Tokyo National Museum 150th Anniversary Special Thematic Exhibition Experience Japanese Art through Digital Technology Museum of the Future
Here, visitors can live out their dreams by engaging with art as they always wished they could. In these galleries, the limits of the impossible give way to the power of the imagination.
Colossal screens bring visitors face-to-face with larger-than-life paintings and let them stroll through an ancient temple halls. Visitors can shiver and sweat through the four seasons depicted on folding screens or use handheld lights to illuminate the mysteries of Buddhist statues. In this museum, state-of-the-art digital technology and high-resolution facsimiles revolutionize the way visitors experience Japanese art.
Organizer: NHK In this gallery, you can transcend the bounds of time and space to experience the wonder of cultural properties in new ways like 8K video technology. Enter the Hall of Dreams at Hōryūji Temple in distant Nara to view the hidden Buddhist statue within, or immerse yourself in the hustle and bustle of Kyoto 400 years ago, as painted in the National Treasure Scenes in and around Kyoto (Funaki Version). With the Sponsorship of: Canon Inc. The Museum of the Future's second gallery presents "Through the Four Seasons: High-Resolution Facsimiles of Folding Screens." In this gallery, visitors are invited to view, experience, and appreciate scenes of the four seasons reproduced on folding screens using projection mapping and high-resolution facsimiles. With the Sponsorship of: SHARP CORPORATION Have you ever wanted to hold a legendary tea bowl in your hand? Or use a light to study the details of a Buddhist statue? Many people probably wish they could do those things, and it would be wonderful if museums could let them. Today, those dreams really can come true thanks to applications using high-resolution 8K images and interactive controllers. All works of art belong to the collection of the Tokyo National Museum.Highlights of
the ExhibitionFirst Gallery (Room T5, Japanese Gallery) Beyond Time and Space in 8K
Second Gallery (Room T3, Japanese Gallery) Through the Four Seasons: High-Resolution Facsimiles of Folding Screens
Try to put yourself in the shoes of the people who made, used, and passed down these folding screens as you imagine the sounds, spaces, and scenes existing within and around them.
Third Gallery (Entrance, Asian Gallery) Dreams to Reality with 8K
*A queue numbering system is used to alleviate congestion. Depending on the level of congestion, we may finish issuing numbered tickets even during the Museum’s opening hours.
See the Featured Japanese Artworks
See the Featured
Japanese artworks
at the Tokyo National Museum!
in the Museum of the Future are on display
Scenes in and around Kyoto (Funaki Version)By Iwasa Matabei
Edo period, 17th centuryHeiseikan 2F (Special Exhibition)*
November 15 ―December 11, 2022
Clay Figurine (Dogū) with Goggle-Like EyesFound in Tsugaru City, Aomori
Jōmon period, 1000-400 BCHeiseikan 2F (Special Exhibition)*
October 18 ―December 11, 2022
Armor (Dōmaru) with "Eurasian Jay" Lacing, Red at the TopMuromachi period, 15th century
October 18 ―December 11, 2022
Noh Mask: Ko'omoteWith branded mark "Tenkaichi Kawachi"
Formerly owned by the Konparu troupe
Edo period, 17th centuryRoom 9,Japanese Gallery 2F
October 25 ―December 25, 2022
Amusements under the BlossomsBy Kanō Naganobu
Edo period, 17th centuryHeiseikan 2F (Special Exhibition)*
October 18 ―November 13, 2022
Cooling OffBy Kusumi Morikage
Edo period, 17th centuryHeiseikan 2F (Special Exhibition)*
October 18 ―November 13, 2022
Viewing Maple LeavesBy Kanō Hideyori
Muromachi-Azuchi-Momoyama period, 16th centuryHeiseikan 2F (Special Exhibition)*
November 29 ―December 11, 2022
Pine ForestBy Hasegawa Tōhaku
Azuchi-Momoyama period, 16th centuryHeiseikan 2F (Special Exhibition)*
October 18 ―October 30, 2022
Tea Bowl, Named "Uraku Ido"Joseon dynasty, 16th century
Heiseikan 2F (Special Exhibition)*
October 18 ―December 11, 2022
Azuchi-Momoyama-Edo period, 16th-17th century
Heiseikan 2F (Special Exhibition)*
October 18 ―December 11, 2022
Studio of Chōjirō; Raku ware, Black Raku type
Azuchi-Momoyama period, 16th centuryRoom 4, Japanese Gallery 2F
November 22, 2022 ―February 12, 2023
BodhisattvaKamakura period, 13th century
Room 11, Japanese Gallery 1F
―December 25, 2022
The Eleven-Headed Bodhisattva KannonTang dynasty, 7th century
Room 11, Japanese Gallery 1F
―December 25, 2022
Kushan dynasty, 2nd century
Room 3, Asian Gallery 2F
―July 2, 2023
* Entry to the special exhibition (Tokyo National Museum: Its History and National Treasures) requires a package ticket that is priced separately.
Special Movies
General Information
First Gallery (Room T5, Japanese Gallery) ／ Beyond Time and Space in 8K
Second Gallery (Room T3, Japanese Gallery) ／ Through the Four Seasons: High-Resolution Facsimiles of Folding Screens
Third Gallery (Entrance, Asian Gallery) ／ Dreams to Reality with 8K
*Exhibition and museum days and hours of operation, means of museum access, and other particulars may change depending on circumstance. Please check the exhibition web page for details.
University Students: 500 yen
High/Junior High/Elementary School Students and persons under 18 and over 70: Free
* Special exhibitions require a separate ticketing procedure.