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Japanese Art Museums See Also: Ethnic and Regional Japanese Art Prints and Posters A large collection of fine art prints by artists including Haruyo Morita, Ando Hiroshige, Katsushika Hokusai, and others. Museums and Exhibits Japanese American National Museum Features an online collection with selected highlights from the permanent collection of more than 60,000 artifacts, documents, and photographs. The Virtual Museum of Japanese Arts Museum of traditional Japanese arts, includes fine arts, crafts, performing arts, martial arts, and more. Tokyo National Museum Art objects, historical documents, and archaeological objects of Japan as well as East Asia and other parts of Asia. Kyoto National Museum Ceramics, sculpture, paintings, calligraphy, metalwork, more. The masterworks section contains both good enlargements and good explanatory text. Asia Society Virtual exhibition of more than 25 objects in the collection. Freer and Sackler Galleries Japanese collection of over 11,000 objects ranging from 2,500 B.C.E. to present, primarily 8th -19th century. Nature of the Beast An online exhibit from the Pacific Asia Museum, explores animals and nature in Japanese paintings and prints, includes over 40 images plus essays and teacher resources. The Floating World of Ukiyo-e: Shadows, Dreams, and Substance An exhibition from the Library of Congress that includes early masters from the 17th to the 19th centuries as well as related works from both Japanese and Western artists of the 20th century. On the Cutting Edge: Contemporary Japanese Prints An online exhibition from the Library of Congress featuring contemporary Japanese prints from the College Women's Association of Japan. Museum of Fine Arts, Boston   Art of the Japanese Postcard   Japanese Postcard History   Views of Japan in Japanese Postcards   Japanese Postcard Highlights   Japanese Arms and Armor   Luxuries from Japan VMFA: Two Views of Kabuki An online exhibition presented by the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, compares ukiyo-e prints depicting a kabuki play by two different artists. LACMA: Japanese Art Explore works in the collection in these online exhibtions.   Japanese Prints: Edo/Tokyo   Faces of Battle: Japanese Prints from the Permanent Collection   Japanese Prints: Word/ Poem/ Picture   Netsuke of the Meiji Period 1868 - 1912: Carvings in Transition   Netsuke - Urban Life Japanese Cultural Relics A virtual exhibition featuring selections from the museum's collection including paintings, books, sculpture, furniture and more, presented by The Palace Museum, Beijing. Hiroshige's One Hundred Famous Views of Edo An online exhibition from the Brooklyn Museum, includes 118 woodblock prints featuring mid-nineteenth-century landscapes and genre scenes of Tokyo. Resources WebMuseum: Japanese Art and Architecture Works of art produced in Japan from around the 10th millennium BC, to the present. Viewing Japanese Prints A collection of illustrated essays on traditional and modern Japanese woodblock prints, topics include techniques, designs, and artists. Art History Resources on the Web List of links to Japanese art resources on the web. Japanese Art and Western influence Objects of Japanese art and craft that were made with influence of Western culture. Michi Online Magazine, links, and resources for everyone interested in Japanese arts, culture, and meditation, from aikido to Zen. Ukiyo-e Pictures of the floating world, several galleries, a FAQ and extensive links. Wikipedia: Japanese Art Includes the history of Japanese art, performing arts, artists and more.

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