Special Exhibitions
Nikon Museum holds uniquely-themed special exhibitions relating to Nikon products and projects.
Current Event
Special Exhibition “Taizo Ichinose, the Reality of War, the People Who Live Within the Smoke of Gunpowder”
Dates: January 6, 2020 (Mon) – September 26, 2020 (Sat)
- *The exhibition period has been extended.
Nikon Museum is holding a special exhibition entitled “Taizo Ichinose, the Reality of War, the People Who Live Within the Smoke of Gunpowder”.
This exhibition includes approximately 40 items, including photos taken by Ichinose of battlefields in Cambodia and Vietnam from 1972 to 1973. In addition, approximately 15 of Ichinose’s mementos are also being exhibited, such as his war-damaged Nikon F and letters to his mother, Nobuko.
Ms. Kyoko Nagafuchi, a niece of Taizo Ichinose, selected the exhibited items and arranged the displays for this exhibition. She selected items from among Ichinose’s photographs taken running across battlefields to get the best photographs, such as memories of people who lived their lives to the full while at the cruel mercy of war. With this exhibition, we hope you feel the reality that Ichinose wanted to impart, and how he lived.
Taizo Ichinose
Taizo Ichinose was born in Takeo, Saga, in 1947. He worked as a photojournalist for approximately two years in tumultuous areas such as Bangladesh, Vietnam and Cambodia, trying to get worldwide scoops. In November 1973, he wrote a note to his friend with the words “One step on a mine, It’s all over,” before travelling to Khmer Rouge militia-controlled Angkor Wat, where he disappeared.
| Exhibits |
Approximately 40 photos taken in battlefields in Cambodia and Vietnam Approximately 15 mementos including a Nikon F camera, a press armband, a helmet and autographed letters |
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| Supervisor | Kyoko Nagafuchi |
| Cooperation | Takeo City Library, Takeo City Library and History Museum |
Photographed by Taizo Ichinose, on October 25, 1972, in Vietnam
Upcoming Event
Special Exhibition “Nikon Museum Special Collection 2”
Dates: September 29, 2020 (Tue) – January 30, 2021 (Sat)
Nikon Museum will hold the “Nikon Museum Special Collection 2” from September 29, 2020 to January 30, 2021.
This is the sequel to the enthusiastically-received “Nikon Museum Special Collection”, held last year. In this exhibition, approximately 60 items from the approximately 40,000 items in the Nikon Museum collection will be exhibited. Six models from the “NIKONOS” series of underwater cameras will be exhibited submerged in an aquarium, in addition to binoculars manufactured by Fujii Lens Manufacturing, the predecessor of Nikon binoculars, photographic lenses from the 1930s to the 1940s, and measuring instruments.
This is a very rare exhibition that includes items illustrating the evolution of Nikon’s products and technologies in a variety of eras from the 1910s to the 1990s.
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Approximately 60 items including cameras, measuring instruments and industrial equipment Underwater photographs taken using “NIKONOS” series |
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Past Events
Special Exhibition “Memories of Railways, 1969–1976, in cooperation with the Nagoya Rail Archives”
| Dates | October 1, 2019 – December 26, 2019 |
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| Exhibits |
Approximately 180 railway photos Railway- related materials including tickets and time tables |
| Cooperation | Incorporated non-profit organization Nagoya Rail Archives |
Special Exhibition “Photographing the Wonder of Science”
| Dates | July 2, 2019 – September 28, 2019 |
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| Exhibits | Approximately 20 scientific photos taken by Kunio Ichiji |
Special Exhibition “Nikon Museum Special Collection”
| Dates | April 2, 2019 – June 29, 2019 |
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| Exhibits |
Approx. 30 items including cameras, measuring instruments and industrial equipment “EYES OF SCIENCE” movie |
Special Exhibition “Rokuro Yoshida Photo Exhibition — Snow Crystals”
| Dates | October 2, 2018 – December 27, 2018 |
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| Exhibits |
