New Acquisitions 2010

For museums, the preservation and exhibition of irreplaceable cultural properties in an appropriate environment is an important task. As a national institution the Museum preserves and widely displays a collection of outstanding cultural properties, which date from ancient to modern times and represent an extensive range of genres. In addition to works of Japanese origin, the collection includes objects from regions throughout Asia which offer valuable insights into Japanese culture.

To display the collection systematically and to explore some themes in more depth, there are areas of the collection which still need to be enriched. For this reason, the Museum constantly strives to increase the number of exceptional cultural properties it preserves.

Last year saw a total of 28 cultural properties added to the Museum's collection: 4 were purchased and 24 were received as donations. Each of these objects is of remarkable importance for the study of Japanese and other Asian cultures.

This thematic exhibition features 26 objects from among the new acquisitions. We hope this exhibition will deepen understanding of this facet of the Museum's work while also communicating the vitality of cultures past.