Concerning the use of portraits and English writings of OKAKURA Tenshin

We have published public domain images of OKAKURA Tenshin’s portraits and English writings (“The Ideals of the East”, “The Awakening of Japan”, and “The Book of Tea”) held at our museum. There will not be a need to request our museum for permission to use these images. Since anyone can freely download and use these images for profitable or non-profitable reasons, please feel free to make use of them. Please check the items below for information regarding when one uses these images.

Caution when using images

• Cases may arise when a third-party will have copyright and other rights over the published images. In such cases, it will be the user’s responsibility to gain the copyright holder’s consent in using the images. Our museum will not bear responsibility for any actions taken by users.
• Though users of these images are free to edit them however they please, users must do so at their own risk as there are cases when edits infringe upon the rights of the author. Our museum will not bear responsibility for any actions taken by users.
• You are not able to use images that are published outside of this webpage without permission. Please make sure to contact us if you wish to use images other than the ones published on this webpage.
• When using these images, please indicate in writing to the effect that the Tenshin Memorial Museum of Art, Ibaraki holds the original copies of the images.
• Please feel free to send us publications and other products that make use of these images to aid us in our museum’s research studies and projects.

Contact Information

2083 Tsubaki, Otsu-cho, Kitaibaraki-shi, Ibaraki-ken 319-1703 Japan
Contact Responsible for Image Lending, Tenshin Memorial Museum of Art, Ibaraki
E-mail: info@tenshin.museum.ibk.ed.jp