Now/Upcoming Exhibitions

Current

2025.10.11–12.14

Plants and Crafts
in the Cycles of Life

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Other venues [domestic]

Current

2025.10.10–12.7

[Venue: Tokyo National Museum]
The Colors and Metalwork of Nikko
Revealing the mystery behind the architectural beauty of its shrines and temples

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Past Exhibitions

2025.5.24 - 2025.6.29

The 20th Exhibition of Traditional Wood and Bamboo Works
(The 4th Kobe Exhibition)

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2025.3.8 - 2025.5.11

40th Anniversary Exhibition
The Anatomy of Tategu
The Work of Traditional Japanese Joinery Revealed

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2024.9.14 - 2024.12.15

40th Anniversary Exhibition
The Colors and Metalwork of Nikko
Revealing the mystery behind the architectural beauty of its shrines and temples

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2024.8.24 - 2024.9.8

The 14th Sit and Compare: The One-Chair Exhibition + 2024 special exhibition
CHAIR DESIGN Chair Design
Creation x Search behind the scenes
Hyogo Wooden Chair and Yuichi Hamada 1/5 scale masterpiece chair world

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2024.3.2 - 2024.5.19

Building a Plane: Establishment and Development of a Daiya in Tokyo

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2024.1.10 - 2024.1.28

BUDDHA PRIMARY & SECONDARY SCHOOL 20TH ANNIVERSARY 2003-2023

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2023.10.18 - 2024.2.10

International Exhibition [Paris] L’art des Charpentiers japonais

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2023.9.30 - 2023.12.3

Inami Sculpture: Carving a Story

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2023.9.2 - 2023.9.18

special exhibition "The Story of a Tree"
The 13th Sit and Compare: The One-Chair Exhibition + (plus) 2023

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2023.5.13 - 2023.6.18

The 19th Traditional Crafts Wood and Bamboo Exhibition (3rd Kobe Exhibition)

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2023.3.4 - 2023.5.7

Isamu Noguchi TOOLS

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2022.10.1 - 2022.12.4

Ishii Spring Azlejo and Space

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2022.9.10 - 2022.9.25

The 12th Sit and Compare: The One-Chair Exhibition + (plus) 2022

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2022.6.19 - 2022.10.16

Overseas Exhibition [Poland] The Spirit of Trees

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2022.3.5 - 2022.5.8

Cutting swords: The thoughts of carpentry tools blacksmith

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2021.10.16 - 2021.12.12

Challenge the Master of Tenpyo: Ancient Wisdom vs Modern Technology

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2021.10.13 - 2021.11.24

Takenaka Carpentry Tools Museum Joint Exhibition of the National Museum of Nature and Science...

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2021.9.23 - 2021.10.3

The 11th Sit and Compare: The One-Chair Exhibition + (plus) 2021-6...

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2021.8.17 - 2021.10.8

Challenge the Master of Tenpyo: Ancient Wisdom vs Modern Technology [Tokyo]

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2021.7.24 - 2021.9.20

Cross-Laminated Timber: Innovation of Trees for the Future

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2021.5.15 - 2021.6.20

The 18th Traditional Crafts Wood and Bamboo Exhibition (2nd Kobe Exhibition)

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2021.2.13 - 2021.4.25

Japan seen by Philip Wise Becker: Carpenter Tools, Fresh Things, Days...

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2020.10.10 - 2020.12.13

Miyano Tetsunosuke - saw blacksmithing forged ball steel

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2020.10.2 - 2020.11.20

Philippe Weisbecker Inside Japan, Carpentry Tools, Architectures, Daily Items

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2020.9.15 - 2020.10.25

The 35th anniversary tour exhibition of the museum was divided into the wood group [Sapporo venue]

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2020.9.8 - 2020.9.22

10th Sit and Compare: The One-Chair Exhibition + (plus) 202010...

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2020.7.18 - 2020.9.6

The 35th Anniversary Tour Exhibition We divided the wood group [Hiroshima venue]

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2020.3.28 - 2020.8.30

Aino and Aruba Aalto Architecture, Design and Life Revolution Tree...

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2020.1.11 - 2020.3.1

Carpenter's Exhibition: Craftsman's Culture and Its Traditions

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2020.1.11 - 2020.4.5

The 35th Anniversary Tour Exhibition We divided the wood group [Nagoya Venue]

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2019.10.12 - 2019.12.15

35th anniversary of the opening of the museum, we divided the wood group.

