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Exhibitions Archive

List of exhibitions held by the National Diet Library.

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Date Venue Title Catalog
From July 09, 2024 (Tue.)
to August 25, 2024 (Sun.) 		ILCL The World Through Picture Books-Librarians' favourite books from their country  
From March 26, 2024 (Tue.)
to June 23, 2024 (Sun.) 		ILCL The Imperial Library and the Dawn of Japanese Children's Books  
From January 23, 2024 (Tue.)
to February 18, 2024 (Sun.) 		ILCL Books for Healthy Growth of Children : Cultural Materials for Child Welfare Recommended in FY 2022*  
From October 01, 2023 (Sun.)
to December 24, 2023 (Sun.) 		ILCL Yummy Children's Books  
From July 25, 2023 (Tue.)
to September 03, 2023 (Sun.) 		ILCL Children's books link the World - Hans Christian Andersen Award 2020 & IBBY Honour List 2020  
From March 28, 2023 (Tue.)
to July 16, 2023 (Sun.) 		ILCL The Imperial Library's Dream of Becoming the Greatest Library in the Orient  
From October 04, 2022 (Tue.)
to December 25, 2022 (Sun.) 		ILCL Children's Books in Spanish from Spain and Latin America  
From August 02, 2022 (Tue.)
to August 28, 2022 (Sun.) 		ILCL Books for healthy growth of children : Cultural Materials of Child Welfare Recommended in FY 2020 *  
From March 22, 2022 (Tue.)
to May 22, 2022 (Sun.) 		ILCL Let's go through Ueno Forest to the library! A brick building over 100 years old  
From March 09, 2021 (Tue.)
to June 13, 2021 (Sun.) 		ILCL Sports and Children's Books  
From January 12, 2021 (Tue.)
to February 28, 2021 (Sun.) 		ILCL Books for healthy growth of children 2020: Cultural Materials (publications) of Child Welfare Recommended by Social Security Council of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare *  
From September 29, 2020 (Tue.)
to December 27, 2020 (Sun.) 		ILCL Japanese Picture Book Authors of the Heisei Era (1989–2019)  
From July 28, 2020 (Tue.)
to August 30, 2020 (Sun.) 		ILCL Barrier-free Children's Books from Around the World - 2019 IBBY Selection of Outstanding Books for Young People with Disabilities  
From February 04, 2020 (Tue.)
to February 28, 2020 (Fri.) 		ILCL Books for healthy growth of children 2019: Cultural Materials (publications) of Child Welfare Recommended by Social Security Council of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare *  
From October 01, 2019 (Tue.)
to January 19, 2020 (Sun.) 		ILCL 100 Years of Modern and Contemporary Art in Picture Books – From Dada to New Painting  
From August 06, 2019 (Tue.)
to September 08, 2019 (Sun.) 		ILCL Children's books link the World - Hans Christian Andersen Award 2018 & IBBY Honour List 2018  
From March 05, 2019 (Tue.)
to July 21, 2019 (Sun.) 		ILCL The Land of Poetry and Legends: Children's Books in Iran  
From January 29, 2019 (Tue.)
to February 17, 2019 (Sun.) 		ILCL Books for healthy growth of children 2018: Cultural Materials (publications) of Child Welfare Recommended by Social Security Council of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare *  
From September 09, 2018 (Sun.)
to January 20, 2019 (Sun.) 		ILCL Commemorating the 100th anniversary of the founding of Akai tori―authors and poets who contributed to this legendary children's magazine  
From October 18, 2018 (Thu.)
to November 24, 2018 (Sat.)
From November 30, 2018 (Fri.)
to December 22, 2018 (Sat.) 		Tokyo Main Library,
Kansai-kan 		70-anniversary Commemorative Exhibition: A Treasure Box of Books – The 70-year History of the National Diet Library and Its Collections*  
From August 07, 2018 (Tue.)
to August 26, 2018 (Sun.) 		ILCL Barrier-free Children’s Books from Around the World - 2017 IBBY Selection of Outstanding Books for Young People with Disabilities  
From March 06, 2018 (Tue.)
to July 15, 2018 (Sun.) 		ILCL The Golden and Silver Brush Awards in the Netherlands — The world of children's books  
From January 13, 2018 (Sat.)
to February 10, 2018 (Sat.) 		ILCL Books for healthy growth of children 2017:Cultural Materials (publications) of Child Welfare Recommended by Social Security Council of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare*  
From November 01, 2017 (Wed.)
to November 30, 2017 (Thu.) 		ILCL A History of Japanese Picture Books―From picture scrolls to contemporary picture books  
From August 01, 2017 (Tue.)
to August 20, 2017 (Sun.) 		ILCL Children's books link the World - Hans Christian Andersen Award 2016 & IBBY Honour List 2016  
From April 11, 2017 (Tue.)
to May 31, 2017 (Wed.) 		ILCL The World Through Picture Books – Librarians' favourite books from their country  
From January 24, 2017 (Tue.)
