The National Museum of Modern Art, located just north of Imperial Palace in Kitanomaru Park, exhibits a collection of 13,000 pieces of 20th century art including ukiyo-e. These are traditional woodblock prints and paintings. In 1977, the museum purchased this nearby building, the former headquarters of the Imperial Guard of the Japanese Army. It was converted into the Crafts Gallery featuring artistic ceramics, glassware, metals and woods from the Meiji period (1868 – 1912) though the present.
