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POMPEII

Pompeii, a city of the Roman Empire, was swallowed by ash and pumice when Mount Vesuvius near Naples erupted violently in 79 AD. The excavation of Pompeii began in the 18th century and continues to this day. This exhibition presents masterpieces of mural painting, sculpture, and decorative arts, alongside tableware, kitchen tools, and other implements of daily life.

TEWAZA: Recreating Ryukyuan Handicraft Culture

Between 2015 and 2020, the Okinawa Prefectural Museum & Art Museum spearheaded a project to create reproductions of sixty-five objects that encapsulate the culture of the Ryukyu Kingdom. In presenting a selection of their re-creations here, we hope to bring the aesthetic world of the Ryukyuan people into modern day, and, in doing so, highlight the connections between Okinawa’s heritage and its future.

14 Dynasties and a Region: The History and Culture of the Muslim World: The Collection of the Islamic Arts Museum Malaysia

This special thematic exhibition does not limit its scope to a particular nation or region, but instead features Islamic art from all over the world.

New Year's Celebration at the Tokyo National Museum

2022 is the Year of the Tiger. To celebrate the New Year, we will hold a thematic exhibition featuring works of art with tiger motifs, display selected masterpieces, and more.Have a wonderful start to the New Year at the Tokyo National Museum!

Tokyo National Museum’s 150th Anniversary Website

Admiration of Ceramics from South China in Japan

This exhibition looks at the allure of ceramics from South China and explores how they influenced the aesthetic tastes of people in Japan.

New Year's Celebration at Tokyo National Museum: The Year of the Tiger and TNM's 150th Anniversary

Tigers can be found in art throughout Asia. Here we’ll explore how people imagined and depicted them, and what kind of symbolic meaning they had.

Commemorating the 700th Anniversary of His Death Tradition and Revival: Zhao Mengfu and His Times

This exhibition introduces Zhao Mengfu’s art through four chapters: 1) Painting and Calligraphy before Zhao Mengfu, 2) Zhao Mengfu and Yuan-Dynasty Calligraphy, 3) Paintings of the Yuan Dynasty, and 4) Zhao’s Reception in the Ming Dynasty.

VR program ”Pine Trees: Tōhaku’s Masterpiece in Ink ”

Like a samurai warlord proclaiming a new era after his conquest, the artist Hasegawa Tōhaku proclaimed a new era with his brush. Tōhaku’s ink painting Pine Trees is an enchanting masterpiece that remains shrouded in mystery.