Abstract
In this study I focus on the six hundred temporary exhibitions held for forty years by the Design Gallery 1953 on the 7th floor of Matsuya Department Store in Ginza, Tokyo. In 1964 Design Gallery was established by Matsuya Department Store and the Japan Design Committee organized in 1953. The aim of this paper is to examine the importance of the exhibition data which is composed of the images of the invitation postcards of each exhibition in order to study the history of modern design in Japan. We can employ the results shown in this study to make the social role of those exhibitions clear from the point of view the Art Environment Support.
