Past Exhibitions
- Divine Reflections: Medieval Japanese Votive Mirrors and Plaques
- 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
- The Love for Small Daggers
- February 2, 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
- Collection Gallery
- June 2, 2020 - July 5, 2020
- Chinese and Japanese Cloisonné
- February 11, 2020 - February 26, 2020
- Metalwork of the Muromachi Period II
- January 2, 2020 - February 9, 2020
- Feature Exhibition in Celebration of ICOM Kyoto 2019
Masterworks of the Kyoto National Museum: Temple and Shrine Treasures
Sacred Objects in Metal
- August 14, 2019 - September 16, 2019
- Feature Exhibition: New Acquisitions
- July 2, 2019 - August 4, 2019
- Decorating Swords
- January 30, 2019 - March 10, 2019
- Feature Exhibition; Boars Galore: Celebrating the Year of the Wild Boar
- December 18, 2018 - January 27, 2019
- Chinese and Japanese Cloisonné
- 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 IV: Hobbies and Patronage
- February 3, 2018 - March 18, 2018
- Buddhist Gongs and Bells
- December 19, 2017 - January 28, 2018
- Japanese Armor
- July 22, 2017 - September 3, 2017
- Feature Exhibition
Blades of Brilliance: Celebrated Japanese Swords from the Naga Fujikazu Collection
- June 13, 2017 - July 17, 2017
- Japanese Mirrors
- February 7, 2017 - March 12, 2017
- Feature Exhibition: Sennyū-ji, Imperial Temple
- December 13, 2016 - February 5, 2017
- Exquisite Buddhist Implements
- August 9, 2016 - October 2, 2016
- Medieval Sword Mountings: Ornamenting the Samurai
- June 14, 2016 - August 7, 2016
- Feature Exhibition: Guardian Lions and Lion-Dogs
- December 15, 2015 - March 13, 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
- Metalwork of the Muromachi Period
- May 26, 2015 - July 20, 2015
- Shintō (“New-Type Swords”) of the Momoyama Period
- March 31, 2015 - May 24, 2015
- Feature Exhibition: Masterworks of Kongō-ji Temple
- March 4, 2015 - March 29, 2015
- Swords from the Naga Fujikazu Collection (at Metalwork Exhibition Room)
- November 18, 2014 - March 1, 2015
- Hideyoshi's Favorite Swordsmiths: Yoshimitsu, Masamune, and Yoshihiro
- October 15, 2014 - November 16, 2014
- Buddhist Ritual Utensils
- September 13, 2014 - October 13, 2014