# 著作権法 / Copyright Act — 第四十五条 (Article 45) - Law: 著作権法 (Copyright Act), 昭和四十五年法律第四十八号 - English title "Copyright Act": Ministry of Justice translation - Kind: Act — the distinction between 法律 (Act), 政令 (Cabinet Order), 省令 (Ministerial Order) and 条例 (local ordinance) decides who may issue it and what it may say. - Provision: 第四十五条 (Article 45)（美術の著作物等の原作品の所有者による展示） — address `art-45` - Text in force since: 2026-06-24 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-45 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-45 - Every provision below carries its address and both URLs on the line under it. - Japanese text: e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁). English: as marked on each line below. Only the Japanese as published by the government has legal effect; the text below is a copy of it. Every English rendering below is a translation and says which kind: the Ministry of Justice's translation, or this site's machine translation, whose model and date the Sources list names. They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第四十五条（美術の著作物等の原作品の所有者による展示） — (Exhibition of an Artistic Work by the Owner of the Original) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-45 · https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-45 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-45 **第一項** 美術の著作物若しくは写真の著作物の原作品の所有者又はその同意を得た者は、これらの著作物をその原作品により公に展示することができる。 art-45/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-45/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-45/par-1 The owner of the original copy of an artistic work or photographic work or a person authorized thereby may publicly exhibit that work. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 前項の規定は、美術の著作物の原作品を街路、公園その他一般公衆に開放されている屋外の場所又は建造物の外壁その他一般公衆の見やすい屋外の場所に恒常的に設置する場合には、適用しない。 art-45/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-45/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-45/par-2 The provisions of the preceding paragraph do not apply if the original copy of an artistic work is permanently installed on a street, at a park, or in any other outdoor location accessible to the public, or on the outer wall of a building or other place easily seen by the public. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-45/par-2: 前項 → 著作権法 第四十五条第一項 (Article 45, paragraph (1)), art-45/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-45/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-45/par-1 ## Cited by 5 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 著作権法 第四条第四項（著作物の公表） — https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-4/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-4/par-4 - 著作権法 第四十五条第二項（美術の著作物等の原作品の所有者による展示） — https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-45/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-45/par-2 - 著作権法 第四十六条第一項（公開の美術の著作物等の利用） — https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-46/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-46/par-1 - 著作権法 第四十六条第一項第三号（公開の美術の著作物等の利用） — https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-46/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-46/par-1/item-3 - 著作権法 附則第六条第一項（公開の美術の著作物についての経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/suppl-3451-48/art-6/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/suppl-3451-48/art-6/par-1 --- ## Sources - e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁) — 著作権法 — the text in force from 2026-06-24 (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/345AC0000000048/20260624_508AC0000000048), retrieved 2026-10-19 - Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Copyright Act — Ministry of Justice translation (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4207/tb), retrieved 2026-10-19 - This site's parser, version 210 — 著作権法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-19