2023 

Celebrating the Completion of Conservation Work on Jōruriji Temple’s Amida Statues: Buddhist Sculptures from Minami Yamashiro in Kyoto September 16, 2023 (Sat) -  November 12, 2023 (Sun)	Ancient Mexico: Maya, Aztec, and Teotihuacan June 16, 2023 (Fri) -  September 3, 2023 (Sun)	Special ExhibitionTōfuku-ji: Monumental Zen Temple of Kyoto March 7, 2023 (Tue) -  May 7, 2023 (Sun)

2022 

150th Anniversary Special Exhibition Tokyo National Museum: Its History and National Treasures October 18, 2022 (Tue) -  December 18, 2022 (Sun)	Celebrating the 50th Anniversary of the Normalization of Diplomatic Relations between Japan and China Special Digital Exhibition: The World of the Gu Gong Imperial Palace July 26, 2022 (Tue) -  September 19, 2022 (Mon)	Special Exhibition Commemorating the 50th Anniversary of Okinawa's Reversion to Japan RYUKYU May 3, 2022 (Tue) -  June 26, 2022 (Sun)	The Saint Kūya and Rokuharamitsuji Temple March 1, 2022 (Tue) -  May 8, 2022 (Sun)	Special Exhibition: POMPEII January 14, 2022 (Fri) -  April 3, 2022 (Sun)

2021 

UNESCO Intangible Cultural HeritageSpecial ExhibitionThe World of Traditional Performing Arts: Kabuki, Bunraku, Noh and Kyogen, Gagaku, Kumi-odori January 7, 2022 (Fri) -  March 13, 2022 (Sun)	Commemorating the 1200th Anniversary of Saichō's Death: Buddhist Art of the Tendai School October 12, 2021 (Tue) -  November 21, 2021 (Sun)	The 1400th Memorial for Prince Shōtoku HŌRYŪJI Prince Shōtoku and Treasures of Early Buddhist Faith in Japan July 13, 2021 (Tue) -  September 5, 2021 (Sun)	Sacred Treasures from Ancient Nara: The Eleven-Headed Kannon of Shōrinji Temple June 22, 2021 (Tue) -  September 12, 2021 (Sun)	NATIONAL TREASURE: FROLICKING ANIMALS April 13, 2021 (Tue) -  June 20, 2021 (Sun)

2020 

Japanese Architecture: Traditional Skills and Natural Materials December 24, 2020 (Thu) -  February 21, 2021 (Sun)	Momoyama: Artistic Visions in a Turbulent Century October 6, 2020 (Tue) -  November 29, 2020 (Sun)	Kōgei 2020 – The Art of Crafting Beauty from Nature September 21, 2020 (Mon) -  November 15, 2020 (Sun)	KIMONO: Fashioning Identities June 30, 2020 (Tue) -  August 23, 2020 (Sun)	Passing on Cultural Heritage: Buddhist Murals and Sculptures of Horyuji March 17, 2020 (Tue) -  May 10, 2020 (Sun)

2019 

Izumo and Yamato: The Birth of Ancient Japan January 15, 2020 (Wed) -  February 26, 2020 (Wed)	Man, God & Nature in the Ancient World: Masterpieces from The Al Thani Collection November 6, 2019 (Wed) -  February 9, 2020 (Sun)	Special Exhibition Celebrating the Enthronement of His Majesty the Emperor Shosoin: Essential Treasures of Ancient Japan Passed Down by the Imperial Family October 14, 2019 (Mon) -  November 24, 2019 (Sun)	Celebrating the 40th Anniversary of the Japan–China Cultural Exchange Agreement Three Kingdoms Unveiling the Story July 9, 2019 (Tue) -  September 16, 2019 (Mon)	Masterpieces of Japanese Art: From Sesshu and Eitoku to Korin and Hokusai May 3, 2019 (Fri) -  June 2, 2019 (Sun)	National Treasures of To-ji Temple; Kukai and the Sculpture Mandala March 26, 2019 (Tue) -  June 2, 2019 (Sun)
The 30th Anniversary of the EnthronementCultural Exchanges of Their Majesties the Emperor and Empress: Sharing the Beauty of Japan March 5, 2019 (Tue) -  April 29, 2019 (Mon)