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2019.9.3 - 2019.9.16

9th Sit and Compare: The One-Chair Exhibition + (plus) 2019

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2019.8.2 - 2019.9.20

The work of Kenji Suda, a living national treasure with Kiyomasa woodworking art - [Tokyo venue]

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2019.6.29 - 2019.7.28

The beauty of the Japanese seen in the tea room - opening up a new "grass"-

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2019.5.18 - 2019.6.9

The 17th Traditional Crafts Wood and Bamboo Exhibition (1st Kobe Exhibition)

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2019.3.30 - 2019.5.12

Waterwheel carpenter - Designing hydroelectric energy -

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2019.2.9 - 2019.3.17

SOMA Japanese Forests and Wooden Furniture

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2018.12.15 - 2019.1.27

Tools of Western confectionery - History of sweets to be tasted in molds -

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2018.10.6 - 2018.12.2

Building a House on the South Island - Architecture and Life in the Islands of Southeast Asia - [Kobe Venue]

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2018.9.15 - 2018.9.30

Kobe Design University and the University of Gothenburg Stennevy School of Memory and Senses...

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2018.8.28 - 2018.9.9

8th Sit and Compare: The One-Chair Exhibition + (plus) 2018

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2018.5.12 - 2018.7.16

Chochikukyo-The Wooden Modernism of Koji Fujii - Wooden Modernism Architecture of Koji Fujii -

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2018.2.24 - 2018.5.6

Japanese Architecture in Animation - From Ghibli's Three-dimensional Building Exhibition -

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2017.12.16 - 2018.2.18

Traditions and innovations in Finland - Craft Villages of Fiscals and Nikari...

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2017.10.14 - 2017.12.3

Iraka, a millennium-long roof tiles

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2017.7.4 - 2017.7.17

7th Sit and Compare: The One-Chair Exhibition + (plus) 2017

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2017.6.10 - 2017.6.25

Kobe Design University Design Soil Exhibition

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2017.4.15 - 2017.5.28

Forms of Prayer - the world of unknown architectural rituals

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2017.1.27 - 2017.3.12

Shissai Sanka - Aiko Ishimoto Urushi Art Exhibition―

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2016.11.22 - 2016.12.4

6th Sit and Compare: The One-Chair Exhibition + (plus) 2016

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2016.9.3 - 2016.11.6

Sakan plasterers's technique to reconstruct the Japanese tradition

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2016.6.3 - 2016.7.10

With Kiyomasa as the target: Woodworking art of Kenji Suda, a living national treasure

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2016.3.26 - 2016.5.22

Kobe Port 150th Anniversary Commemorative Project
Ship carpenter Sanriku Sea and Isobune

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2016.1.30 - 2016.3.13

Image of Japan - Evarett Brown Wet Sheet Photo Exhibition -

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2015.10.31 - 2015.12.27

Challenges of Modern Architecture

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2015.9.19 - 2015.10.25

Yoshifumi Nakamura & Koji Yokoyama, Tadahiko Okuda, Tomoyuki Kanazawa Architect & Furniture Master Colla...

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2015.8.17 - 2015.9.26

Tokyo Exhibition the SAKAN - Succession and Innovation -

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2015.7.7 - 2015.7.20

Miki's tools and hardware eagle

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2015.6.2 - 2015.6.14

The 5th Sit and Compare:
The One-Chair Exhibition + (plus) 2015
-Chairs born from special tools -

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2015.4.29 - 2015.5.24

Special Exhibition Chiyo Tsuruzehide - Extremely Used for Beauty -

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2015.3.21 - 2015.4.26

Special Exhibition Living with Trees - Work of Eiichi Kijiya Kogure-

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2014.11.1 - 2014.12.28

Takenaka Carpentry Tools Museum 30th Anniversary Tour Exhibition
30th Anniversary Tour Exhibition: The Skills and Mind of the Leaders of Japan, China and South Korea

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2014.1.30 - 2014.3.31

2014 Tokyo Exhibition: Evarett Brown's Remnants of Japan ...

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2014.1.15 - 2014.3.25

Overseas special exhibition
Overseas special exhibition The Thinking Hand: Tools and Traditions of Japanese Carpenter

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2013.8.6 - 2013.9.29

Planned Exhibition Plane Blacksmith -Kengo Usui's work-

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2013.4.23 - 2013.6.16

2013 Theme Exhibition in Kyoto Natural Finished Tona  

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2012.7.3 - 2012.9.30

2012 Theme Exhibition Meiji Plane-Ingenuity of Craftsmen−

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2012.7.3 - 2012.9.30

2012 Tour Exhibition
2012 Tour Exhibition Sukiya Carpenter - A master who creates beauty -
2012 Tour Exhibition

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2011.8.22 - 2011.11.27

2011 Special Exhibition
2011 Special Exhibition Roofing - Roof made of grass and wood−

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2011.5.21 - 2011.10.2

2011 Theme Exhibition of Anaya Chisel, a master craftsman of Sakuhiro

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2011.3.29 - 2011.5.15

2011 Special Exhibition of Belgian wood craftsmanship

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2010.6.16 - 2010.12.28

25th Anniversary Tour Exhibition
25th anniversary of the opening of the museum, the world of Domiya carpenters

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2010.3.21 - 2010.9.26

2010 Theme Exhibition Tools of Sculptor Shoun Sekino

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