NDL Gallery Exhibitions
Exhibitions of 10 to 20 materials are held at the National Diet Library Gallery, located between the Annex and the main building of the Tokyo Main Library. The same themes are also available as digital content.
Open : Supporting my fave
Date : From Feburuary 22, 2024 (Thu.) to April 16, 2024 (Tue.)
Please see the page for information on hours of operation, days closed, and how to enter the Tokyo Main Library.
Digital Contents
Past Gallery Exhibitions
| Themes | Date | Digital contents |
|---|---|---|
| Tales of Genji and Genji-e | December 21, 2023 - February 20, 2024 | Tales of Genji and Genji-e |
| Accessibility Changing "The Shape of Reading" | November 16 - December 19, 2023 | － |
| Small Autumn | September 21 - November 14, 2023 | NDL Image Bank "Small Autumn" NDL Image Bank "autumn-leaf viewing" |
| The Great Kanto Earthquake as told by documents | August 17 - September 19, 2023 | The Great Kanto Earthquake as told by documents |
| Botany in the Early Days and MAKINO Tomitaro | July 20 - August 15, 2023 | Botany in the Early Days and MAKINO Tomitaro |
| Plant Hunting and Botanical Painting | June 22 - July 18, 2023 | Plant Hunting and Botanical Painting |
| NINJA —in fiction and in reality | April 20 - June 20, 2023 | Kaleidoscope of Books "NINJA —in fiction and in reality” |
| NDL Image Bank | March 16 - April 18, 2023 | NDL Image Bank |
| Cats | February 16 - March 14, 2023 | Cats |
| Fugaku hyakkei (One hundred views of Mt. Fuji in books) | January 5 - February 14, 2023 | NDL Image Bank "Mt. Fuji" |
| Guide to Foreign Languages ―Dictionaries of the Bakumatsu-Meiji Period― | October 20 - December 20, 2022 | Guide to Foreign Languages ―Dictionaries of the Bakumatsu-Meiji Period― |
| Commemorating the 150th Anniversary of the Railroad | September 22 - October 18, 2022 | Kaleidoscope of Books No.32 "How railways changed the way we live" |
| 150 Years of the School System ―Elementary School Textbooks and Educational Nishiki-e of the Meiji period― | August 18 - September 20, 2022 | 150 Years of the School System ―Elementary School Textbooks and Educational Nishiki-e of the Meiji period― |
| 150 Years of the School System ―Schools start― | July 21 - August 16, 2022 | 150 Years of the School System ―Schools start― |
| Maps of the Edo Period in the Digital Collection | June 16 - July 19, 2022 | Maps of the Edo Period in the Digital Collection - Japan Search |
| The Story of the Birth of the Museum and Library | May 19 - June 14, 2022 | The Story of the Birth of the Museum and Library |
| MIZUNO Toshikata | April 21 - May 17, 2022 | MIZUNO Toshikata and Ukiyo-e of the Meiji period - Japan Search |
| Cherry blossoms | March 17 - April 19, 2022 | NDL Image Bank "love cherry blossoms" |
| Portraits of Modern Japanese Historical Figures | February 17 - March 15, 2022 | Digital exhibition "Portraits of Modern Japanese Historical Figures" |
| Catching, selling, and eating fish in the Edo era | January 20 - February 15, 2022 | Kaleidoscope of Books No.30 "Catching, selling, and eating fish in the Edo era" |
| Christmas and New Year on Dejima | December 16, 2021 - January 18, 2022 | Christmas and New Year on Dejima |
| From Edo to Tokyo | October 21 - December 14, 2021 | From Edo to Tokyo - Japan Search |
| Mushrooms | September 16 - October 19, 2021 | National Diet Library Gallery "Mushrooms" - Japan Search |
| Summer in Edo | August 19 - September 14, 2021 | Summer in Edo - Japan Search |
| Past and present of cosmetics: Makeup from the Edo period to the Showa era | July 24 - August 17, 2021 | Kaleidoscope of Books No.29 "Past and present of cosmetics: Makeup from the Edo period to the Showa era" |
| The World of Diary | June 17 - July 22, 2021 | Digital exhibition "the World of Diary" |
| Landscape prints | May 20 - June 15, 2021 | Landscape prints in the Meiji, Taisho and Showa periods - Japan Search |
| Books not commercially available | April 21 - May 18, 2021 | （National Diet Library Monthly Bulletin"Books not commercially available"） |
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For the former permanent exhibition that was held from 1990 to 2008, please click here.
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