TokyoNational
MuseumMain Gate

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A copying service is provided within the bounds of the copyright law.
Please apply at the reference counter.

JR th Exit
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Sta uisudantion iCopy service

National Museum ofWestern Art

Tokyo BunkaKaikan

Park Exit

JR Ueno Station

If you have any questions about how to search for materials, pleaseask at the reference counter.

Rules・Bags cannot be taken inside. Please use the lockers. Plastic bags
are available upon request.
・Please handle the materials carefully and use pencils only for writing.
・Eating or drinking is not allowed in the reading room.
・Smoking is not allowed in the Research and Information Center.
・Please ensure you do not disturb other visitors.

Tokyo Metro Ueno Station
Please use the West Gate if you are visiting the Research and Information Center only → ⃝⃝⃝⃝⃝
Please use the Main Gate if you are visiting the Museum as well at the Research and Information
Center → ⃝⃝⃝⃝⃝Heiseikan

WestGate
Research andInformation
CenterJapanese Gallery(Honkan)

Hyokeikan

Asian Gallery(Toyokan)

The Gallery ofHoryuji Treasures
Main Gate
Reference counter

Inquiries

Reference Counter, Research andInformation Center, Tokyo National Museum

Entrance to the reading room

13-9 Ueno Park, Taito-ku, Tokyo, 110-8712
TEL：03-3822-1111 (Ext. 2324 or 2325)
FAX：03-3822-1116
URL：https://www.tnm.jp/2022.2

Tokyo National Museum

Research andInformation
CenterVisitor's Guide

OutlineTokyo National Museum's Research andInformation Center opened to the public in
1984. Its holdings include books, journals,
photographs, and other resources forconducting research on the arts, history, andarcheology of Asia. The Center is open to
everyone regardless of affiliation.
We have been acquiring books and journals
since the founding of Tokyo National Museumin 1872. Our holdings include over 260,000
books and 7,000 journal series, including
exhibition catalogues,archaeological surveys, and publications inJapanese, Chinese, and Western languages.
Our photographic archive includes 410,000
negatives and digital images of culturalproperties, predominantly those in theMuseum's collection. Our reading room has
photographs arranged in cabinets, andcomputers for browsing digital images ofcultural properties. Digital images of theMuseum's collection are also viewable online.
Some of our rare books are viewable throughthe Digital Library.
We have a copying service for books,
journals, and digital images required forstudy, research, or publication.
As of 2021, our holdings include about
40,000 publications in Chinese or Korean, andabout 15,000 in Western languages. These
include periodicals and exhibition catalogues,
as well as specialized books on the arts andarchaeology of East Asia acquired throughexchanges with museums, galleries, andresearch institutions outside of Japan.
Our holdings also include 19th-century
publications formerly owned by private
schools or the shogunate in Edo (now Tokyo).
Comprising valuable works on natural history
and medicine, these publications wereinherited from an academic institution
founded by the Meiji government.

General books

Journals

Large catalogues
Audio-visualmaterials

Periodical “Arts of Japan”

PhotocopierTokyo National Museum
exhibition catalogues

Rare Books (Prior Application Required)
Prior application is required for some books listed on OPAC, asindicated on the Books/Magazines Detailed Information screen.
These books can be read in the special reading room.

Reference computers

Audio-Visual Materials
Resources such as videos and DVDs are available in the readingroom's audio-visual area.

Chinese/Korean-language
books※Some rare books and materials are available in the digital library.

New journals

Referencecomputers

Newbooks

Research and Information Center Image SearchNew
catalogues

You can also search for images of cultural properties outside of theMuseum's collection. This service is only available within theResearch and Information Center.

Online Image Search

Reference counter
Select materials

Referencebooks

Special readingroom

Digital images of some of the Japanese-, Chinese-, andWestern-language books in the Museum's collection are available
for viewing.
https://webarchives.tnm.jp/dlib/

Digital Archive of the Siebold Book Collection

You can access images of Tokyo National Museum's collection ofnatural history albums, seal albums, maps, documents, texts on
international exchanges, copies of temple and shrine treasuresrelated to the Kobikichō Kano family, and documents connected tothe Itaya family.
https://webarchives.tnm.jp/database

Using our images

National Diet Library digitized contents
transmission service

Digitized images are available for loan (fees apply). Images areavailable at no charge provided they are used for non-commercial
purposes and certain conditions are met. Please read“Regarding
the Usage of Digital Content”for details.
https://www.tnm.jp/modules/r_free_page/index.php?id=1841

Some materials at the National Diet Library are out of print and may
be difficult to obtain. Digitized versions are viewable on computersin the Research and Information Center and may be copied, copyright law permitting. Registration is required, so please bring an ID
the first time you use this service.
Reading room

Digital LibraryDigital Research Archives Database

Eastexit

Reading room

You can search for images (around 112,000 as of March 2017) ofcultural properties in the Museum's collection.
https://webarchives.tnm.jp/imgsearch/

The Research and Information Center has a collection of Westernbooks that the German physician and zoologist Philipp Franz vonSiebold owned during his trip to Japan. You can view a list of the760 books in the Catalogue of the Library Brought to Japan by
F. Siebold alongside digital images (186 as of July 2018) of relatedmaterials in the Museum's collection.
https://webarchives.tnm.jp/infolib/meta_pub/G0000002150406SB

Microﬁlm
reader/printer
PCs

・Art Library Cross SearchBook information from multiple galleries and museums can becross searched.
https://alc.opac.jp/search/all/

Image SearchLockers

Book search (OPAC)

Publications related to special exhibitions

Entrance

Ukiyo-e cards

Publications related to Tokyo National Museum

DNP imagearchive counterColor
photographs

e-Museum

Materials in the book vault can be retrieved on request. Please print
a“retrieval request ticket”using a reference computer in thereading room and submit it at the reference counter. You can request
up to five books at a time.

PCs and monitors foraudio-visual materials

Closed-stack books, etc.

Black and whitephotographs

About 280,000 color and black-and-white photographs are arranged bygenre and era in cabinets in the reading room. Please feel free tobrowse these cabinets. Please return the photographs to the reference
counter when you are finished.

Newsletters

Reference books, general books, large catalogues, journal backnumbers, and printed works/recent materials related to Tokyo
National Museum (books, magazines, and exhibition catalogues)
are arranged on open stacks in the reading room.

Brownie [B][Mc]Large printed photographs

Photographs of the Tokyo
Imperial Household Museum

Open-stack books, etc.

・OPAC (book search)
There are four reference computers in the reading room that canalso be used to browse images. OPAC is available online.
https://webopac.tnm.jp/Photographs

Research and Information Center Reading Room

Large printed photographs(publications, etc.)

Using our books
Books, etc. are not available for loan and can only be viewed within
the Research and Information Center.

Inquiries about image use

Reference computers

Research and Information Center image search

Image Archive Counter, Research and Information Center, Tokyo
National Museum
TEL：03-3822-1212 FAX：03-3822-1358