Past Exhibitions

Titles with asterisk (*) link to Japanese page.

Date Title
From 2024-07-09 to 08-25 The World Through Picture Books-Librarians' favourite books from their country
From 2024-03-26 to 06-23 The Imperial Library and the Dawn of Japanese Children's Books
From 2024-01-23 to 02-18 Books for Healthy Growth of Children : Cultural Materials for Child Welfare Recommended in FY 2022 *
From 2023-10-01 to 12-24 Yummy Children's Books
From 2023-07-25 to 09-03 Children's books link the World - Hans Christian Andersen Award 2020 & IBBY Honour List 2020
From 2023-03-28 to 07-16 The Imperial Library's Dream of Becoming the Greatest Library in the Orient
From 2022-10-04 to 12-25 Children's Books in Spanish from Spain and Latin America
From 2022-08-02 to 08-28 Books for Healthy Growth of Children : Cultural Materials for Child Welfare Recommended in FY 2020 *
From 2022-03-22 to 05-22 Let’s go through Ueno Forest to the library! A brick building over 100 years old
From 2021-03-09 to 06-13 Sports and Children's Books
From 2021-01-12 to 02-28 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 2020-09-29 to 12-27 Japanese Picture Book Authors of the Heisei Era (1989–2019)
From 2020-07-28 to 08-30 Barrier-free Children's Books from Around the World - 2019 IBBY Selection of Outstanding Books for Young People with Disabilities
From 2020-03-24 to 06-28 Sports and Children's Books (This exhibition is cancelled)
From 2020-02-04 to 02-28 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 2019-10-01 to 2020-01-19 100 Years of Modern and Contemporary Art in Picture Books - From Dada to New Painting
From 2019-08-06 to 09-08 Children's books link the World - Hans Christian Andersen Award 2018 & IBBY Honour List 2018
From 2019-03-05 to 07-21 The Land of Poetry and Legends: Children's Books in Iran
From 2019-01-29 to 02-17 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 2018-09-09 to 2019-01-20 Commemorating the 100th anniversary of the founding of Akai tori - authors and poets who contributed to this legendary children's magazine
From 2018-08-07 to 08-26 Barrier-free Children's Books from Around the World - 2017 IBBY Selection of Outstanding Books for Young People with Disabilities
From 2018-03-06 to 07-15 The Golden and Silver Brush Awards in the Netherlands - The world of children's books
From 2018-01-23 to 02-10 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 2017-11-01 to 11-30 A History of Japanese Picture Books―From picture scrolls to contemporary picture books
From 2017-08-01 to 08-20 Children's books link the World - Hans Christian Andersen Award 2016 & IBBY Honour List 2016
From 2017-04-11 to 05-31 The World Through Picture Books-Librarians' favourite books from their country
From 2017-01-24 to 02-19 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 2016-10-25 to 12-25 Ciao! Italia -‘Fantasista Spellbinders' of children's books
From 2016-08-16 to 09-04 Barrier-free Picture Books from Around the World 2015 -IBBY Outstanding Books for Young People with Disabilities 2015
From 2016-03-22 to 07-24 Facing the Reality, Soaring in the Fantasy：Fifty years of modern Japanese translations of children's books from abroad
From 2015-08-04 to 08-23 Children's books link the World - Hans Christian Andersen Award 2014 & IBBY Honour List 2014
From 2015-01-27 to 02-22 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 2014-07-29 to 08-24 Barrier-free Picture Books from Around the World 2013 -IBBY Outstanding Books for Young People with Disabilities 2013
From 2014-04-22 to 05-25 The World through Picture Books－Librarians' favourite books from their country
From 2014-01-28 to 02-23 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 2013-08-22 to 09-29 Children's books link the World - Hans Christian Andersen Award 2012 & IBBY Honour List 2012
From 2013-05-09 to 06-09 The World through Picture Books－Librarians' favourite books from their country
From 2013-02-05 to 02-24 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 2012-12-04 to 2013-02-03 St.Nicholas -The juvenile magazine that gathered together the children of the world *
From 2012-07-31 to 08-26 Barrier-free Picture Books from Around the World -IBBY Outstanding Books for Young People with Disabilities 2011
From 2012-02-21 to 03-11 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 2011-12-27 to 01-29 New Year Exhibition "dragons, dragons, dragons!"
From 2011-10-05 to 12-25 Children’s Books in the Victorian Era; from the Winnington-Ingram Collection
From 2011-08-06 to 09-11 Children's books link the World - Hans Christian Andersen Award 2010 & IBBY Honour List 2010
From 2011-02-19 to 2015-10-31 Japanese Children's Literature: A history from the International Library of Children's Literature Collections
From 2010-09-18 to 2011-02-06 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 2010-08-21 to 09-12 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 2010-02-20 to 09-05 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 2009-08-22 to 09-27 Children's books link the World - Hans Christian Andersen Award 2008 & IBBY Honour List 2008 *
From 2009-07-18 to 2010-02-07 All Aboard! for a Trip around Books on Vehicles *
From 2009-03-14 to 07-05 Palette of Dream Colours IV: Winning Works of the 16th Noma Concours for Picture Book Illustrations from Asia, Africa and Latin America *
From 2008-09-20 to 2009-02-15 World of Illustrations for Children: Picture Magazines and Their Artists *
From 2008-08-21 to 09-21 IBBY Honour List 2006 Exhibition at the International Library of Children’s
Literature: World of Illustrations for Children *
From 2008-01-26 to 09-07 Door to the Czech Republic : The world of children’s books *
From 2007-09-22 to 2008-01-13 Palette of Dream Colours III - Noma Concours for Picture Book Illustrations from Asia, Africa and Latin America *
From 2007-02-10 to 09-09 Look up at the Sky: Children's Books on the Sun, Moon, and Stars *
From 2006-09-26 to 12-17 The 100th anniversary of the former Imperial Library building *
Electronic Exhibition *
From 2006-07-15 to 2007-01-28 Northern gifts – Children's books from the Nordic countries *
From 2006-01-28 to 07-02 Struwwelpeter and other German children’s books *
From 2005-10-01 to 2006-01-15 Palette of Dream Colours - the 14th Noma Concours for Picture Book Illustrations from Asia, Africa and Latin America *
From 2005-04-23 to 09-18 Russian children’s literature ： from folklore to contemporary fiction *
From 2005-07-21 to 09-04 Books for all children *
From 2004-09-18 to 2005-04-10 Animals in children's books II : the Chinese zodiac as keyword *
From2004-04-17 to 09-05 Wisdom of the lotus- Children's literature in India *
From 2004-03-07 to 03-30 The World of Eric Carle Picture Book *
From 2004-01-17 to 02-22 Maps for All - Prizewinning Maps made by Children (from Exhibitions in Japan) and Books on Maps and Atlases for Children *
From 2003-11-15 to 2004-01-11 THE HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN AWARDS 1956-2002 *
From 2003-07-19 to 11-09 Venture into the Unknown - Various adventures described in children’s literature *
From 2003-04-25 to 07-06 Palette of Dream Colours - the 13th Noma Concours for Picture Book Illustrations　from Asia, Africa, and Latin America *
From 2003-02-01 to 04-13 Children’s Books in the Occupation Period from the Gordon W. Prange Collection, University of Maryland Libraries *
From 2002-12-14 to 2003-01-19 Europe, a dream in pictures? *

Please refer to the Japanese page to see previous exhibitions.

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