Printing Museum, Printing museum in Suido, Tokyo, Japan
The Printing Museum occupies the TOPPAN Koshibashi head office building in Suidō, Bunkyō, Tokyo, founded in 2000 by Toppan Printing for its 100th anniversary. Its galleries trace printing culture with holdings such as the Suruga copper movable type made for Tokugawa Ieyasu, a designated Important Cultural Property, and a reconstruction of Motoki Shōzō's type. A printing workshop, library, gallery and VR theater are attached.
The museum was founded in 2000 by Toppan Printing as part of its centenary projects, in the company's head office building in Suidō, Bunkyo. Its collection holds the Suruga copper movable type (an Important Cultural Property) that Tokugawa Ieyasu had made, together with books printed with it, and a reconstruction of the type of Motoki Shōzō. It won the Japan Society for Exhibition Studies award in 2002.
The museum's name in Japanese, Insatsu Hakubutsukan, is written with the characters for "printing". Its first director was graphic designer Awazu Kiyoshi, who led it from its opening in 2000 until 2005; later directors include historian Kuwayama Koichi and, from 2025, novelist Kyogoku Natsuhiko. The library collects books on printing history, its social background and expression, not only machines and techniques.
The museum is on the ground floor of the TOPPAN Koishikawa head office building in Suidō, Bunkyō. It opens 10:00–18:00 and closes on Mondays, or the following Tuesday when Monday is a public holiday. The nearest station is Edogawa-bashi on the Yūrakuchō line, about 8 minutes on foot; Iidabashi is about 13 minutes.
In the Printing House section, visitors can work hands-on with traditional printing machinery and create their own prints. This is a rare chance to experience the craft of printing directly instead of just looking at displays.
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