Exhibitions in Kyoto

March 2027

March at a glance: 1 exhibition opening, 6 closing, and 3 more on view across the city.

Announcement image for the Yamaguchi Itaro Tale of Genji brocade scroll exhibition at the Hosomi Museum

Kamisaka Sekka, Ornamental Box with Lacquered Drawings of Men Performing a Ceremony, Taisho period

Standing Yusoku-bina hina dolls with kariginu hunting robe, Kyoto National Museum

National Treasure Oido type tea bowl named Kizaemon, Koho-an Temple, Kyoto

Key visual for the Medalist exhibition

Opening in March

The Beauty of Silk, the Art of Weaving: Yamaguchi Itaro and the Tale of Genji Brocade Scrolls (provisional title)6 Mar
Hosomi Museum
Nishijin weaver Yamaguchi Itaro's woven picture scrolls of The Tale of Genji, a decades-long feat of silk brocade.

Closing in March

Pine Trees and Cranes (Shokaku-zu): Sugito-e at the Honmaru-goten Palace14 Mar
Nijo Castle (Nijo-jo)
Painted cedar doors of pines and cranes by a Tsurusawa School artist (1800), from the Goshoin's western corridor, the next of the palace's 14 door sets to go on rotating display.
[2026 Winter] Collection Room – Special Display: Painting Time — Modernity Reflected in Kyoto Lacquerware14 Mar
Kyoto City KYOCERA Museum of Art
Kyoto lacquerware from the Meiji era to the postwar avant-garde, from Rinpa revival pieces by Kamisaka Sekka to forms that abandoned function.
Celebrating the Japanese Doll Festival22 Mar
Kyoto National Museum
The museum's annual display of hina dolls for Hina Matsuri, with lavish model palaces popular in Kansai and other dolls made in Kyoto.
Early Inhabitants of Wazuka Valley: Discovering Who Was Buried in the Harayama Tumulus22 Mar
Kyoto National Museum
Special viewing in the archaeology gallery (3F-2) on the people buried in the Harayama Tumulus in the Wazuka Valley.
TRADITION for TOMORROW: 3rd Kyoto Crafts and Design Competition Exhibition22 Mar
Kyoto Museum of Crafts and Design
Shortlisted works from the museum's open craft competition, themed "Inherited Future Crafts", with visitor voting for the Audience Award.
Layered Histories: Renowned Tea Utensils and Their Boxes22 Mar
Kyoto National Museum
Famed tea utensils shown with the boxes and silk pouches handed down with them, including the National Treasure Ido tea bowl "Kizaemon".

Also on through March

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