to February 19, 2017 (Sun.) 		ILCL Books for healthy growth of children 2016 : Cultural Materials (publications) of Child Welfare Recommended by Social Security Council of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare*  
From October 25, 2016 (Tue.)
to December 25, 2016 (Sun.) 		ILCL Ciao! Italia ― ‘Fantasista Spellbinders’ of children’s books  
From August 16, 2016 (Tue.)
to September 04, 2016 (Sun.) 		ILCL Barrier-free Picture Books from Around the World 2015 - IBBY Outstanding Books for Young People with Disabilities 2015  
From March 22, 2016 (Tue.)
to July 24, 2016 (Sun.) 		ILCL Facing the Reality, Soaring in the Fantasy : Fifty years of modern Japanese translations of children's books from abroad  
From February 18, 2016 (Thu.)
to March 15, 2016 (Tue.) 		Kansai-kan Small exhibition in the Kansai-kan (19): "Awe and prayer - shape of incantation-" *  
From February 19, 2011 (Sat.)
to October 31, 2015 (Sat.) 		ILCL Japanese Children's Literature: A history from the International Library of Children's Literature Collections
From August 20, 2015 (Thu.)
to September 15, 2015 (Tue.) 		Kansai-kan Small exhibition in the Kansai-kan (18): "A collection of living creatures from all times and places: real, virtual and extinct creatures" *  
From August 04, 2015 (Tue.)
to August 23, 2015 (Sun.) 		ILCL Children's books link the World - Hans Christian Andersen Award 2014 & IBBY Honour List 2014  
From January 27, 2015 (Tue.)
to February 22, 2015 (Sun.) 		ILCL Books for healthy growth of children 2014 : Cultural Materials (publications) of Child Welfare Recommended by Social Security Council of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare*  
From July 17, 2014 (Thu.)
to September 16, 2014 (Tue.) 		Kansai-kan Small exhibition in the Kansai-kan (16): "Dreams of Space, from the ancient view of the universe to the Hayabusa Project" *  
From July 29, 2014 (Tue.)
to August 24, 2014 (Sun.) 		ILCL Barrier-free Picture Books from Around the World 2013 -IBBY Outstanding Books for Young People with Disabilities 2013  
From April 22, 2014 (Tue.)
to May 25, 2014 (Sun.) 		ILCL The World Through Picture Books-Librarians' favourite books from their country  
From February 20, 2014 (Thu.)
to March 29, 2014 (Sat.) 		Kansai-kan Modernization of Japanese sake and domestic production of Western liquor *  
From January 28, 2014 (Tue.)
to February 23, 2014 (Sun.) 		ILCL Books for healthy growth of children 2013 : Cultural Materials (publications) of Child Welfare Recommended by Social Security Council of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare *  
From October 22, 2013 (Tue.)
to November 22, 2013 (Fri.) 		Tokyo Main Library Exhibition "The great match!!" *  
From August 22, 2013 (Thu.)
to September 29, 2013 (Sun.) 		ILCL Children's books link the World - Hans Christian Andersen Award 2012 & IBBY Honour List 2012  
From August 22, 2013 (Thu.)
to September 21, 2013 (Sat.) 		Kansai-kan Small exhibition in the Kansai-kan (14): "Traveling around the World Heritage sites in South East Asia" *  
From May 09, 2013 (Thu.)
to June 09, 2013 (Sun.) 		ILCL The World Through Picture Books―Librarians’ favourite books from their country  
From February 05, 2013 (Tue.)
to February 24, 2013 (Sun.) 		ILCL For healthy growth of children 2012 : Introduction to Cultural Materials (publications) of Child Welfare Recommended by Social Security Council of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare*  
From December 04, 2012 (Tue.)
to February 03, 2013 (Sun.) 		ILCL St.Nicholas ―The juvenile magazine that gathered together the children of the world *  
From July 31, 2012 (Tue.)
to August 26, 2012 (Sun.) 		ILCL Barrier-free Picture Books from Around the World -IBBY Outstanding Books for Young People with Disabilities 2011  
From June 01, 2012 (Fri.)
to July 29, 2012 (Sun.) 		ILCL Events related to Children's Diet in 2012 (House of Councillors):
Exhibition related to Children's Diet
"KIZUNA - family ties and the bonds of friendship"* 		 
From June 21, 2012 (Thu.)
to July 17, 2012 (Tue.) 		Kansai-kan Small exhibition in the Kansai-kan (11): “Japanese poetry”*  
From March 09, 2012 (Fri.)
to March 28, 2012 (Wed.) 		Kansai-kan Exhibition "Graphic Magazines in Meiji, Taisho and Showa Eras" (Kansai-kan)*  
From February 21, 2012 (Tue.)
to March 11, 2012 (Sun.) 		ILCL For healthy growth of children : Introduction to Cultural Materials (publications) of Child Welfare Recommended by Social Security Council of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare *  
From February 01, 2012 (Wed.)
to March 02, 2012 (Fri.) 		Tokyo Main Library Exhibition "Graphic Magazines in Meiji, Taisho and Showa Eras" (Tokyo)*  
From January 19, 2012 (Thu.)
to February 14, 2012 (Tue.) 		Tokyo Main Library Exhibition "The 50th Anniversary of the Tokyo Main Library of the National Diet Library" *  
