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Time is running out to experience the Japanese history and treasures that abound in a special exhibit at the Tokyo National Museum in Ueno Park.

KYOTO—Forty-six paintings by 16th-century artists Kano Eitoku and his father Shoei, all designated as national treasures, have returned to Jukoin temple here for the first time in five years.

The National Museum of Asian Art in Washington, D.C. displays the breadth of its Zen artifacts, from both Japan and China, for the first time in a new exhibition.

“Chinese Lions” (Provided by the Museum of the Imperial Collections) Masterpieces of Japanese art handed down by the imperial family for generations are to be designated as national treasures for the first time. They include “Chinese Lions,” which is painted on a folding screen by Kano Eitoku (1543-1590) and regarded as one of his most important works, and “The Mongol Invasion,” a picture scroll dating from the Kamakura Period (1185-1333). The Council for Cultural Affairs submitted a report July 16 to the education minister proposing that four paintings and a work of calligraphy b...