KAB Events - National Museum of Ethnology

National Museum of Ethnology - Past Events

Below is a list of all past events for National Museum of Ethnology. Current and upcoming events, as well as other details, are available on the venue's page.

A Tower of the Sun Collection: Expo ’70 Ethnological Mission
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- Media: Sculpture - Product - Crafts
- 2018-03-08 - 2018-05-29
Presenting photographs, documents, and other materials from ethnological missions conducted around the world from 1968 through 1969 by the Japan Expo World Ethnological Survey Group. More »
From the Fieldsites of the World to Minpaku
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- Media: Photography
- 2017-11-09 - 2017-12-26
This photography exhibition marking the 40th anniversary of the National Museum of Ethnography (Minpaku) presents photographs, documents, and other materials from ethnographic fieldsites around the world,...More »
Revisiting Siebold’s Japan Museum
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- Media: Painting - Sculpture - Fashion
- 2017-08-10 - 2017-10-10
German physician and natural historian Philipp Franz Balthasar von Siebold visited Japan during the 19th century (the Edo-Period), gathering up a vast collection of resources related to the natural environment...More »
Special Exhibition: Beads in the World
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- Media: Crafts
- 2017-03-09 - 2017-06-06
Discover a world of beads made not only from glass, stone and shells, but from animals’ teeth and insects’ feathers, in an exhibition that celebrates the creation and decoration of beaded accessories.More »
Ainu Exhibition: Chiashirakara! Winter Minpaku Forum 2017
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- Media: Crafts
- 2016-12-03 - 2017-02-19
Through a series of events this reboot of the Chiashirikara! Ainu exhibition introduces the people continuing Ainu traditions while creating new culture.More »
Special Exhibition: Amazing Show Tents in Japan
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- Media: Painting - Nihonga - Crafts
- 2016-09-08 - 2016-11-29
From temple festivals to city shows drawing captivated crowds, Japan has a long history of many kinds of public spectacles, from handicraft fairs to juggling and acrobatics to animal performances. This...More »
Shung Ye Museum of Formosan Aborigines Collection: Student Poster Design Exhibition “Images of Taiwan’s Indigenous People”
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- Media: Graphics
- 2016-08-04 - 2016-10-04
Presenting works from a student poster design contest held by the National Museum of Ethnology and Taiwan’s Shung Ye Museum of Formosan Aborigines annually since 2006. These posters portray the history...More »
One Road: The World of Contemporary Aborigine Art
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- Media: Painting
- 2016-06-09 - 2016-07-19
In the desert of Western Australia, there is a single road that stretches for 1,850 kilometers. As the world’s longest pastoral road, it has also been the site of many interactions between aboriginal and...More »
Ishuretsuzo, the Image of Ezo: Tracing Persons, Things and the World
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- Media: Painting - Crafts
- 2016-02-25 - 2016-05-10
“Ishuretsuzo”, a series of twelve portraits of leading Ainu figures clothed in vivid, elaborately-decorated traditional fabric, was painted in 1790 by samurai and artist Hakyo Kakizaki of the Matsumae...More »
Food Culture in Korea and Japan: The Tastes of Nanum and Omotenashi
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- 2015-08-27 - 2015-11-10
Organised with the National Folk Museum of Korea, South Korea and Japan celebrate 50 years of diplomatic relations with this food-related exhibition. In order to compare the history of Korean food culture...More »
Ancient Rock Art of the Amur River Basin: A Sacred Place of the Indigenous People, Sikachi Alyan
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- Media: Photography - Painting - Crafts
- 2015-05-21 - 2015-07-21
This exhibition introduces Sikachi-Alyan, a small Nanai village of indigenous people on the bank of the Amur river in the Khabarovsk Krai area of Russia, through rock rubbings and photographs of existing...More »
New Year Exhibition Event - Sheep
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- Media: Product - Crafts
- 2014-12-11 - 2015-01-27
WIth 2015 as the Year of Sheep/Ram/Goat in Chinese Zodiac, this exhibition presents materials, photo panels, and film works on the theme of “Sheep”.More »
