Collections

The TNM Collection

View approximately 600 outstanding works owned by the Tokyo National Museum in fields such as paintings, calligraphy, sculpture, decorative arts, and archaeology. Works can be scrolled in lists by type or on current display, or searched by artist or region.

ColBase

ColBase is a database containing the collections of the National Institutes for Cultural Heritage, Japan. It encompasses the four National Museums in Tokyo, Kyoto, Nara, and Kyushu, the two National Research Institutes for Cultural Properties in Tokyo and Nara, and the Museum of the Imperial Collections, Sannomaru Shozokan. It offers downloadable images and descriptions in multiple languages (Japanese, English, Chinese, and Korean).

e-Museum

e-Museum contains high-definition images and descriptions in Japanese, English, Chinese, and Korean of the National Treasures and Important Cultural Properties held by the National Institutes for Cultural Heritage. These items are housed at the Tokyo National Museum, Kyoto National Museum, Nara National Museum, Kyushu National Museum, and the Nara National Research Institute for Cultural Properties.

Image Search

Image data for cultural properties owned by the museum whose copyrights have expired are accessible to the public.

Digital Library

Browse and view a wide variety of digitized publications and materials in the collection of Tokyo National Museum. The database includes Japanese, Chinese, and Western books.

List of Academic Databases

Search for specific data by theme, such as historical maps or photographs, in our database of research and study activities conducted by the museum.

About Google Arts & Culture

Through Google Arts & Culture, masterpieces from the TNM collection such as the National Treasures Maple Viewers and Fugen Bosatsu (Samantabhadra) can be seen as high-resolution images along with Street View images of the Honkan and the Gallery of Horyuji Treasures.