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To purchase past exhibition catalogues, please contact the Museum Shop.
*For catalogues that are only available through online purchase, please inquire through the link provided (Japanese only). Orders cannot be shipped overseas.
*Orders cannot be made for publications that are sold out.
*Prices include tax.
Current Exhibition Catalogue

Special Exhibition Catalogues
Japan, an Artistic Melting Pot¥3080
- Publication date: April, 2025
- Publisher: Kyoto National Museum; The Asahi Shimbun Company; NHK Kyoto Station; NHK Enterprises, Inc., Osaka Branch Office
- Product details: p-272 200 objects
- Online Shop (Japanese only) : Official exhibition website
the official exhibition website https://rutsubo2025.jp/goods.html
(delivery only available within Japan)
Catalogues of Past Special Exhibitions
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Special Exhibition Catalogues
Japan, an Artistic Melting Pot
3080 yen
- Publication date: April, 2025
- Publisher: Kyoto National Museum; The Asahi Shimbun Company; NHK Kyoto Station; NHK Enterprises, Inc., Osaka Branch Office
- Product details: p-272 200 objects
- Online Shop (Japanese only) : Official exhibition website
the official exhibition website https://rutsubo2025.jp/goods.html
(delivery only available within Japan)

Collection Catalogues
Catalogue of the Ueda Collection in the Kyoto National Museum
Esoteric Buddhist Iconography Drawings
1320 yen
- Publication date: August, 2024
- Publisher: Kyoto National Museum
- Product details: p-48 23 objects

Related Publications
Kyoto National Museum Handbook (Chinese)
550 yen
- Publication date: June, 2024
- Publisher: Kyoto National Museum
- Product details: p-48

Special Exhibition Catalogues
Hōnen and Pure Land Buddhism
3000 yen
- Publication date: April, 2024
- Publisher: NHK, NHK Promotions Inc., The Yomiuri Shimbun
- Product details: p-394 194 objects
- Online Shop (Japanese only) : Official exhibition website
the official exhibition website https://tsumugu.yomiuri.co.jp/honen2024-25/goods.html
(delivery only available within Japan)

Special Exhibition Catalogues
The Legend of Sesshū: Birth of a Master Painter
3000 yen
- Publication date: April, 2024
- Publisher: Nikkei Inc., TV Osaka, Kyoto Shimbun
- Product details: p-264 87 objects

Feature Exhibition Catalogues
The Sacred Function of Bronzes in the Yayoi Period
990 yen
- Publication date: January, 2024
- Publisher: Kyoto National Museum
- Product details: p-34 31 objects

Related Publications
Kyoto National Museum Handbook
550 yen
- Publication date: June, 2023
- Publisher: Kyoto National Museum
- Product details: p-48

Special Exhibition Catalogues
Tōfuku-ji: Monumental Zen Temple of Kyoto
3000 yen
- Publication date: March, 2023
- Publisher: The Yomiuri Shimbun, NHK, NHK Promotions Inc.
- Product details: p-392 208 objects
- Online Shop (Japanese only) : MARUYODO
https://maruyodo.jp/goods_detail.php?id=1407
(delivery only available within Japan)

Related Publications
Kyoto National Museum Handbook (Korean)
550 yen
- Publication date: June, 2022
- Publisher: Kyoto National Museum
- Product details: p-48

Related Publications
Kyoto National Museum Handbook (Japanese)
550 yen
- Publication date: March, 2022
- Publisher: Kyoto National Museum
- Product details: p-48

Feature Exhibition Catalogues
The Nishimiyayama Kofun: The Tomb of a West Harima Chieftain in Hyogo Prefecture
880 yen
- Publication date: December, 2021
- Publisher: Kyoto National Museum

Feature Exhibition Catalogues
Olympia Meets Japanese Art
880 yen
- Publication date: June, 2021
- Publisher: Kyoto National Museum

Special Exhibition Catalogues
Priest Gyōnen 700th Memorial Special Exhibition The Buddhist Legacy of Jianzhen (Ganjin) and His Successors
3300 yen
- Publication date: March, 2021
- Publisher: Nikkei Inc.; The Kyoto Shimbun Co., Ltd
- Product details: p-336 160 objects

Collection Catalogues
Masterworks of the Kyoto National Museum Temple and Shrine Treasures
1900 yen
- Publication date: August, 2019
- Publisher: Kyoto National Museum

Collection Catalogues
Catalogue of the Suma Collection in the Kyoto National Museum Chinese Modern Painting I: Qi Baishi
3300 yen
- Publication date: March, 2019
- Publisher: Kyoto National Museum

Feature Exhibition Catalogues
Exquisite Chinese Ceramics
1800 yen
- Publication date: December, 2018
- Publisher: Kyoto National Museum