We stock images officially licensed by several museums, temples and artists both inside and outside Japan.

Image search, a brief viewing of pictures, on-line orders, downloads of digital images. *Japanese only
■ Licensing Agreement and Price List for Image Licensing (167KB)
■ Request Form (65KB)

Photos we provide both domestically and outside Japan

･	TMN Image Archives
	About 50,000 photos from the collection of The Tokyo National Museum including archeological specimens, statues of Buddha, folding screens kakemonos, modern paintings, Oriental calligraphy, crafts and Japanese art.

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･	Tokyo Metropolitan Foundation for History and Culture Image Archives
	The collections of five museums managed by the Tokyo Metropolitan Government. Edo-Tokyo Museum Tokyo Metropolitan Teien Art Musem Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo Edo-Tokyo Open Air Architectural Museum

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･	Daijyoji Image Archives
	Daijyoji Temple (Hyogo Prefecture) About 200 photos of Maruyama Okyo and his atelier’s paintings on a fusuma, folding screens, kakemonos, and Oriental calligraphy.

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･	Tahara Keiichi Image Archives
	Photos of the cultural heritage and flowers byTahara keiichi, a Japanese photographer based in Paris and works worldwide.

Photos we provide outside Japan only

･	The Tokugawa Art Museum
	The Tokugawa Art Museum owns more than ten-thousand treasures passed down through generations of the Owari Tokugawa family, one of the branch families chosen by the Shogun during the Edo period (1603-1867). The art, furnishings, armor, garments and other items used by the founder of the Edo shogunate, Tokugawa Ieyasu, form the core of the collection.

Photos we provide within Japan only

･	RMN Image Archives
	Over 500,000 photos from the collections of Reunion des Musees Nationaux, which includes 33 national and regional museums of France such as the Louvre, Orsay.

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･	The British Museum Image Archives
	About 5,000 photos from the collection from The British Museum which covers world cultures from prehistory to the present day.

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･	MFA Image Archives
	Photos from the wide range of collections from Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Art of the Ancient World, Art of Europe, Americas, Asia, Oceania and Africa, Contemporary Art, Musical Instruments, Prints, Drawings and Photographs, Textile and Fashion Arts.

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･	Pushikin Image Archives
	Photos of paintings from Impressionists such as Monet, Renoir, to Matisse, and Picasso, the collection of The Pushikin State Museum of Fine Arts.

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Rights clearance management

We support the management of and execution of rights clearance for fine arts. If our clients want to use photos that need rights clearance, we search for owners of the rights, negotiate for their usage and prepare positives or digital data.

Photo Research

We will help clients commercially use of cultural photos. Our experienced staff supports clients from photo research, rights clearance, photo arrangements, to planning for products and manufacturing.

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