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Feature Exhibition
Buried Prayers: Time Capsules of Faith
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General Information
- Exhibition Title
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Feature Exhibition
Buried Prayers: Time Capsules of Faith
- Period
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July 14–September 6, 2026
- Venue
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Heisei Chishinkan Wing, Galleries 1F-3, 4
- Closed
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- Mondays, except July 20, 2026
- July 21, 2026
- Museum Hours
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9:30 a.m.–5:00 p.m. (entrance until 4:30 p.m.)
Open until 8:00 p.m. on Fridays (entrance until 7:30 p.m.)
- Admission
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Adult 700 yen University Student
(ID required)350 yen - Admission fee includes admission to all galleries in the Heisei Chishinkan Wing.
- Admission is free for high school students and other youths age 0–17, seniors over 70, visitors with disabilities and one caretaker, and for Campus Members (including faculty). Please show ID.
- Admission to the Collection Galleries is free for teachers accompanying groups of preschool through high school students on fieldtrips.
Description of Exhibition
Since ancient times, people have imbued objects with their prayers and buried them in the ground. Such interments were deeply intertwined with Buddhist thought, functioning like time capsules that combined supplications to purify and protect the land with aspirations to transmit teachings to the distant future.
This exhibition presents a selection of buried objects, primarily excavated in the Kyoto–Osaka region, tracing the many types of prayers long hidden beneath the earth.
Incised Tile with Monk
Kyoto National Museum
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