Results
Reception and Results
Acceptance of Grant Applications (2024)
The foundation generally accepts grant applications twice a year, with decisions made at the following screenings by the Grants Selection Committee. As a rule, only nonprofit organizations may apply.
| Target | Expenses | |
|---|---|---|
| Art | Institute, association, organization related to art | Publication of the official scientific society journal, Holding art exhibitions |
| Culture | Association, society, organization related to culture | Publication of the official scientific society journal, Holding commemorative events and symposiums |
| Education | Schools, research institutes, educational organizations | Raising the standard of the educational system, Expanding educational facilities, Holding commemorative events and symposiums |
- Grant application conditions
- Only nonprofit organizations, no profit-seeking enterprises or private businesses
- Deadlines
- End of January and July (twice a year)
- Notification of results
- April and October (twice a year)
- Period of project support
- For the entire project or for medium duration (for several years), not including organizational operating costs
- Qualification
- By recommendation only
- Information
Ishibashi Foundation Grants (2015-2024)
| Year | Art | Culture | Education | Disaster Assistance | Total | Amount (/¥1 million) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 16 | 12 | 6 | - | 34 | 435 |
| 2016 | 17 | 10 | 6 | - | 33 | 419 |
| 2017 | 20 | 8 | 10 | - | 38 | 197 |
| 2018 | 19 | 7 | 9 | - | 35 | 243 |
| 2019 | 14 | 9 | 9 | - | 32 | 216 |
| 2020 | 10 | 5 | 8 | - | 23 | 141 |
| 2021 | 11 | 9 | 5 | - | 25 | 128 |
| 2022 | 14 | 9 | 8 | - | 31 | 470 |
| 2023 | 14 | 15 | 7 | - | 36 | 228 |
| 2024 | 18 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 37 | 200 |
Results
2024
| Grantee | Project being supported | Implementation Year |
|---|---|---|
| La société Franco-Japonaise d’Art et d’archéologie | Publication of its journal, Bulletin de la société Franco-Japonaise d’Art et d’archéologie, No. 43 | 2024 |
| Society for the Study of Japonisme | Publication of its journal, Studies in Japonisme, Vol. 44 | 2025 |
| Society for the Study of Japonisme (Special program) | The Society for the Study of Japonisme’s 40th-Anniversary Special Project: Publication of the English version of Japan and Japonisme: The Self and the Other in Representations of Japanese Culture | 2025 |
| Collegium Mediterranistarum | Publication of its journal, Mediterraneus, Vol. 47 | 2024 |
| International Ukiyo-e Society | Publication of its journal, Ukiyo-e Art, Nos.188 and 189 | 2024-2025 |
| Kurume Cultural Promotion Foundation | Holding an exhibition, Beardsley, a Singular Prodigy | 2025 |
| The Institute of East Asian Art History, Heidelberg University (Germany) | Implementing the Ishibashi Foundation Program for Inviting Visiting Professors Specializing in Japanese Art History | 2025 |
| Japan Foundation | Exhibiting in the Japan Pavilion at the 19th International Architecture Exhibition La Biennale di Venezia | 2025 |
| Queensland Art Gallery / Gallery of Modern Art | The 11th Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art | 2024-2025 |
| Tokyo University of the Arts, Oil-Painting Department | Implementing the Ishibashi Foundation Oil Painting Department Traveling Scholarship 2024 | 2025 |
| The Buddhist Art Society | Publication of its journal, Buddhist Arts, Nos. 14 and 15 | 2025 |
| Fukuoka Asian Art Museum | Creating its website, Asian Art Resource Room | 2025 |
| Aperture Foundation Inc. | Holding a traveling exhibition, I'm So Happy You Are Here: Japanese Women Photographers from the 1950s to Now | 2024 |
| Kupferstich-Kabinett (Museum of Prints, Drawings and Photographs), (Germany) | Developing a database of Japanese prints in the collection and making documents available online | 2024 |
| Musée Jenisch (Vevey, Switzerland) | Holding an exhibition, Impressions du Japon | 2025 |
