Japan Art Academy

[3] It was intended to provide quality standards and a venue for art exhibitions in late Meiji period Japan.

[4] After a number of structural changes were made to the organization in response to criticism of its relevance and politics, it was eventually reorganized into the Imperial Art Academy (帝国芸術院, Teikoku Geijutsuin) in 1937,[3] and the annual exhibition was renamed the Shinbunten.

[8] The Japan Art Academy consists of a maximum of 120 members, who are appointed for life.

The exhibition consists five art categories: Nihonga and Western Style Painting, Sculpture, Crafts and Calligraphy.

For ninety-nine years the exhibition (under its various names) was held at the Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum (東京都美術館, Tōkyō-to Bijutsukan) in Ueno, but from the hundredth year in 2007 the exhibition venue was changed to the National Art Center Tokyo (国立新美術館, Kokuritsu Shin-bijutsukan) in Roppongi.