2018 

Unrivaled Calligraphy: Yan Zhenqing and His Legacy January 16, 2019 (Wed) -  February 24, 2019 (Sun)	The Buddhist Sculptures of Daiho’onji, Kyoto: Masterpieces by Kaikei and Jokei October 2, 2018 (Tue) -  December 9, 2018 (Sun)	Collaborative Exhibition Project between the Tokyo National Museum and the Philadelphia Museum of Art: Marcel Duchamp and Japanese Art October 2, 2018 (Tue) -  December 9, 2018 (Sun)	JOMON: 10,000 Years of Prehistoric Art in Japan July 3, 2018 (Tue) -  September 2, 2018 (Sun)	Celebrating the 130th Anniversary of KOKKA and the 140th Anniversary of The Asahi Shimbun Echoes of a Masterpiece: The Lineage of Beauty in Japanese Art April 13, 2018 (Fri) -  May 27, 2018 (Sun)	Roads of Arabia: Archaeological Treasures of Saudi Arabia January 23, 2018 (Tue) -  May 13, 2018 (Sun)

2017 

Treasures from Ninnaji Temple and Omuro January 16, 2018 (Tue) -  March 11, 2018 (Sun)	UNKEI - The Great Master of Buddhist Sculpture September 26, 2017 (Tue) -  November 26, 2017 (Sun)	The Living Treasures of France September 12, 2017 (Tue) -  November 26, 2017 (Sun)	Celebrating 130 Years of Amity between Japan and Thailand Thailand: Brilliant Land of the Buddha July 4, 2017 (Tue) -  August 27, 2017 (Sun)	Chanoyu - The Arts of Tea Ceremony, The Essence of Japan April 11, 2017 (Tue) -  June 4, 2017 (Sun)

2016 

Eternal Treasures from Kasugataisha Shrine January 17, 2017 (Tue) -  March 12, 2017 (Sun)	The Art of ZEN: From Mind to Form October 18, 2016 (Tue) -  November 27, 2016 (Sun)	The Hidden Buddha of Rakuyaji Temple, Shiga September 13, 2016 (Tue) -  January 9, 2017 (Mon)	A Journey to the Land of Immortals: Treasures of Ancient Greece June 21, 2016 (Tue) -  September 19, 2016 (Mon)	Smiling in Contemplation : Two Buddhas from Japan and Korea June 21, 2016 (Tue) -  July 10, 2016 (Sun)	Hidden Treasures from the National Museum, Kabul April 12, 2016 (Tue) -  June 19, 2016 (Sun)
Kuroda Seiki, Master of Modern Japanese Painting: The 150th Anniversary of his Birth March 23, 2016 (Wed) -  May 15, 2016 (Sun)

2015 

The Great Terracotta Army of China's First Emperor October 27, 2015 (Tue) -  February 21, 2016 (Sun)	THE ART of BVLGARI　130 YEARS OF ITALIAN MASTERPIECES September 8, 2015 (Tue) -  November 29, 2015 (Sun)	Cleopatra and the Queens of Egypt July 11, 2015 (Sat) -  September 23, 2015 (Wed)	Masterpieces of Kosan-ji Temple: the complete scrolls of Choju Giga, Frolicking Animals April 28, 2015 (Tue) -  June 7, 2015 (Sun)	Indian Buddhist Art from Indian Museum, Kolkata March 17, 2015 (Tue) -  May 17, 2015 (Sun)	Masterpieces of Buddhist Sculpture from Northern Japan January 14, 2015 (Wed) -  April 5, 2015 (Sun)

2014 

The Great Tsunami of March 11, 2011 and the Restoration of Cultural Properties January 14, 2015 (Wed) -  March 15, 2015 (Sun)	National Treasures of Japan October 15, 2014 (Wed) -  December 7, 2014 (Sun)	Joint Special Exhibition of National Museums, Japan, China and Korea, 2014 East Asian Elegance: Masterpieces of Ceramics September 20, 2014 (Sat) -  November 24, 2014 (Mon)	Treasured Masterpieces from the National Palace Museum, Taipei June 24, 2014 (Tue) -  September 15, 2014 (Mon)	Mural Paintings of the Kitora Tumulus April 22, 2014 (Tue) -  May 18, 2014 (Sun)	The 800th Memorial of YosaiRoots of Zen: Yosai and the Treasures of Kenninji March 25, 2014 (Tue) -  May 18, 2014 (Sun)

