A Brief Introduction to the Museum's Holdingsmore info As an
inter-university research institute, the National Museum of
Japanese History aims to clarify Japanese history and culture
based on actual proof by systematically collecting a wide range
of materials on history, archaeology, folklore, and other
related fields. The collected materials include not only
original materials but also various types of materials such as
replicas, copies, restoration models based on historical
materials, etc. The Museum currently has about 230,000 materials
which are widely used as common property of the academic world
through information delivery by collaborative research,
databases, catalogues, etc. not to mention research activities
and exhibitions in the Museum. Web Gallerymore info The visuals
in the Rekihaku home page will take time, as reproduction
quality has been emphasized over data quantity.