Past Exhibitions
- Illustrated Legends of the Bodhisattva Jizō
- February 15, 2022 - March 21, 2022
- Feature Exhibition
Hear Me Roar: Celebrating the Year of the Tiger
- January 2, 2022 - February 13, 2022
- Feature Exhibition: Olympia Meets Japanese Art
- June 5, 2021 - July 4, 2021
- Feature Exhibition on the 50th Anniversary of the Ueno Memorial Foundation for the Study of Buddhist Art
The Newsman's Eye: East Asian Painting and Calligraphy Collected by Ueno Riichi
- February 2, 2021 - March 7, 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
- Celebrated Works of Art from Chion-in Temple:
The Illustrated Biography of the Priest Hōnen Handscrolls (National Treasure)
- February 18, 2020 - February 26, 2020
- The Phantom Genji Scrolls
- January 2, 2020 - February 16, 2020
- Feature Exhibition in Celebration of ICOM Kyoto 2019
Masterworks of the Kyoto National Museum: Temple and Shrine Treasures
Large Scale Portraiture from Early Kyoto Temples
- August 14, 2019 - September 16, 2019
- Entertaining Stories: The Tale of the Crane and The Fart Scroll
- July 2, 2019 - August 12, 2019
- Feature Exhibition
Qi Baishi: Master of Modern Chinese Painting
"Flowers and Trees"
- January 30, 2019 - March 17, 2019
- Origin Legends of Kitano and Itsukushima Shrines
- December 18, 2018 - January 27, 2019
- Feature Exhibition: Treasures of Hyakumanben Chion-ji Temple
Part I: Teachings of the Patriarchs
- August 7, 2018 - September 9, 2018
- Tales of Tragic Love
- July 18, 2018 - August 5, 2018
- Feature Exhibition: New Acquisitions
- June 12, 2018 - July 16, 2018
- Illustrated Biography of the Priest Hōnen and Shinran, the Gugan Edition
- February 20, 2018 - March 18, 2018
- Portraiture Handscrolls
- January 23, 2018 - February 18, 2018
- Feature Exhibition; Puppies Galore: Celebrating the Year of the Dog
- December 19, 2017 - January 21, 2018
- Feature Exhibition: Aquarium at the Kyoto National Museum: What Kind of Fish Can You Find? I. A Great Big School of Fish
- July 25, 2017 - September 3, 2017
- Famous Battles and Valiant Warriors
- June 13, 2017 - July 23, 2017
- Japanese Princesses as Seen in Narrative Handscrolls
- February 21, 2017 - March 20, 2017
- Two Versions of the Illustrated Biography of Priest Ippen and Shinkyō (Yugyō Shōnin emaki)
- January 17, 2017 - February 19, 2017
- Feature Exhibition; Early Birds: Celebrating the Year of the Rooster
- December 13, 2016 - January 15, 2017
- Feature Exhibition: Buddhist Art from Tango
- July 26, 2016 - August 28, 2016
- Illustrated Handscrolls and Wakasa Province
- September 13, 2016 - October 2, 2016
- Illustrated Handscrolls with Literary Themes: Waka and Monogatari
- June 14, 2016 - July 24, 2016
- Handscrolls of Popular Stories: The Fart Scroll (Fukutomi zōshi) and Otogi zōshi
- February 23, 2016 - March 21, 2016
- Imperial and Aristocratic Portraiture
- January 26, 2016 - February 21, 2016
- Going Ape for the Year of the Monkey Part 1: Monkeys, Gods, and Buddhas
- December 15, 2015 - January 24, 2016
- Saved by the Buddhas: Images of Hells and the Pure Land
- August 11, 2015 - September 13, 2015
- Illustrated Biographies of Famous Priests: Remembering the Patriarchs
- July 7, 2015 - August 9, 2015
- Handscrolls in the Kano School Style
- June 9, 2015 - July 5, 2015
- Two Editions of the Illustrated Biography of Priest Shinran
- May 12, 2015 - June 7, 2015
- Miraculous Stories of Buddhist Deities
- April 14, 2015 - May 10, 2015
- Muromachi Handscrolls of Temple and Shrine Legends
- March 17, 2015 - April 12, 2015
- Illustrated Handscrolls of Narrative Literature
- February 10, 2015 - March 15, 2015
- Emaki of the Muromachi Period
- January 2, 2015 - February 8, 2015
- Otogi Zōshi: Illustrated Popular Stories
- November 18, 2014 - December 23, 2014
- The Faith and Aesthetics of the Aristocracy
- October 15, 2014 - November 16, 2014
- National Treasure Emaki: Japan’s Most Cherished Illustrated Handscrolls
- September 13, 2014 - October 13, 2014
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