| Sainsbury Institute for the Study of Japanese Arts and Cultures (UK) | Holding the 25th-Anniversary International Conference, “Looking Forward in Japanese Arts and Cultures” | 2024 |
| The Japanese Council of Art Museums | Publication of its periodicals, Report on Curatorial Study Meeting, and ZENBI | 2024 |
| UNHCR (The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees) Representation in Japan | Holding a special exhibition at the Setouchi Triennale 2025 | 2025 |
| Grantee | Project being supported | Implementation Year |
|---|---|---|
| Association for the Study of Modern Japanese Art History | Publication of its journal, Kindai Gasetsu, No. 33 | 2024 |
| Association for the Study of Modern Japanese Art History (Special program) | Holding the Association for the Study of Modern Japanese Art History 40th Anniversary Symposium, “From Meiji/To Meiji: Rewriting Moden Japanese Art” | 2024 |
| Japan Industrial Design Association | Publication of its catalog, JIDA Design Museum Selection, Vol.26 | 2024 |
| The Museum of Modern Japanese Literature | Recording of the 101st, 102nd, and 103rd sessions of the reading performance, Voice Library | 2024 |
| Oral History Archives of Japanese Art | Collecting and storing oral history materials from persons concerned with Japanese art, making those records available to the public, and organizing past data | 2024 |
| Maison franco-japonaise | Holding a symposium Correspondance des arts 6 (Colloque franco-japonais), Les styles tardifs dans la littérature et les arts | 2025 |
| NPO Platform for Architectural Thinking | Implementing the Japanese Design Archive Survey | 2025 |
| Japanese Association of Museums | Implementing the General Survey of Museums in Japan for 2024 | 2025 |
| University of Milan (Italy) | Holding an international symposium, DESIGN + LIFE Interconnessioni | 2023 |
| Arts Initiative Tokyo | Implementing the Art Climate Collective Japan (ACCJ) project | 2025 |
| Executive Committee for Ikuma Dan 100th Birthday Commemorative Concert | Performing a concert, Ikuma Dan 100th Birthday Commemorative Concert | 2024 |
| Grantee | Project being supported | Implementation Year |
|---|---|---|
| National Research Group on Moral Education at Junior High School | Holding its 58th National Research Conference and related programs | 2024 |
| Association for Japanese-Language Teaching | Providing Japanese-language classes and related assistance to foreigners in Japan, establishing and maintaining an IT environment for such purpose, improving support for Ukrainian refugees in Japan, and offering other programs | 2024 |
| Japan Educational Exchanges and Services (JEES) | JEES / Ishibashi Foundation Scholarship programs | 2024 |
| Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (USA) | Curatorial Fellowship for Japanese Art: The Ishibashi Foundation Assistant Curator for Japanese Art at the MFA | 2025 |
| Sainsbury Institute for the Study of Japanese Arts and Cultures (UK) | Implementing the Program for Developing Specialists in Japanese Art History | 2025 |
| Japan Foundation | Developing specialists in Japanese art: Curatorial Exchange Program for Curators in Contemporary Art | 2024 |
| Developing specialists in Japanese art: Fellowship for Research on Japanese Art | 2025 |
| Grantee | Project being supported | Implementation Year |
|---|---|---|
| NPO Voluntary Architects Network | 2024 Noto Peninsula Earthquake Disaster Relief Project | 2024 |
2023
| Grantee | Project being supported |
|---|---|
| La société Franco-Japonaise d’Art et d’archéologie | Publication of Bulletin de la société Franco-Japonaise d’Art et d’archéologie, No. 42 |
| Society for the Study of Japonisme | Publication of Studies in Japonisme, No. 43 |
| Collegium Mediterranistarum | Publication of its journal, Mediterraneus, No. 46 |
| International Ukiyo-e Society | Publication of Ukiyo-e Art, No. 186 and 187 |
| Kurume Cultural Promotion Foundation | Holding the Maurice Denis and Japan exhibition |
| The Institute of East Asian Art History, Heidelberg University | Carrying out a program inviting visiting professors specializing in Japanese art history |
