Map of the Enoshima Highway, Katase, Ryukoji, and Enoshima, Edo period, dated 1806 (Important Cultural Property)
Japanese Gallery (Honkan) Room 15
October 28, 2014 (Tue) - December 23, 2014 (Tue)
Tokyo National Museum includes a large collection of historical objects and documents. This collection began with objects previously owned by the Edo shogunate government. From the museum's establishment in 1872 (Meiji 5) onward, the collection grew through the holding of exhibitions as well as surveys of cultural properties. This exhibition room mainly displays a wide range of historical materials. These include illustrated catalogues created for natural history research-a field of study that flourished in the Edo period (1603-1868)-old maps produced in the Edo period and Meiji era (1868-1912), as well as illustrations and documents on diverse subjects such as the practices of the imperial court and warrior families, annual events, customs, Japanese literature, and medicine. In addition, there is a vast collection of old photographs from the end of the Edo period and Meiji era onward. Some of these photographs are introduced in this exhibition room to show aspects of former times, such as exhibitions, sceneries, people and cultural properties.
Current exhibit includes:
Onchi Catalogue (Decorative art designs for expositions), Fourth Compilation, Ceramics, By the Exposition Bureau, Meiji era, 19th century
Map of the Enoshima Highway, Katase, Ryukoji, and Enoshima, Edo period, dated 1806 (Important Cultural Property)
Front View of the Ueno Museum (Former main building of the TokyoImperial Household Museum), By Matsuzaki Shinji, Dated 1879