60 photos of snow crystals Movie “Observation of Snow and Crystals” (1960, Toei) Commentary panels explaining the formation and classification of snow crystals, etc. Large photo panels |
| Arrangement | Mr. Akifumi Yoshida |
| Cooperation |
Toei Company The Nakaya Ukichiro Foundation The Ukichiro Nakaya Museum of Snow And Ice Dr. Akira Yamashita, Emeritus Professor of Osaka Kyoiku University The late Dr. Keiji Higuchi, Emeritus Professor of Nagoya University, and his family |
Special Exhibition “Prototype Lenses — Fascinating Images Captured by the Nikon Z 7 Mirrorless Camera”
| Dates | October 2, 2018 – December 27, 2018 |
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| Exhibits |
Approx. 60 prototype lenses Sample photos |
Special Exhibition “100 Years of Nikon Binoculars”
| Dates | July 3, 2018 – September 29, 2018 |
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| Exhibits |
Approx. 300 binoculars Product brochures Women’s dresses |
| Cooperation |
The National Museum of Nature and Science Sugino Gakuen Dressmaker Gakuin |
Special Exhibition “Ultra-Micro-NIKKOR — a Genealogy of the World’s Highest Resolution Lenses”
| Dates | April 3, 2018 – June 30, 2018 |
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| Exhibitions |
About 40 lenses including Ultra-Micro-NIKKOR lenses About 40 electronic devices |
Special Exhibition “HIROTA’S F PERIOD”
| Dates | January 5, 2018 – March 31, 2018 |
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| Exhibits |
Over 60 photos Movies including a special interview Movies of new photographs Photo equipment, etc. |
Fourth (Final) 100th Anniversary Special Exhibition “The World of F-mount NIKKOR”
| Dates | October 3, 2017 – December 27, 2017 |
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| Exhibits | Approximately 400 F-mount NIKKOR lenses, a celestial globe with a Fisheye NIKKOR lens, and more |
The Third 100th Anniversary Special Exhibition ”A Century of Memories — David Douglas Duncan”
| Dates | July 4, 2017 – September 30, 2017 |
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| Exhibits | 24 photographs, interviews, and more |
| Cooperation |
Joseph McNally Studio Harry Ransom Center, University of Texas, Austin |
The Second 100th Anniversary Special Exhibition “Prototype Cameras — Developers' Memories”
| Dates | April 4, 2017 – July 1, 2017 |
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| Exhibits | Approx. 40 prototype cameras |
100th Anniversary Special Exhibition “Naomi Uemura — Camera Techniques in Polar Regions”
| Dates | January 5, 2017 – April 1, 2017 |
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| Exhibits | Approx. 20 photos and approx. 20 items of equipment |
| Cooperation | Uemura Museum Tokyo, Toyooka-city Uemura Naomi Memorial Museum, Bungeishunju Ltd. |
Special exhibition “Hana Utage — Flower Banquet”
| Dates | October 4, 2016 – December 27, 2016 |
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| Exhibits | “Petals of the Sun”, “Roses” |
| Cooperation | Shotaro Akiyama Photo Art Museum |
Special exhibition “Walk with Yusaku Kamekura”
| Dates | July 4, 2016 – October 1, 2016 |
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| Exhibits | Approximately 70 Kamekura-designed items, mainly Nikon materials |
| Cooperation | Yusaku Kamekura Library, Recruit Holdings Co., Ltd. CREATION GALLERY G8, The Niigata Prefectural Museum of Modern Art, Osaka Prefectural Expo '70 Commemorative Park Office, JCII Camera Museum, and oters |
Special exhibition “The beauty of Mt. Fuji, a mountain beloved beyond time — Koyo Okada”
| Dates | April 1, 2016 – June 30, 2016 |
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| Cooperation | Koyo Okada Photo Art Museum |
Special exhibition “Through the eyes of Ken DOMON”
| Dates | January 5, 2016 – March 31, 2016 |
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| Exhibits |
From the second collection of A Pilgrimage through Old Temples “Right Arms of the Thousand-arm Kannon at the Toshodai-ji” “Left Arms of the Thousand-arm Kannon at the Toshodai-ji” |
| Cooperation | Ken Domon Museum of Photography |
Special exhibition “Ihei Kimura — Lass”
| Dates | October 17, 2015 – December 26, 2015 |
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| Exhibits | “Lass” |