| The Institute of East Asian Art History, Heidelberg University (Special program) | Holding a symposium commemorating the twentieth anniversary of the Ishibashi Foundation Program for Inviting Visiting Professors Specializing in Japanese Art History. |
| Japan Foundation | Holding the 60th Venice Biennale: International Art Exhibition |
| Tokyo University of the Arts | Holding the Ishibashi Foundation Oil Painting—Traveling Scholarship Program |
| The Buddhist Art Society | Publication of Buddhist Arts, No. 12 and 13 |
| General Non-Profit Incorporated Organization Tokyo Biennale | Holding the Tokyo Biennale 2023 international art festival |
| Fukuoka Asian Art Museum | Creating the website Asian Art Resource Room |
| Kupferstich-Kabinett (Museum of Prints, Drawings and Photographs), Germany | Developing a database of Japanese prints in the collection and making documents available online |
| Sainsbury Institute for the Study of Japanese Arts and Cultures (UK) | Carrying out the Digital Futures Project, exploring methodologies for developing a digital archive of Japanese art |
| Grantee | Project being supported |
|---|---|
| Association for the Study of Modern Japanese Art History | Publication of Kindai Gasetsu, No. 32 |
| Japan Industrial Design Association | Publication of the catalogue for the JIDA Design Museum Selection, Vol. 25 |
| The Museum of Modern Japanese Literature | Creating the Voice Library, recordings of authors reading their own works aloud |
| The Museum of Modern Japanese Literature (special project) | Distributing the English version of the Voice Library overseas |
| Oral History Archives of Japanese Art | Collecting oral history materials from persons related to Japanese art, conserving those materials, making them public, and organizing past data |
| Maison franco-japonaise | Project commemorating the centennial of its founding |
| NPO Platform for Architectural Thinking | Conducting a survey of design archives in Japan |
| University of Milan (Italy) | Holding an international symposium, DESIGN + LIFE Interconnessioni |
| ADI Design Museum (Italy) | Holding the JAPANESE DESIGN - Essentially Simple exhibition |
| Japan Institute of Design Promotion Executive Committee, World Design Assembly Tokyo 2023 |
Holding the World Design Assembly Tokyo 2023 |
| Arts Initiative Tokyo | Carrying out the Arts Climate Action Collective (ACAC) project |
| Kurume City | Installing waterproof panels at the Ishibashi Cultural Center Replacing display equipment at the Shojiro Ishibashi Memorial Museum Supporting database construction at the Kurume City Art Museum |
| Grantee | Project being supported |
|---|---|
| National Research Group on Moral Education at Junior High School | Holding its 57th national research conference |
| Association for Japanese-Language Teaching | Providing Japanese-language classes for foreigners in Japan, providing Japanese-language support, putting in place an IT environment for those purposes, improving support for Ukrainian refugees in Japan, providing educational materials for language teaching overseas |
| Japan Educational Exchanges and Services (JEES) | JEES / Ishibashi Foundation Scholarship programs |
| Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (USA) | Support for the curator training program in Japanese art |
| “Visible An die Freude” Executive Committee | Holding the “Visible ‘An die Freude (Ode to Joy)’” experiential photography exhibition and concert |
| The Japan Foundation | Support for training specialists in Japanese art: Curatorial Exchange Program for curators in contemporary art Support for training specialists in Japanese art: Fellowship for Research on Japanese Art |
2022
| Grantee | Project being supported |
|---|---|
| La société franco-japonaise d'Art et d'archéologie | Publication of Bulletin de la Société France-Japonaise d'art et d'archeologie, No. 41 |
| Society for the Study of Japonisme | Publication of Studies in Japonisme, No. 42 |