2013 

Portrait of Hasekura Tsunenaga and Nanban Art: Japan-European Exchange 400 Years Ago February 11, 2014 (Tue) -  March 23, 2014 (Sun)	Admired from Afar: Masterworks of Japanese Painting from the Cleveland Museum of Art January 15, 2014 (Wed) -  February 23, 2014 (Sun)	The 60th Japan Traditional Kōgei Exhibition Engendering Beauty, Preserving Techniques: Artworks by Living National Treasures January 15, 2014 (Wed) -  February 23, 2014 (Sun)	Kyoto from Inside and Outside: Scenes on Panels and Folding Screens October 8, 2013 (Tue) -  December 1, 2013 (Sun)	Commemorative Exhibition for the Reopening of the Toyokan: Treasures of Chinese Painting from the Shanghai Museum October 1, 2013 (Tue) -  November 24, 2013 (Sun)	The Beauty of Japanese-style Calligraphy July 13, 2013 (Sat) -  September 8, 2013 (Sun)
Grand Exhibition of Sacred Treasures from Shinto Shrines April 9, 2013 (Tue) -  June 2, 2013 (Sun)	Enku's Buddhas: Sculptures from Senkoji Temple and the Hida Region January 12, 2013 (Sat) -  April 7, 2013 (Sun)

2012 

Wang Xizhi: Master Calligrapher January 22, 2013 (Tue) -  March 3, 2013 (Sun)	CHINA: Grandeur of the Dynasties October 10, 2012 (Wed) -  December 24, 2012 (Mon)	Treasures from Sacred Izumo: On the Occasion of the Renovation of Izumo Taisha Shrine and 1300 Years of the Kojiki Chronicle October 10, 2012 (Wed) -  November 25, 2012 (Sun)	The Twentieth Century for Chinese Landscape Painting: Selected Masterpieces from the National Art Museum of China July 31, 2012 (Tue) -  August 26, 2012 (Sun)	The Vision and Calligraphy of Aoyama San'u: The 100th Anniversary of his Birth July 18, 2012 (Wed) -  September 9, 2012 (Sun)	Japanese Masterpieces from the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston March 20, 2012 (Tue) -  June 10, 2012 (Sun)

2011 

Two Hundred Selected Masterpieces from the Palace Museum, Beijing January 2, 2012 (Mon) -  February 19, 2012 (Sun)	In Commemoration of the 800th Grand Memorial of Honen and the 750th Grand Memorial of Shinran　　Honen and Shinran: Treasures Related to the Great Masters of the Kamakura Buddhism October 25, 2011 (Tue) -  December 4, 2011 (Sun)	Sun Yat-sen and Umeya Shokichi: China and Japan 100 years ago July 26, 2011 (Tue) -  September 4, 2011 (Sun)	Kukai's World: The Arts of Esoteric Buddhism July 20, 2011 (Wed) -  September 25, 2011 (Sun)	SHARAKU May 1, 2011 (Sun) -  June 12, 2011 (Sun)	Buddha - The Story in Manga and Art April 26, 2011 (Tue) -  June 26, 2011 (Sun)

2010 

HIRAYAMA Ikuo and the Preservation of Buddhist Heritage January 18, 2011 (Tue) -  March 6, 2011 (Sun)	The 1250th Memorial of Empress KomyoTodaiji Temple and Monuments of Tenpyo Culture October 8, 2010 (Fri) -  December 12, 2010 (Sun)	The Birth of Chinese Civilization July 6, 2010 (Tue) -  September 5, 2010 (Sun)	The Lineage of Culture - The Hosokawa Family Eisei Bunko Collection April 20, 2010 (Tue) -  June 6, 2010 (Sun)

2009 

HASEGAWA TOHAKU: 400th Memorial Retrospective February 23, 2010 (Tue) -  March 22, 2010 (Mon)	THE POWER OF DOGU December 15, 2009 (Tue) -  February 21, 2010 (Sun)	Treasures of the Imperial Collections - Splendor of Japanese Art October 6, 2009 (Tue) -  November 29, 2009 (Sun)	In commemoration of the 62nd Shikinen Sengu CeremonyIse Jingu and Treasures of Shinto July 14, 2009 (Tue) -  September 6, 2009 (Sun)	SOMETSUKE - The flourishing of underglaze blue porcelain ware in Asia July 14, 2009 (Tue) -  September 6, 2009 (Sun)	The National Treasure ASHURA and Masterpieces from Kohfukuji March 31, 2009 (Tue) -  June 7, 2009 (Sun)
"Story of ..." - Memories of Cartier creations March 28, 2009 (Sat) -  May 31, 2009 (Sun)

