Past Exhibitions
- Cherry Blossom Viewing at Kyoto National Museum
- February 15, 2022 - March 21, 2022
- The 840th Anniversary of Taira no Kiyomori’s Death: The Tale of the Heike and the Genpei Wars
- 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
- Artists’ Sketches
- February 4, 2020 - February 26, 2020
- Feature Exhibition Paintings from the Kyoto Imperial Palace: The Shishinden
- January 2, 2020 - February 2, 2020
- Feature Exhibition in Celebration of ICOM Kyoto 2019
Masterworks of the Kyoto National Museum: Temple and Shrine Treasures
Sliding Door Paintings from Kyoto Temples
- August 14, 2019 - September 16, 2019
- The 220th Death Anniversary of Nagasawa Rosetsu
- July 2, 2019 - August 12, 2019
- Feature Exhibition
Qi Baishi: Master of Modern Chinese Painting
"Landscapes," "Gods and Human Figures," "Calligraphy and Seals," "Study"
- January 30, 2019 - March 17, 2019
- The Paintings of Watanabe Shikō
- December 18, 2018 - January 27, 2019
- Feature Exhibition: Treasures of Hyakumanben Chion-ji Temple
Part II: The Pure Land / Part III: Gifted Treasures
- August 7, 2018 - September 9, 2018
- The Kaihō School after Yūshō
- July 10, 2018 - August 5, 2018
- Legends of the Shakyamuni Hall (Shakadō Engi)
- June 12, 2018 - July 8, 2018
- Copying Chinese Paintings
- February 20, 2018 - March 18, 2018
- Interior Paintings from Tenkyu-in Temple
- January 23, 2018 - February 18, 2018
- An Immortal Gathering
- December 19, 2017 - January 21, 2018
- Feature Exhibition: Aquarium at the Kyoto National Museum: What Kind of Fish Can You Find? III. Legendary Sea Life
- July 25, 2017 - September 3, 2017
- Celebratory Furnishings: Screens of Famous Festivals
- June 13, 2017 - July 23, 2017
- Nanga Painters of the Late Edo Period
- February 21, 2017 - March 20, 2017
- Images of Mt. Fuji
- January 17, 2017 - February 19, 2017
- 300th Anniversary Feature Exhibition: Itō Jakuchū
- December 13, 2016 - January 15, 2017
- Edo Period Idols
- July 20, 2016 - August 21, 2016
- Tosa Mitsuoki and Early Modern Japanese Yamato-e Painting
- June 14, 2016 - July 18, 2016
- 300th Anniversary Feature Exhibition: Yosa Buson
- August 23, 2016 - October 2, 2016
- Paradise of Birds and Flowers
- February 23, 2016 - March 21, 2016
- Elegant Processions of Emperors and Lords
- January 26, 2016 - February 21, 2016
- Going Ape for the Year of the Monkey Part 4: Unique Monkeys by the Edo-Era Masters
- December 15, 2015 - January 24, 2016
- Early Modern Paintings from Major Kyoto Temples
- August 11, 2015 - September 13, 2015
- Dragons and Tigers: Protectors of the Buddhist Dharma
- July 7, 2015 - August 9, 2015
- New Trends in Edo Painting: Nanpin and Western Styles
- June 9, 2015 - July 5, 2015
- Soga Shōhaku: The Peculiar and the Beautiful
- May 12, 2015 - June 7, 2015
- Kano Eitoku and Hasegawa Tohaku
- April 14, 2015 - May 10, 2015
- Paintings of Merrymaking by Anonymous Artists
- March 17, 2015 - April 12, 2015
- Eighteenth Century Wall and Door Paintings
- February 10, 2015 - March 15, 2015
- Momoyama and Edo Period Wall and Door Paintings
- January 2, 2015 - February 8, 2015
- Ike no Taiga: Master of Nanga Painting
- November 18, 2014 - December 23, 2014
- Master Painters of the Momoyama Period
- October 15, 2014 - November 16, 2014
- Amusements in Kyoto
- September 13, 2014 - October 13, 2014