Temporary exhibition catalogs
Temporary Exhibition
P&P Gallery
Catalog of latest temporary exhibitions
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Temporary Exhibition
The Media King of the Meiji era: Kazumasa Ogawa and Photomechanical Process
Nov. 18, 2023 (Sat) - Feb. 12, 2024 (Mon)
3,520 yen (incl. tax)
Catalogs of all temporary exhibitions held so far
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Die schönsten Deutschen Bücher 2022 / The best German book design 2022
Dec. 10, 2022 (Sat) - Apr. 9, 2023 (Sun)
SOLD OUT
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De Best Verzorgde Boeken 2021 = The Best Dutch Book Designs 2021
Dec. 10, 2022 (Sat) - Apr. 9, 2023 (Sun)
6,600 yen (incl. tax)
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MAP and PRINTING
Sep. 17, 2022 (Sat) - Dec. 11, 2022 (Sun)
3,080 yen (incl. tax)
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Die schönsten Deutschen Bücher 2021 / The best German book design 2021
Dec. 18, 2021 (Sat) - Apr. 10, 2022 (Sun)
SOLD OUT
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RENAISSANCE OF JAPANESE CLASSICS
— Exploring tradition and innovation in the literary works of the Edo and early Meiji periods.Apr. 17, 2021 (Sat) - Jul. 18, 2021 (Sun)
2,860 yen (incl. tax)
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Die schönsten Deutschen Bücher 2020 / The best German book design 2020
SOLD OUT
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Die schönsten Deutschen Bücher 2019 / The best German book design 2019
2,200 yen (incl. tax)
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Astronomy and Printing In Search of New World Vision
Oct. 20, 2018 (Sat) - Jan. 20, 2019 (Sun)
3,080 yen (incl. tax)
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90 Years of Kinderbook
— The world of children traced through pictures and songsOct. 21, 2017 (Sat) - Jan. 14, 2018 (Sun)
2,750 yen (incl. tax)
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Printing and The Samurai
Oct. 22, 2016 (Sat) - Jan. 15, 2017 (Sun)
2,546 yen (incl. tax)
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Bibliotheca Apostolica Vaticana Exhibition II
— Books, the Doors to the RenaissanceApr. 25, 2015 (Sat) - Jul. 12, 2015 (Sun)
SOLD OUT
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Between the Art and the Print-Chiossone, Fontanesi, and Japan in the Meiji
Oct. 18, 2014 (Sat) - Jan. 12, 2015 (Mon-holiday)
2,200 yen (incl. tax)
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Tokyo — The Printing capital and its role in modern Japan
Oct. 20, 2012 (Sat) - Jan. 14, 2013 (Mon-holiday)
2,200 yen (incl. tax)
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A Gift from Kukai Opening the Doors of the Archives on Mount Koya
Apr. 23, 2011 (Sat) - Jul. 18, 2011 (Mon-holiday)
SOLD OUT
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Textbooks That Supported Modern Education in Japan
Textbooks from the Tosho Bunko and Printing Museum CollectionsJul. 18, 2009 (Sat) - Oct. 12, 2009 (Mon-holiday)
2,750 yen (incl. tax)
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The Birth of a Million Seller
Magazines as media in the Meiji-Taisho eraSep. 20, 2008 (Sat) - Dec. 7, 2008 (Sun)
2,975 yen (incl. tax)
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1950s Japan: The Blossoming of the Graphic Designer
Apr. 19, 2008 (Sat) - Jul. 6, 2008 (Sun)
3,080 yen (incl. tax)
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ENCYCLOPEDIA
— An Illustrated Cornucopia: Natural History Pictorials and EncyclopediasSep. 22, 2007 (Sat) - Dec. 9, 2007 (Sun)
2,200 yen (incl. tax)
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Lithographic Expression
Making Beauty
— Early Japanese Lithographic PostersApr. 7, 2007 (Sat) - Jun. 3, 2007 (Sun)
2,095 yen (incl. tax)
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Lithographic Expression
War and ImageJan. 20, 2007 (Sat) - Mar. 25, 2007 (Sun)
2,200 yen (incl. tax)
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The Dawn of Modern Printing
Stanhope and the Industrial RevolutionOct. 14, 2006 (Sat) - Jan. 10, 2007 (Wed)
1,870 yen (incl. tax)
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The Bicentennial Year of the H.C.Andersen Birthday
Feb. 1, 2006 (Wed) - Apr. 3, 2006 (Mon)
2,200 yen (incl. tax)
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Golden Age of Printing: From the Collection of the Plantin-Moretus Museum
Apr. 23, 2005 (Sat) - Jul. 31, 2005 (Sun)
3,300 yen (incl. tax)
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The Opening of Japan, the 150th Anniversary
Seeing and Seen: Variations in Depiction between Japan and Foreign LandsSep. 11, 2004 (Sat) - Dec. 12, 2004 (Sun)
2,200 yen (incl. tax)
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The Dawn of Japanese Movable Type
— Shozo Motoki's Modern WorldOct. 7, 2003 (Tue) - Feb. 13, 2004 (Fri)
3,300 yen (incl. tax)
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The Origins of BOOK DESIGN
— Josef Čapek and Czech Avant-gardeJul. 26, 2003 (Sat) - Sep. 28, 2003 (Sun)
1,650 yen (incl. tax)
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1960s graphism Exhibition
Sep. 7, 2002 (Sat) - Dec. 1, 2002 (Sun)
5,280 yen (incl. tax)
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The Invention of Books
An Exhibition of Manuscripts and Incunabula in the Biblioteca Apostolica VaticanaApr. 23, 2002 (Tue) - Jul. 21, 2002 (Sun)
4,180 yen (incl. tax)
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Cinema Odyssey 2001
Movie Posters of the 20th CenturyJul. 20, 2001 (Fri-holiday) - Sep. 2, 2001 (Sun) (Round Exhibition)
SOLD OUT
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Hikifuda (handbill) Popular Art and Consumer Culture