| Collegium Mediterranistarum | Publication of its journal, Mediterraneus, No. 45 |
| International Ukiyo-e Society | Publication of Ukiyo-e Art, No. 184 and 185 |
| Kurume Cultural Promotion Foundation | Holding the Akutagawa Ryunosuke and His Aesthetics, Two Forerunners - Natsume Soseki and Suga Torao exhibition |
| Memorial of Aoki Shigeru Art Biennale | Holding the 7th Memorial of Aoki Shigeru Art Biennale |
| The institute of East Asian Art History, Heidelberg University | Program inviting visiting professors specializing in Japanese art history |
| Japan Foundation | Holding the 18th Venice Biennale: International Architecture Exhibition |
| Tokyo University of Arts | Holding the Ishibashi Foundation / GEIDAI Oil Painting Department - Traveling Scholarship Program |
| The Buddhist Art Society | Publication of Buddhist Arts, No. 10 and 11 |
| Fukuoka Asian Art Museum | Creating the Asian Art Resource Room Website |
| Château de Fontainebleau | Project to restore the Japanese amour of Napoleon III |
| Graphische Sammlung ETH Zurich, Switzerland | Production of Lines from East Asia - Japanese and Chinese Art on Paper exhibition catalogue |
| Grantee | Project being supported |
|---|---|
| Association of Art in the Meiji Era | Publication of Kindai Gasetsu, No. 31 |
| Japan Industrial Designer's Association | Publication of the catalogue for the JIDA Design Museum Selection, Vol. 24 |
| The Museum of Modern Japanese Literature | Creating The Voice Library, recordings of authors reading their own works aloud |
| The Museum of Modern Japanese Literature (special project) | Distributing the English version of the Voice Library overseas |
| Oral History Archives of Japanese Art | Collecting and conserving oral history materials from persons related to Japanese art, making them public, and organizing past data |
| NPO Platform for Architectural Thinking | Conducting a survey of design archives in Japan |
| University of Milan | Holding an international symposium, JAPAN DESIGN. Arts Over the boundaries |
| Kurume City | Replacing display equipment at the Shojiro Ishibashi Memorial Museum |
| Kurume City (special grant) | Improving the Ishibashi Cultural Center |
| Grantee | Project being supported |
|---|---|
| National Research Group on Moral Education at Junior High School | Holding its 56th national research conference |
| Association for Japanese - Language Teaching | Creating IT environment and developing educational materials for Japanese language support for foreigners in Japan |
| Association for Japanese - Language Teaching (special project) | Making introductory Japanese language educational materials for refugees from Ukraine |
| Tokyo Shure | Program for supporting the training of free school staff and launching of programs |
| Japan educational Exchanges and Services | JEES / Ishibashi Foundation Scholarship program |
| Museum of Fine Arts, Boston | Support for the training program in Japanese Art; Ishibashi Foundation Assistant Curator for Japanese Art |
| Kyoto University of the Arts | Holding Forum 2022, Conversational Appreciation now and in the future, to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the arrival of Visual Thinking Curriculum (VTC) in Japan |
| The Japan Foundation | Support for training specialists in Japanese art; Fellowship for Research on Japanese Art |
2021
| Grantee | Project being supported |
|---|---|
| Société franco-japonaise d’art et d’archéologie | Publication of Bulletin de la société Franco-Japonaise d’Art et d’archéologie, No. 40 |
| Society for the Study of Japonisme | Publication of Studies in Japonisme, No. 41 |
| Society for the Study of Japonisme (Special program) | Program for the Society’s 40th Anniversary: Report of the Society for the Study of Japonisme International Symposium |
| Collegium Mediterranistarum | Publication of its journal, Mediterraneus, No. 44 |
| International Ukiyo-e Society | Publication of Ukiyo-e Art, No. 182 and 183 |