From January 19, 2012 (Thu.)
to February 14, 2012 (Tue.) 		Tokyo Main Library Exhibition "The 50th Anniversary of the Tokyo Main Library of the National Diet Library" *  
From December 27, 2011 (Tue.)
to January 29, 2012 (Sun.) 		ILCL New Year exhibition "dragons, dragons, dragons!" *  
From October 05, 2011 (Wed.)
to December 25, 2011 (Sun.) 		ILCL Children's Books in the Victorian Era; from the Winnington-Ingram Collection *  
From November 17, 2011 (Thu.)
to December 20, 2011 (Tue.) 		Kansai-kan Small exhibition in the Kansai-kan: Guide to railroad travels *  
From August 18, 2011 (Thu.)
to September 20, 2011 (Tue.) 		Kansai-kan Small exhibition in the Kansai-kan: Japanese people and English language *  
From August 06, 2011 (Sat.)
to September 11, 2011 (Sun.) 		ILCL Children's Book link the World – Hans Christian Andersen Award 2010 & IBBY Honour List 2010  
From May 19, 2011 (Thu.)
to June 14, 2011 (Tue.) 		Kansai-kan Small exhibition in the Kansai-kan: Xinhai Revolution seen through materials*  
From February 17, 2011 (Thu.)
to March 15, 2011 (Tue.) 		Kansai-kan Small exhibition in the Kansai-kan: Television : transition from analog to digital broadcasting *  
From September 18, 2010 (Sat.)
to February 06, 2011 (Sun.) 		ILCL The Golden Age of the Picture Book: 1920s & 1930s - History's Message: Exhibition Commemorating the 10th Anniversary of the Opening of the International Library of Children's Literature and the National Year of Reading *  
From December 16, 2010 (Thu.)
to December 25, 2010 (Sat.) 		Kansai-kan Toward the Meiji constitutional system: seen through the handwritten works of prominent figures (Exhibition in the Kansai-kan)*  
From November 22, 2010 (Mon.)
to December 14, 2010 (Tue.) 		Kansai-kan Small exhibition in the Kansai-kan: Source materials which produced 2010 Nobel laureates*  
From December 01, 2010 (Wed.)
to December 10, 2010 (Fri.) 		Parliamentary Museum Exhibition on parliamentary government commemorating the 120th anniversary of the establishment of the Diet *  
From September 16, 2010 (Thu.)
to October 19, 2010 (Tue.) 		Kansai-kan Small exhibition in the Kansai-kan: Exhibition for the 1300th Anniversary of Nara Heijo-kyo Capital :People Journeying along the Silk Road *  
From August 21, 2010 (Sat.)
to September 12, 2010 (Sun.) 		ILCL Barrier-free Picture Books from Around the World - IBBY Outstanding Books for Young People with Disabilities 2009 : Exhibition Commemorating the 10th Anniversary of the Opening of the International Library of Children's Literature and the National Year of Reading *  
From February 20, 2010 (Sat.)
to September 05, 2010 (Sun.) 		ILCL Children's Books Going Overseas from Japan: Exhibition Commemorating the 10th Anniversary of the Opening of the International Library of Children's Literature and the National Year of Reading  
From June 17, 2010 (Thu.)
to July 20, 2010 (Tue.) 		Kansai-kan Small exhibition in the Kansai-kan: Old bestsellers - what have the Japanese read and how? *  
From January 21, 2010 (Thu.)
to February 27, 2010 (Sat.) 		Kansai-kan Small exhibition in the Kansai-kan: The Winter Olympics *  
From July 18, 2009 (Sat.)
to February 07, 2010 (Sun.) 		ILCL All Aboard! for a Trip around Books on Vehicles *  
From October 22, 2009 (Thu.)
to November 17, 2009 (Tue.) 		Kansai-kan Small exhibition in the Kansai-kan: Looking over encyclopedias of various countries and eras *  
From August 22, 2009 (Sat.)
to September 27, 2009 (Sun.) 		ILCL Children's books link the World - Hans Christian Andersen Award 2008 & IBBY Honour List 2008 *  
From July 16, 2009 (Thu.)
to August 18, 2009 (Tue.) 		Kansai-kan Small exhibition in the Kansai-kan: Eclipse chasers from past to present - in connection with the total solar eclipse on July 22 *  
From March 14, 2009 (Sat.)
to July 05, 2009 (Sun.) 		ILCL Palette of Dream Colours IV: Winning Works of the 16th Noma Concours for Picture Book Illustrations from Asia, Africa and Latin America *  
From May 21, 2009 (Thu.)
to June 16, 2009 (Tue.) 		Kansai-kan Small exhibition in the Kansai-kan: 200th anniversary of Charles Darwin's birth and 150th anniversary of the publication of On the Origin of Species. *  
From September 20, 2008 (Sat.)
to February 15, 2009 (Sun.) 		ILCL World of Illustrations for Children: Picture Magazines and Their Artists *  

Please refer to the Japanese page to see previous regular exhibitions at the Tokyo Main Library from 1990 to 2008.

Please refer to the Japanese page to see previous exhibitions at the Tokyo Main Library from Small Digital Exhibitions "Kaleidoscope of Books".

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