January 10［Wed］-February 12［Mon］, 2018Gallery 1/2

Museum Collection Exhibition

Ink and Gold: Paintings of the Kanō School[End]

Experience the work of Japan’s largest painting school, the Kanō, through folding screens and other works.

February 22［Thu］-March 31［Sat］, 2018Gallery 1

Museum Collection Exhibition

A Bouquet of Incense Containers[End]

These small incense containers add flair to tea gatherings. Enjoy their charming variety, in materials from ceramics to lacquerware.

April 14［Sat］-May 13［Sun］, 2018Gallery 1/2/5

Special Exhibition

Kōrin and Kenzan: Brother Artists, Resonating Aesthetics[End]

Ogata Kōrin, the painter and designer, and his brother Kenzan, the potter: This exhibition explores the brothers’ individual characters and their interactions.

May 24［Thu］-July 8［Sun］, 2018Gallery 1/2

Museum Collection Exhibition

Introduction to Traditional Art: Lacquer Techniques and Designs[End]

Learn about lacquer techniques and designs through lacquerware from Japan, China, Korea, and Southeast Asia handed down over the generations in Japan.

September 1［Sat］-October 8［Mon］, 2018Gallery 1/2

Museum Collection Exhibition

Zen and the Art of Cultural Exchange: An Invitation to Calligraphy and Ink Painting[End]

Zen priests were both bearers of Japanese and Chinese culture and participants in interchanges between them. This exhibition presents their calligraphy and paintings, with poems the priests composed.

October 20［Sat］-December 16［Sun］, 2018Gallery 1/2

Special Exhibition

Momoyama Tea Utensils: A New View

Shigaraki, Bizen, Shino, Oribe, Iga: Momoyama tea utensils were produced in the late sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries. The addition of newly excavated examples inspires a rethinking of these tea wares.

January 10［Thu］-February 17［Sun］, 2019Gallery 1/2

Museum Collection Exhibition

The Shuten Dōji Picture Scroll: A Tale of Expelling the Demon

This picture scroll tells the story of Minamoto no Raikō and his retainers casting out a demon, Shuten Dōji. For the first time, all eight scrolls that make up the version of this tale created by Sumiyoshi Hironao will be displayed.

February 28［Thu］-March 31［Sun］, 2019Gallery 1/2

Museum Collection Exhibition

Floral Beauty in Buddhist Art

Lotuses, arabesque flower patterns, sal tree blossoms: flowers are critical elements in Buddhist art. This exhibition presents the art of the fragrant flowers that adorn the Buddhist deities.

April 13［Sat］-May 12［Sun］, 2019Gallery 1/2

Special Exhibition

Ogata Korin's Irises—Felicitations in Edo-period Paintings

This exhibition mainly presents folding screens, including Irises (National Treasure), The Tale of Genji (originally part of a trousseau), and In and Around Kyoto, a lively depiction of the Gion festival.

May 25［Sat］-Jury 7［Sun］, 2019Gallery 1/2

Museum Collection Exhibition

Introduction to Traditional Art: The Subjects of Paintings

Paintings based on tales, mythological figures, famous places: This exhibition introduces one of the fundamentals of appreciating Chinese and Japanese paintings, understanding a painting’s subject, in a delightfully accessible manner.

Jury 25［Thu］-August 25［Sun］, 2019Gallery 1/2

Museum Collection Exhibition

Merciful Buddhas, Terrifying Buddhas

Buddhas and bodhisattvas gently lead us to salvation; wisdom kings and Buddhist warrior devas impose strict admonishments on us. This exhibition explores the many forms salvation takes, mainly through Kamakura to Edo period paintings and wooden sculptures.

September 7［Sat］-November 4［Mon］, 2019Gallery 1/2

Museum Collection Exhibition, Commemorating the 10th Anniversary of the Museum's Renewal

Beautiful Lives —Birds and Flowers in Japanese and East Asian Art

Bird and flower paintings, taking beautiful flowers and birds as their subject, depict the vitality of these living beings. Some are garbed in auspicious implications, while others become craft designs. Here we trace the history and stylistic evolution of bird and flower motifs.

November 16［Sat］-December 23［Mon］, 2019Gallery 1/2

Special Exhibition

The Tea Ceremony in Edo: Commemorating the Tricentennial of the Birth of Kawakami Fuhaku

Kawakami Fuhaku (1719–1807), the founder of the Edo Senke school of tea, spread the culture of tea among the daimyo. This exhibition commemorates the tricentennial of his birth by reflecting upon the Edo tea ceremony.

January 9［Thu］-Februay 11［Tue］, 2020Gallery 1/2

Museum Collection Exhibition

Paintings Created as Sets

Hanging scrolls that are diptychs or triptychs and pairs of folding screens are the subject of this exhibition. As we consider the meanings of the combinations and continuities in these sets of paintings, let us imagine what their creator or the patron who commissioned them intended.

February 22［Sat］-March 29［Sun］, 2020Gallery 1/2

Special Exhibition

Splendid Hina Dolls from the Toraya Collection

Kurokawa Mitsukage (1871–1957), the fourteenth generation proprietor of Toraya Confectionery Co. Ltd., collected hina dolls and their accessories for his daughter. We are delighted to display these exquisitely charming works, some of which are being exhibited for the first time..