The Power of Images—The National Museum of Ethnology Collection
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- Media: Sculpture
- 2014-09-11 - 2014-12-09
The exhibition “The Power of Images—The National Museum of Ethnology Collection” shown at The National Art Center, Tokyo returns to Osaka’s National Museum of Ethnology. Humans have produced a variety...More »
Minpaku Toy Expo— The “Toys of the Ages” Collection: An Osaka-Designated Tangible Folk Culture Asset
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- Media: Crafts
- 2014-05-15 - 2014-08-05
This collection started in 1975 paints a full picture of the history of Japanese toys from the Edo period onward. The toys are divided into four categories representing their respective eras: tin toys,...More »
Shibusawa Keizo Memorial Project: Attic Museum
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- Media: Talks
- 2013-09-19 - 2013-12-03
Keizo Shibusawa, the Finance Minister responsible for rebuilding Japan after the War, was also a researcher and patron of folklore studies. Through fascinating displays of folk craft and objects, this...More »
The History and Culture of Taiwan’s Heiho Peple
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- Media: Talks
- 2013-09-12 - 2013-11-26
The purpose of the growing democratization of Taiwan since the 1980s has not only been political fairness, but the creation of a society in which diverse ethnic groups can live together. Once called the...More »
Weapon Art and Peacebuilding in Mozambique
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- Media: Photography - Sculpture - Installation
- 2013-07-11 - 2013-11-05
This exhibition is the culmination of peace-building activities in Mozambique involving turning weapons, which remain in great numbers following years of civil war, into works of art.More »
Wildlife Culture of the Amazon
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- Media: Crafts - Talks
- 2013-05-23 - 2013-08-13
An exhibition on the the rich culture of the world’s largest rainforest, in particular that surrounding its abundant wildlife. How do Amazonian tribespeople tame wild animals? How is it that they can both...More »
"Exploring Latin America: Early Archaeological and Anthropological Field Research" Exhibition
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- Media: Photography
- 2008-04-24 - 2008-09-23
This exhibition will introduce through photographs the late nineteenth and early twentieth century Latin America excavations of four European and American archaeologists and ethnologists. *Exhibiting...More »
"Observation of China" Exhibition
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- Media: Painting - Ceramics
- 2008-03-13 - 2008-06-03
*For more information please visit the URL below.More »
Art Lecture "Glass Painting from Senegal"
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- Media: Talks
- 2008-01-26 - 2008-01-26
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Art Lecture: A Shape of Glory from the Japanese Cultural Exhibition
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- Media: Talks
- 2008-01-20 - 2008-01-20
*For more information please visit the URL below. [Image: From the exhibition "Festivals and Performing Arts"]More »
"Mouse" Exhibition
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- Media: Photography - Video and Film
- 2007-12-20 - 2008-01-29
The exhibition introduces references, photographs, films and panels that focus on the mouse, the Chinese zodiac for 2008. The displayed items have been collected from all over the world. In addition, events...More »
"Vaka Moana, The Untold Story of the World's Greatest Exploration" Exhibition
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- 2007-09-13 - 2007-12-11
"Collecting the World: Minpaku Collection Selected by Researchers" Exhibition
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- 2007-07-26 - 2008-03-04
The National Museum of Ethnology (Minpaku) possesses approximately 265,000 artifacts. In this exhibition, the 56 researchers at Minpaku have each selected one piece and created text and referential photographs...More »
"Pilgrimage to the Holy Land -The Journey to Finding 'Self'" Exhibition
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- Media: Video and Film
- 2007-03-15 - 2007-06-05
In the world, there are many pilgrimage sites. Why do people pay pilgrimages? What do people do during a pilgrimage? The exhibition explores these questions and will look for the answers through anthropological...More »