Past Exhibitions
- The Perfect Pair: Shell-Matching Game Sets
- February 8, 2022 - March 13, 2022
- The Lacquer Arts of China and the Ryukyu Kingdom
- January 2, 2022 - February 6, 2022
- Feature Exhibition: Olympia Meets Japanese Art
- June 5, 2021 - July 4, 2021
- Glocal Makie Lacquers from Early Modern Japan
- February 2, 2021 - February 28, 2021
- Preserving Lacquers through Conservation
- December 19, 2020 - January 31, 2021
- Collection Gallery
- June 2, 2020 - July 5, 2020
- Lacquered Cosmetic and Toiletry Implements
- February 11, 2020 - February 26, 2020
- Celebratory Lacquers for the New Year: The Minoya Collection
- January 2, 2020 - February 9, 2020
- Feature Exhibition in Celebration of ICOM Kyoto 2019
Masterworks of the Kyoto National Museum: Temple and Shrine Treasures
Lacquer Treasures from Temple and Shrine Collections
- August 14, 2019 - September 16, 2019
- Feature Exhibition: New Acquisitions
- July 2, 2019 - August 4, 2019
- Makie Lacquers of the Edo Period: Animal Designs
- January 30, 2019 - March 10, 2019
- Lacquered Sake Vessels
- December 18, 2018 - January 27, 2019
- Hidden Treasures from a Merchant’s Storehouse II: Lacquers from the Hiromi Collection
- 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 V: Weddings—Forging Favorable Family Networks
- February 3, 2018 - March 18, 2018
- Lacquers from China and Ryūkyū
- December 19, 2017 - January 28, 2018
- Lacquered Writing Boxes and Furnishings
- July 19, 2017 - September 3, 2017
- Lacquered Cosmetic and Toiletry Implements
- June 13, 2017 - July 17, 2017
- The Aesthetic Pleasures of Incense
- January 24, 2017 - March 12, 2017
- Japanese Lacquers in the Age of Discovery
- December 13, 2016 - January 29, 2017
- Makie Lacquers of the Edo Period
- August 30, 2016 - October 2, 2016
- From Land and from Sea: East Asian Lacquers with Mother-of-Pearl Inlay
- July 26, 2016 - August 28, 2016
- Negoro Ware and Kamakura-bori
- June 14, 2016 - July 24, 2016
- Furnishings of Emperors and Monzeki Temples
- February 2, 2016 - March 13, 2016
- Lacquered Tablewares for the Elegant Banquet
- December 15, 2015 - January 31, 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 9, 2015
- Lacquers from China and Ryūkyū
- June 2, 2015 - July 20, 2015
- Lacquered Writing Boxes and Furnishings
- April 21, 2015 - May 31, 2015
- Lacquered Cosmetic and Toiletry Implements
- February 24, 2015 - April 19, 2015
- Makie Lacquers of the Edo Period
- January 14, 2015 - February 22, 2015
- Japanese Export Lacquers: Nanban and Kōmō Wares
- November 26, 2014 - January 12, 2015
- Kōdai-ji Makie Lacquer: Gems of Momoyama Culture
- October 21, 2014 - November 24, 2014
- Shinto Offerings and Buddhist Adornments in Lacquer
- September 13, 2014 - October 19, 2014
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