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Japanese Gallery (Honkan) Room 12

April 14–May 10, 2026


National Treasure
Volume 7 of The Biography of the Traveling Preacher Ippen
By Monk En’I, Eye of the Dharma, Kamakura period, 1299 

May 12–June 14, 2026


National Treasure
Volume 6 of the Lotus Sutra on Square Papers
Heian period, 12th century (Lent by Kongōbuji Temple, Wakayama)

June 16-July 20, 2026


National Treasure
Ten Styles of Japanese Poetry
Heian period, 11th century

July 22–August 23, 2026


National Treasure
The Sovereign Kings Sutra Written to Form a Pagoda (First Image)
Heian period, 12th century,(Lent by Daichōjuin Temple, Iwate)

August 25-September 27, 2026


National Treasure
Cottage in a Shaded Valley Muromachi period, 1413(Lent by Konchi'in Temple, Kyoto)
Preface by Taihaku Shingen; other inscriptions by six monks including Daigaku Shūsū,

September 29-October 25, 2026


National Treasure
Dying Verse
By Qingzhuo Zhengcheng,Nanbokuchō period(1274–1339), 1339(Lent by the Tokiwayama Bunko Foundation, Tokyo)

October 27-November 23, 2026


National Treasure
The Ninth of the Sixteen Arhats
Heian period, 11th century

November 25-December 20, 2026


National Treasure
Reading in Bamboo Grove Muromachi period, 1447
Attributed to Shūbun; preface by Jiku'un Tōren; other inscriptions by five monks including Kōsei Ryūhai,

January 1-January 17, 2027


National Treasure
Pine Forest
By Hasegawa Tōhaku (1539–1610), Azuchi-Momoyama period, 16th century

January 19-February 7, 2027


National Treasure
Landscapes with Pavilions
By Ike no Taiga (1723–76), Edo period, 18th century(Gift of Mr. Dan Ino)

February 9-March 7, 2027


National Treasure
"Former Affairs of King Wonderful Adornment" Chapter of the Lotus Sutra (From Jikōji Temple)
Kamakura period, 13th century(Lent by Jikōji Temple, Saitama)

March 9-April 11, 2027


National Treasure
Volume 19 of Collection of Myriad Leaves, Revised in the Genryaku Era (Furukawa Version)
Heian period, 11th century