Past Exhibitions
- Kaō: Early Japanese Handwritten Ciphers
- February 8, 2022 - March 13, 2022
- Feature Exhibition: New Acquisitions
- January 2, 2022 - February 6, 2022
- Feature Exhibition: Olympia Meets Japanese Art
- June 5, 2021 - July 4, 2021
- Feature Exhibition in Celebration of the 1300th Anniversary of the Nihon Shoki : The National Treasure Chronicles of Japan and Other Ancient East Asian Texts
- February 4, 2021 - February 28, 2021
- Feature Exhibition Celebrating the 40th Anniversary of the Conservation Center for Cultural Properties:
The Conservation of Japanese Art
- December 19, 2020 - January 31, 2021
- Famous Works from the Matsumoto Collection
- February 11, 2020 - February 26, 2020
- Travel in the Early Period
- January 2, 2020 - February 9, 2020
- Feature Exhibition in Celebration of ICOM Kyoto 2019
Masterworks of the Kyoto National Museum: Temple and Shrine Treasures
National Treasure Calligraphy from Kyoto Temples and Shrines
- August 14, 2019 - September 16, 2019
- Feature Exhibition: New Acquisitions
- July 2, 2019 - August 4, 2019
- Toyotomi Hideyoshi and the Emperor Go-Yōzei
- February 5, 2019 - March 10, 2019
- Feature Exhibition: Exquisite Chinese Ceramics
- December 18, 2018 - February 3, 2019
- Prayers of an Empress: The First Day of the Fifth Month Sutras
- July 18, 2018 - September 2, 2018
- Feature Exhibition: New Acquisitions
- June 12, 2018 - July 16, 2018
- Feature Exhibition; Hidden Treasures from a Merchant’s Storehouse:
The Hiromi Collection, a Legacy of Elegant Living
Part II: Chanoyu and Sencha Tea Ceremonies
- February 3, 2018 - March 18, 2018
- Feature Exhibition; Aristocratic Costumes and Furnishings: The Revival of Imperial Palace Culture
- December 19, 2017 - January 28, 2018
- Ultimate Calligraphy
- July 25, 2017 - September 3, 2017
- Feature Exhibition: The Connoisseur’s Eye: Painting and Calligraphy from the Ban Minoru Collection
- June 13, 2017 - July 23, 2017
- Medieval Buddhist Sutra Manuscripts
- February 7, 2017 - March 12, 2017
- Feature Exhibition: Sennyū-ji, Imperial Temple
- December 13, 2016 - February 5, 2017
- The Characters of Ancient Sutra Manuscripts
- September 13, 2016 - October 2, 2016
- Japan's Historical Documents
- July 21, 2016 - September 11, 2016
- Feature Exhibition: The Tokugawa Shoguns and Kyoto: Treasures from Chion-in and Other Temples and Shrines
- June 14, 2016 - July 18, 2016
- Diaries and Records
- February 23, 2016 - March 13, 2016
- Refined Imperial Calligraphy of Early Modern Japan
- January 26, 2016 - February 21, 2016
- Elegant Kana Calligraphy and Waka Poetry
- December 15, 2015 - January 24, 2016
- Feature Exhibition: In Commemoration of the 100th Daizō-e Exhibition The Eastward Expansion of Buddhism: Art of the Buddhist Canon
- July 29, 2015 - September 6, 2015
- Memorial Sutras: Sanctifying the Letters of the Deceased
- June 16, 2015 - July 20, 2015
- Imperial Calligraphy
- May 12, 2015 - June 14, 2015
- The Age of Nobunaga, Hideyoshi, and Ieyasu
- March 31, 2015 - May 10, 2015
- Feature Exhibition: Masterworks of Kongō-ji Temple
- March 4, 2015 - March 29, 2015
- Sutra Manuscripts of the Nara Period
- February 3, 2015 - March 1, 2015
- Calligraphy by Zen Priests
- January 2, 2015 - February 1, 2015
- Calligraphy by Eminent Priests
- November 18, 2014 - December 23, 2014
- Decorative Elegance: Calligraphy Papers
- October 15, 2014 - November 16, 2014
- Early Works of Calligraphy (Kohitsu) and Albums of Exemplary Calligraphy (Tekagami)
- September 13, 2014 - October 13, 2014
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