2008 

Commemorating the 650th Memorial Year of the Founder, Muso DaishiMasterpieces of Zen Culture from Myoshinji January 20, 2009 (Tue) -  March 1, 2009 (Sun)	The 150th Anniversary of Keio University FUKUZAWA Yukichi : Living the Future January 10, 2009 (Sat) -  March 8, 2009 (Sun)	Celebrating the 350th Anniversary of Ogata Korin's Birth Treasures by Rinpa Masters - Inheritance and Innovation October 7, 2008 (Tue) -  November 16, 2008 (Sun)	Cultural Heritage of Sri Lanka — The Land of Serendipity September 17, 2008 (Wed) -  November 30, 2008 (Sun)	Dueling Geniuses - The Greatest Highlights of Japanese Artists July 8, 2008 (Tue) -  August 17, 2008 (Sun)	France Meets Japan - Ukiyo-e Influence on French Ceramics July 1, 2008 (Tue) -  August 3, 2008 (Sun)
National Treasures from Yakushi-ji Temple March 25, 2008 (Tue) -  June 8, 2008 (Sun)

2007 

Courtly Millenium - Art Treasures from the Konoe Family Collection January 2, 2008 (Wed) -  February 24, 2008 (Sun)	Legacy of the TokugawaThe Glories and Treasures of the Last Samurai Dynasty October 10, 2007 (Wed) -  December 2, 2007 (Sun)	Zen Treasures from the Kyoto Gozan Temples July 31, 2007 (Tue) -  September 9, 2007 (Sun)	The Mind of Leonardo -The Universal Genius at Work March 20, 2007 (Tue) -  June 17, 2007 (Sun)

2006 

Mauri OraMaori Treasures from the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa January 23, 2007 (Tue) -  March 18, 2007 (Sun)	Prized Treasures of Chinese Art — from the National Museum of China January 2, 2007 (Tue) -  February 25, 2007 (Sun)	Shaping Faith — Japanese Ichiboku Buddhist Statues October 3, 2006 (Tue) -  December 3, 2006 (Sun)	The Price Collection - JAKUCHU and The Age of Imagination July 4, 2006 (Tue) -  August 27, 2006 (Sun)	Commemorating the 1200th Anniversary of the Tendai Buddhist Denomination Faith and Syncretism: Saicho and Treasures of Tendai March 28, 2006 (Tue) -  May 7, 2006 (Sun)

2005 

Twin Peaks : The Finest of Chinese and Japanese Calligraphy January 11, 2006 (Wed) -  February 19, 2006 (Sun)	HOKUSAI October 25, 2005 (Tue) -  December 4, 2005 (Sun)	Splendid and Refined - Imari Ware and Kyoto Ware Ceramics October 4, 2005 (Tue) -  December 4, 2005 (Sun)	Passing Traditions in Japanese Art - Study, Copy, Create July 20, 2005 (Wed) -  September 11, 2005 (Sun)	Cultural Crossings - Tang Art and the Japanese Envoys July 20, 2005 (Wed) -  September 11, 2005 (Sun)	"Visions of the Divine in the Sanctuary of Art -Masterpieces of the Museum Island, Berlin" April 5, 2005 (Tue) -  June 12, 2005 (Sun)

2004 

The Dancing Satyr February 19, 2005 (Sat) -  March 13, 2005 (Sun)	In Commemoration of the Heisei Restoration of the Kondo National Treasures of Toshodaiji Temple - Ganjinwajo and Vairocana Buddha January 12, 2005 (Wed) -  March 6, 2005 (Sun)	Treasures of Ancient China September 28, 2004 (Tue) -  November 28, 2004 (Sun)	Arts of East and West from World Expositions- 1855-1900: Paris, Vienna, and Chicago - July 6, 2004 (Tue) -  August 29, 2004 (Sun)	Treasures of a Sacred Mountain KÛKAI AND MOUNT KÔYA April 6, 2004 (Tue) -  May 16, 2004 (Sun)