Map of Kyushu, Large scale, No. 6 (detail), By Ino Tadataka, Edo period, 19th century (Important Cultural Property)
Japanese Gallery (Honkan) Room 15
March 20, 2018 (Tue) - May 13, 2018 (Sun)
The Tokyo National Museum holds many artworks and other materials that shine light on history, with the foundation of this collection consisting of materials inherited from the shogun’s government of the Edo period (1603–1868). From the time of the Museum’s establishment in 1872, this foundation was supplemented with additional materials collected through exhibitions and surveys of cultural properties. This gallery displays albums of natural science, a discipline that thrived in the Edo period, maps created in the Edo period and the following Meiji era, ink rubbings of calligraphy inscribed into stone and metal, and a variety of other historical materials. In addition, photographs from the late 19th and early 20th century, which show the people and scenery of the day, as well as expositions and cultural properties, are also shown periodically.
Current exhibit includes:
Map of Kyushu, Large scale, No. 6, By Ino Tadataka, Edo period, 19th century (Important Cultural Property)
Album of Birds: Waterbirds 1, Compiled by Hotta Masa'atsu, Copy: Edo period, 18th-19th century
Map of the Nakasendo Highway, Itabashi, Warabi, Urawa, Omiya, Ageo, Okegawa and Konosu, Edo period, dated 1806 (Important Cultural Property)
Takeuchi Yasunori, Photograph of the Bunkyu Mission to Europe, By Robillard, Edo period, dated 1862
Fukuchi Gen'ichiro, Photograph of the Bunkyu Mission to Europe, By Robillard, Edo period, dated 1862
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