| Kurume Cultural Promotion Foundation | Holding the Two Journeys: Aoki Shigeru and Sakamoto Hanjiro Commemorating the 140th Anniversary of Their Births exhibition |
| The Japan Foundation | Holding the Venice Biennale: International Art Exhibition |
| Queensland Art Gallery | Holding the 10th Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art |
| The Buddhist Art Society | Publication of Buddhist Arts, No. 8 and 9 |
| Rietberg Museum | Holding the Love, Fight, Feast exhibition |
| The National Art Center, Tokyo | English translation of chapters 7-9 of History of Modern and Contemporary Art in Japan |
| Grantee | Project being supported |
|---|---|
| Association of Art in the Meiji Era | Publication of Kindai Gasetsu, No. 30 |
| Japan Industrial Designer's Association | Publication of the catalogue for the JIDA Design Museum Selection, Vol. 23 |
| The Museum of Modern Japanese Literature | Producing audiovisual materials: The Voice Library, recordings of authors reading their own works aloud |
| The Museum of Modern Japanese Literature (special project) | Distributing the English version of the Voice Library overseas |
| The Museum of Modern Japanese Literature (special project) | Program commemorating the 50th anniversary of the death of Kawabata Yasunari and the 55th anniversary of the opening of the Museum of Modern Japanese Literature |
| Oral History Archives of Japanese Art | Oral History Archives of Japanese Art |
| Maison Franco-Japonaise | Holding an international symposium |
| NPO Platform for Architectural Thinking | Conducting a survey of design archives in Japan |
| The City of Kurume | Replacing and repairing fixtures at the Shojiro Ishibashi Memorial Museum |
| Grantee | Project being supported |
|---|---|
| National Research Group on Moral Education at Junior High School | Holding its 55th national research conference |
| Association for Japanese - Language Teaching | Making IT environment and educational materials for Japanese language support for foreigners in Japan |
| Japan educational Exchanges and Services | Ishibashi Foundation Scholarship for research overseas |
| Museum of Fine Arts, Boston | Support for the training program Ishibashi Foundation Assistant Curator for Japanese Art |
| The Japan Foundation | Support for the program Ishibashi Foundation / The Japan Foundation Fellowship for Research on Japanese Art |
2020
| Grantee | Project being supported |
|---|---|
| Societe Franco-Japonaise D'Art et D'Archeologie | Issuance of Bulletin De La Societe Franco-Japonaise, No.39 |
| The Society for the Study of Japonisme | Issuance of Studies in Japonisme, No.40 |
| The Society for the Study of Japonisme (special project) | Holding the international symposium |
| Collegium Mediterranistarum | Issuance of the Report by the Society of the Mediterranean, No.43 |
| International Ukiyo-e Society | Issuance of Ukiyo-e Art, No.180 and 181 |
| Kurume Cultural Promotion Foundation | Holding the Kyushu-Yoga II: The Power of the Blackish Soil exhibition |
| The University of Tokyo (Graduate School of Education) | Support for Research Art Appreciation for Inspiring and Creating |
| Heidelberg University, Institute of East Asian Art History | Invitation of Japanese Art History specialists as visiting professors |
| The Buddhist Art Society | Issuance of Buddhist Arts |
| Tokyo Biennale | Holding the international art festival Tokyo Biennale 2020/2021 |
| Grantee | Project being supported |
|---|---|
| Association of Art in the Meiji Era | Issuance of the academic journal Kindai Gasetsu, No.29 |
| Japan Industrial Designer's Association | Issuance of the catalogue of JIDA Design Museum Selection, No.22 |
| The Museum of Modern Japanese Literature | Producing audio visual materials of Voice Library by authors |
| Oral History Archives of Japanese Art | Data collection and conservation of Japanese art history through interviews |
| NPO Platform for Architectural Thinking | Conducting a survey of the Japanese design archive |
| Grantee | Project being supported |
|---|---|
| National Research Group on Moral Education at Junior High School | Holding the national research conference |
