*Reservation required to prevent the spread of COVID-19：click here for details (in Japanese)

Open:

On Monday and Tuesdays and Fridays (for the time being)
between March 1wed and July 24mon, 2023

Open hour:

11:00AM-4:00PM　* enter by 3:00PM

Vanue:

Exhibition room, 1st Floor National Institute of Japanese Literature

Organizer:

National Institute of Japanese Literature

Admission Fee:

Free

Download catalogue (in Japanese)

This exhibition will explain the form and content structure of Japanese books and introduce literary works in manuscript, in print and in books with unique character. This exhibition will also raise issues in determining the nature of Japanese books. As an overall result, basic knowledge about Japanese books will be learned and there is more opportunity to further consider this subject matter.

I Form and Materials

II Components

III Various Books

IV Differentiation of Types