Educational Guides and Worksheets

The Kyoto National Museum produces and distributes multilingual educational guides and worksheets designed to help children and adults better appreciate the works on view in the museum for a more fulfilling museum experience. These are distributed in the museum galleries during exhibitions so that visitors can use them while viewing exhibitions.

*Guides and worksheets are not distributed for all exhibitions.

Educational Guides and Worksheets (PDF)

• Key Points for Viewing Japanese Swords

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  Related Exhibition:
  Feature Exhibition
  Yamashiro Smiths of the New Era: Blades of the Mishina and Horikawa Schools

• The Life and Legacy of Hōnen through a Map of Kyoto

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  Related Exhibition:
  Special Exhibition
  Hōnen and Pure Land Buddhism

• Dōmaru Armor with Blue Lacing

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  Related Exhibition:
  Special Viewing Commemorating the Completion of Conservation
  Dōmaru Armor with Blue Lacing

• Guide to the Special Exhibition   Tōfuku-ji

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  Related Exhibition:
  Special Exhibition
  Tōfuku-ji: Monumental Zen Temple of Kyoto

• Shinran and Shin Buddhism

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  Related Exhibition:
  850th Anniversary Special Exhibition
  Shinran: The Life and Legacy of the Founder of Shin Buddhism

• Chanoyu and Tea in Japan

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  Related Exhibition:
  Special Exhibition
  Chanoyu: Tea in the Cultural Life of Kyoto

• The Temples Kanshin-ji and Kongō-ji in Japanese History

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  Related Exhibition:
  Special Exhibition
  Kanshin-ji and Kongō-ji, Two Temples of Kawachinagano: Esoteric Buddhist Art and the Legacy of the Southern Court

• Saichō and Tendai Buddhism

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  Related Exhibition:
  Special Exhibition
  Commemorating the 1200th Anniversary of Saichō's Death: Buddhist Art of the Tendai School

• Sokuō's Cherished Treasures

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  Related Exhibition:
  Special Exhibition
  Masterpieces from the Hatakeyama Memorial Museum of Fine Art: Noh, Chanoyu, and Rinpa

• A Guide to the National Treasures of Kyoto

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  Related Exhibition:
  Special Exhibition
  National Treasures of Kyoto: Preserving the Cultural Heritage of Japan's Ancient Capital

• All about the Buddhist Precepts and Jianzhen

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  Related Exhibition:
  Priest Gyōnen 700th Memorial Special Exhibition
  The Buddhist Legacy of Jianzhen (Ganjin) and His Successors

• Introduction to Japanese Court Culture

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  Related Exhibition:
  Special Exhibition in Celebration of the Emperor's Enthronement Treasures from the Imperial Palace

• A Guide to Waka and Kana Calligraphy

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  Related Exhibition:
  Special Exhibition
  The Thirty-Six Immortal Poets: Elegant Arts of the Classical Japanese Court

• Introduction to Japanese Swords

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  Related Exhibition:
  Special Exhibition
  Swords of Kyoto: Master Craftsmanship from an Elegant Culture

• Become a Master of Guardian Lions and Lion Dogs

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