| NPO Tokyo Shure | Support for staff training and free school startups |
| Association for Japanese - Language Teaching | Creating and offering IT materials for teaching Japanese to foreign trainees |
| Japan Educational Exchanges and Services | Support for foreign students by Sponsored Scholarships |
| Museum of Fine Arts, Boston | Support for the curator training program Ishibashi Foundation Assistant Curator for Japanese Art |
| University of East Anglia | Support for the program Ishibashi Foundation MA Summer School |
| The Japan Foundation | Support for the Art Curator Exchange Program Support for the Fellowship for Research on Japanese Art Program |
2019
| Grantee | Project being supported |
|---|---|
| Societe Franco-Japonaise D'Art et D'Archeologie | Issuance of Bulletin De La Societe Franco-Japonaise, No.38 and holding a symposium |
| The Society for the Study of Japonisme | Issuance Studies in Japonisme, No.39 |
| Collegium Mediterranistarum | Issuance of the Report by the Society of the Mediterranean, No.42 and holding lectures |
| International Ukiyo-e Society | Issuance Ukiyo-e Art, No.178 and 179 and publishing an Ukiyo-e book |
| Kurume Cultural Development Foundation | Holding the exhibition CHOPIN, Portrayed in 200 Years of Images |
| The University of Tokyo (Graduate School of Interdisciplinary Information Studies) | Support for Research Psychology of Art and Creativity, Design-Based Research on Artistic Creativity |
| Heidelberg University, Institute of East Asian Art History | Invitation of Japanese Art History specialists as visiting professors |
| The Japan Foundation | Exhibit at Japanese pavilion in The 17th Venice Biennale of Architecture |
| Tokyo University of the Arts（Graduate School of Fine Arts） | Development of platform for education system program |
| The University of Milan | Donating art history books |
| The Buddhist Art Society | Issuance of Buddhist Arts |
| Institut national d’histoire de l’art | Holding Château de Fontainebleau organize the Art History Festival |
| Art Gallery of New South Wales | Holding Japan supernatural |
| Ashmolean Museum of Art and Archaeology, University of Oxford | Holding TOKYO: Art & Photography |
| Grantee | Project being supported |
|---|---|
| The City of Kurume | Support maintenance of the Ishibashi Cultural Center |
| Association of Art in the Meiji era | Issuance of the academic journal Kindai Gasetsu, No.28 |
| Japan Industrial Designer's Association | Issuance of the catalogue of JIDA Design Museum Selection, No.21 |
| The Museum of Modern Japanese Literature | Producing audio visual materials |
| Oral History Archives of Japanese Art | Collecting data on Japanese art history through interviews and speakers’ memories |
| La Maison Franco-Japonaise | Research on Japanese and French culture, holding symposiums |
| NPO Platform for Architectural Thinking | Conducting a survey of the Japanese design archive |
| English Heritage | Holding Stonehenge and Japan |
| NPO Supporting Organization for Artists of Tohoku | Restoring hearts and minds/Tokyo presentation |
| Grantee | Project being supported |
|---|---|
| Japan Oral School for the Deaf | Support to maintain the School building |
| National Research Group on Moral Education at Junior High School | National research conference and publication of research |
| NPO Tokyo Shure | Support of integrated education at a free school |
| Association for Japanese - Language Teaching | Creating and offering IT materials for teaching Japanese to foreign trainees |
| Japan educational Exchanges and Services | Supporting exchange students through Sponsored Scholarships |
| Museum of Fine Arts, Boston | Support for the Program Ishibashi Foundation Assistant Curator for Japanese Art |
| University of East Anglia | Support for the Program Ishibashi Foundation MA Summer School |
| The Japan Foundation | Support for the Art Curator Exchange Program Support for the Fellowship for Research on Japanese Art Program |