The National Museum of Ethnology (Minpaku) is a research center for ethnology and cultural anthropology.

Minpaku Discovery Guide

Minpaku Hakken (Minpaku discovery guides) are cross-cultural guidebooks that provide overviews of Minpaku’s regional exhibitions.
They offer information about objects on display and in storage, as well as information regarding the ethnic cultures in which each object on display was produced. They explain the linkages between material objects and culture, making them more accessible through visual means. With these guides, readers can familiarize themselves with the intellectual worlds revealed by materials, unconstrained by the framework of exhibitions.

The Living World of Nomads (Minpaku Discoveries 9)
The Living World of Nomads (Minpaku Discoveries 9) KONAGAYA Yuki The Senri Foundation March 20, 2004
Puppets and Masks of Southeast Asia (Minpaku Discoveries 8)
Puppets and Masks of Southeast Asia (Minpaku Discoveries 8) FUKUOKA Shota, FUKUOKA Madoka The Senri Foundation March 20, 2004
The Tanaka Chiyo Collection (Minpaku Discoveries 7)
The Tanaka Chiyo Collection (Minpaku Discoveries 7) KUBO Masatoshi, TAKAHASHI Haruko The Senri Foundation August 1, 2002
世界の仮面 (Minpaku Discoveries 6)
世界の仮面 (Minpaku Discoveries 6) YOSHIDA Kenji The Senri Foundation September 30, 2001
世界のビーズ (Minpaku Discoveries 5)
世界のビーズ (Minpaku Discoveries 5) IKEYA Kazunobu The Senri Foundation September 15, 2001
アジアの凧 (Minpaku Discoveries 4)
アジアの凧 (Minpaku Discoveries 4) TSUKADA Shigeyuki The Senri Foundation October 15, 2000
みんぱく電子ガイド (Minpaku Discoveries 3)
みんぱく電子ガイド (Minpaku Discoveries 3) KURITA Yasuyuki The Senri Foundation October 15, 2000
みんぱくコレクション (Minpaku Discoveries 2)
みんぱくコレクション (Minpaku Discoveries 2) UNO Fumio The Senri Foundation March 15, 2000
世界の台所 (Minpaku Discoveries 1)
世界の台所 (Minpaku Discoveries 1) ISHIGE Naomichi The Senri Foundation March 15, 2000