Apr. 25, 2001 (Wed) - Jul. 12, 2001 (Thu)
SOLD OUT
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Printing in the Edo Period
— Ieyasu: Typographic ManOct. 7, 2000 (Sat) - Dec. 10, 2000 (Sun)
2,200 yen (incl. tax)
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Die schönsten Deutschen Bücher 2018 / The best German book design 2018
SOLD OUT
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Die schönsten Deutschen Bücher 2017 / The best German book design 2017
3,300 yen (incl. tax)
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Die schönsten deutschen Bücher 2016 / The best German book design
SOLD OUT
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Die schönsten deutschen Bücher 2015 / The best German book design
SOLD OUT
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Die schönsten deutschen Bücher 2014 / The best German book design
SOLD OUT
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De Best Verzorgde Boeken 2013 = The Best Dutch Book Designs2013
SOLD OUT
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Die schönsten deutschen Bücher 2013 / The best German book design
SOLD OUT
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De Best Verzorgde Boeken 2012 = The Best Dutch Book Designs2012
SOLD OUT
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Die schönsten deutschen Bücher 2012 / The best German book design
SOLD OUT
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De Best Verzorgde Boeken 2011 = The Best Dutch Book Designs2011
SOLD OUT
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Die schönsten deutschen Bücher 2010 / The best German book design
2,420 yen (incl. tax)
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Die schönsten deutschen Bücher 2010 / The best German book design(Japanese translation)
524 yen (incl. tax)
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De Best Verzorgde Boeken 2010 = The Best Dutch Book Designs2010
SOLD OUT
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Die schönsten deutschen Bücher 2009 / The best German book design
SOLD OUT
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De Best Verzorgde Boeken 2009 = The Best Dutch Book Designs2009
SOLD OUT
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Die schönsten deutschen Bücher 2008 / The best German book design
2,530 yen (incl. tax)
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Die schönsten Schweizer Bücher : Les plus beaux livres suisses : I piu bei libri svizzeri : The most beautiful Swiss books 2008 : The present issue
SOLD OUT
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De Best Verzorgde Boeken 2008 = The Best Dutch Book Designs2008
SOLD OUT
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Les plus beaux livres français 2008
SOLD OUT
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Die schönsten deutschen Bücher 2007 / The best German book design
2,640 yen (incl. tax)
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Nejkrásnější České knihy roku 2007 : The most beautiful Czech books of the year 2007
2,640 yen (incl. tax)
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De best verzorgde boeken 2007 = The best Dutch book designs: 2007
SOLD OUT
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Les plus beaux livres français 2007
SOLD OUT
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Die schönsten deutschen Bücher 2006 / Best German Book Design
3,080 yen (incl. tax)
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Die schönsten deutschen Bücher 2005 / The best German book design
SOLD OUT
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The Most Beautiful Books in the World, 1991-2005
Feb. 11, 2006 (Sat-holiday) - Apr. 23, 2006 (Sun)
SOLD OUT
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Die schönsten deutschen Bücher 2004 / The best German book design
1,650 yen (incl. tax)
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Die schönsten deutschen Bücher 2003 / The best German book design
SOLD OUT
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Die schönsten deutschen Bücher 2002
SOLD OUT
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Albums of Color
BD - French Comic ExhibitionApr. 26, 2003 (Sat) - Jul. 6, 2003 (Sun)
1,980 yen (incl. tax)
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Die schönsten deutschen Bücher 2001
SOLD OUT
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Myth and Imagination - Rock Art Exhibition
Jun. 1, 2002 (Sat) - Aug. 31, 2002 (Sat)
2,420 yen (incl. tax)
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JACA Japanese Visual Art Exhibition
Dec. 15, 2001 (Sat) - Jan. 14, 2002 (Mon-holiday)
SOLD OUT
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Impressioni & Pressioni - The Beauty of Pressure
Oct. 13, 2001 (Sat) - Dec. 9, 2001 (Sun)
2,200 yen (incl. tax)
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Two Hundred German Books 1960-2000
Apr. 28, 2001 (Sat) - Jul. 29, 2001 (Sun)
2,619 yen (incl. tax)
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JAGDA Poster Exhibition — JAPAN 2001
Mar. 20, 2001 (Tue) - Apr. 22, 2001 (Sun) (Round Exhibition)
SOLD OUT
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Origins of Our Writing System: The Story of Hieroglyphics
Kiyoshi Awazu ExhibitionSOLD OUT
General Information
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- Exhibition schedule
- There are always all sorts of events underway in the Museum. Please check the opening times of the Museum before visiting.
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- Guide to facilities
- There are several facilities in the Museum to help visitors find out more about printing. When you visit the Museum please take the time to look all around it.