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Special Exhibition Hours 9:30 a.m.-7:00 p.m. (Entrance until 6:00 p.m.)
Fridays 9:30 a.m.-8:30 p.m. (Entrance until 7:30 p.m.)
Closed on April 24, May 8, 15, 22, 29.
Special Exhibition Admission Adult \1,300 (\1,000)
High School/Univ. Student \900 (\600)
Elem./Middle Sch. Student \400 (\200)
(Fees in parentheses are for groups of twenty or more)
*Special Exhibition fees include admission to The Collections Hall.
Discounted tickets
can purchased at
Lawson Ticket (L Code: 55667), Ticket Pia (P Code: 686-458), FamilyMart, Circle K Sunkus, ampm, JTB, JTB Traveland, Inc., Keihan Travel Service offices, and JR West (West Japan Railway Company) Kansai Ticket Counters.
Saturday Lectures related to the
Special Exhibition
April 29 From Narrative to Painting: Emaki as a Mode of Expression
Junji WAKASUGI, Chair, Department of Registration and Planning, and Senior Curator of Japanese Painting, Kyoto National Museum
May 6 The Illustrated Tale of Genji and the Illustrated Diary of Murasaki Shikibu
Midori SANO, Professor, Gakushuin University
May 13 Tosa Mitsunobu and Illustrated Handscrolls of the Tosa School
Masahiko AIZAWA, Professor, Seijo University
May 20 An Examination of the Illustrated Tales of Ise Focusing on the Kuboso Museum Edition
Masayuki KAWATA, Director, Kuboso Memorial Museum of Art, Izumi
May 27 Prose within Paintings: The Lines Written into Illustrated Narrative Handscrolls
Junji WAKASUGI, Chair, Department of Registration and Planning, and Senior Curator of Japanese Painting, Kyoto National Museum
  Lectures begin at 1:30 p.m. in the Auditorium of The Collections Hall
(All lectures are given in Japanese).
Free with admission to The Collections Hall. Max. seating capacity 180.
Organized by Kyoto National Museum, The Yomiuri Shimbun, NHK Kyoto, NHK KINKI MEDIA PLAN, INC.
Supported by Agency for Cultural Affairs, Kyoto Prefecture, Kyoto City, Kyoto Prefecture Board of Education, Kyoto City Board of Education.
Sponsored by Iwatani International Corporation, SHIMIZU CORPORATION, SONPO JAPAN INSURANCE INC., Nissha Printing Co.,Ltd., Hihakaikensa Co., Ltd.