Japan Fine Arts Exhibition

It claims to be the largest combined art exhibition of its kind in the world and the most popular in Japan.

[1] In 1907, under the supervision of the Japanese Ministry of Education, Science, Sports and Culture, then called Mombushō (文部省), the first state art exhibition took place, the Monbushō Bijtsu Tenrankai (文部省 美術展 覧 会), abbreviated to "bunten" (文 展).

In 1935, according to a new regulation, the exhibitions of the Japanese Style Painting, Sculpture and Craft as Art faculties were postponed and held the next year.

It was carried out six times (not counting the special exhibition for the 2600th anniversary of the Tenno rule in 1940) - under the name of the "New Bunten" (新文展 Shinbunten) until 1943.

From autumn of that year it was continued as Nihon Bijutsu Tenrankai (日本 美術展 覧 会), or “Nitten” (日展) for short.