With the "Sompo Museum of Art Collection Search" website function, access is provided to information on the artworks and materials (approx. 650 items) in the collection of the Sompo Museum of Art as well as some works (approx. 100 items) in the collection of Sompo Japan Insurance Co., Ltd. The information posted will be updated frequently based on ongoing research.
In accordance with the revision of Article 47 of Japan’s Copyright Act, thumbnail images of up to 32,400 pixels are available for works in the collection of Sompo Museum of Art*. However, there are some works whose images are not made available due to other copyright conditions.
Enlarged images (approx. 1.9 million pixels) are also available for works whose copyright protection period has expired and works by Seiji Togo and Tamami Togo, which are copyrighted by the Sompo Fine Art Foundation. Click here for information on the copyright of Togo's works.
For other questions/concerns you may have, please contact Sompo Museum of Art.
*In response to the revision of Article 47 of the Copyright Act that came into effect on January 1, 2019, copyright management organizations and museum-related organizations (Japan Artists Association, Inc., Japan Art Copyright Association, Japan Photographic Copyright Association, Japanese Association of Museums, The Japanese Council of Art Museums, and Japan Book Publishers Association) formulated Article 47 Guidelines of the Copyright Act on Reproduction Accompanying the Exhibition of Works by Artists, etc.", and the "Guidelines for Article 47 of Law No. 30 of Heisei 30 (Partial Revision of the Copyright Law)" formulated by the Japan Art Copyright Association.