Past Exhibitions
- Parinirvāṇa: Picturing the Death of the Buddha
- 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
- Twelve Devas Screens and the World of Esoteric Buddhist Rituals
- January 2, 2020 - February 16, 2020
- Feature Exhibition in Celebration of ICOM Kyoto 2019
Masterworks of the Kyoto National Museum: Temple and Shrine Treasures
The Elegance of Classical Court Culture: Magnificent Heian Buddhist Painting
- August 14, 2019 - September 16, 2019
- The Beauty of Esoteric Buddhist Iconographic Drawings: Vivifying Representations
- July 2, 2019 - August 12, 2019
- Feature Exhibition
Qi Baishi: Master of Modern Chinese Painting
"Birds and Animals," "Insects"
- January 30, 2019 - March 17, 2019
- Folding Screens of the Twelve Devas
- December 18, 2018 - January 27, 2019
- Feature Exhibition: Treasures of Hyakumanben Chion-ji Temple
Part II: The Pure Land
- August 7, 2018 - September 9, 2018
- Hand-Painted Reproductions of Sri Lanka's Sigiriya Frescoes by Sugimoto Tetsurō (1899–1985)
- July 10, 2018 - August 5, 2018
- The Bodhisattva Jizō (Kṣitigarbha) and the Ten Kings of Hell
- June 12, 2018 - July 8, 2018
- Art of the Lotus Sutra and Shakyamuni
- February 20, 2018 - March 18, 2018
- Parinirvana: Death of the Buddha Paintings
- 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? II. Fish as Symbols of Human Ambition
- July 25, 2017 - September 3, 2017
- Sacred Representations: Japanese Esoteric Buddhist Iconographic Drawings
- June 13, 2017 - July 23, 2017
- Rakan: Japanese Paintings of Arhats
- February 21, 2017 - March 20, 2017
- Parinirvana: Death of the Buddha Paintings
- January 17, 2017 - February 19, 2017
- Feature Exhibition; Early Birds: Celebrating the Year of the Rooster
- December 13, 2016 - January 15, 2017
- Masterworks of Pure Land Buddhist Painting
- August 30, 2016 - October 2, 2016
- Feature Exhibition: Buddhist Art from Tango
- July 26, 2016 - August 28, 2016
- Sacred Representations: Japanese Esoteric Buddhist Iconographic Drawings
- June 14, 2016 - July 24, 2016
- Spring Equinox and the Pure Land
- February 23, 2016 - March 21, 2016
- Treasures from Monzeki Temple
- January 26, 2016 - February 21, 2016
- Going Ape for the Year of the Monkey Part 2: Dancing Monkeys
- December 15, 2015 - January 24, 2016
- Masterworks from Major Kyoto Temples
- August 11, 2015 - September 13, 2015
- Rakan: Japanese Paintings of Arhats
- July 7, 2015 - August 9, 2015
- Senzui Byōbu Landscape Screens: From Court to Temple
- June 9, 2015 - July 5, 2015
- Folding Screens of the Twelve Devas
- May 12, 2015 - June 7, 2015
- Art of the Lotus Sutra and Shakyamuni
- April 14, 2015 - May 10, 2015
- Spring Equinox and the Pure Land
- March 17, 2015 - April 12, 2015
- Parinirvana: Death of the Buddha Paintings
- February 10, 2015 - March 15, 2015
- Shinto-Buddhist Syncretic Paintings
- January 2, 2015 - February 8, 2015
- Engi-e: Illustrated Legends of Temples and Shrines
- November 18, 2014 - December 23, 2014
- Masterworks of Esoteric Buddhist Painting
- October 15, 2014 - November 16, 2014
- Masterworks of Pure Land Buddhist Painting
- September 13, 2014 - October 13, 2014