The Osaka City Museum of Fine Arts opened in May 1936 within Tennoji Park as Japan's third public art museum. After its first major renovation, it reopened in March 2025. It consists of the original main building [a nationally registered tangible cultural property] and the "underground exhibition room" which was newly established in 1992, and houses approximately 8,700 works, including national treasures.

The "Konkomyōkyō Kandai Ni" (Second Scroll of the Golden Light Sutra), a beautifully copied sutra, was written in 1192 as a memorial offering for Emperor Go-Shirakawa upon his death. It is believed that the paper used for this sutra was repurposed from an illustrated scroll that the emperor had been involved in creating during his lifetime, and beneath the sutra text are illustrations that appear to be narrative drawings [preliminary sketches before coloring]. It was designated a National Treasure in 2025.

"The Concubine of Ming's Departure from the Frontier" is a painting based on the story of Wang Zhaojun, one of the Four Great Beauties of China. Set during the reign of Emperor Yuan of the Western Han Dynasty, it depicts Wang Zhaojun, chosen from the imperial harem to become the wife of the Xiongnu king as part of a peace treaty, being sent to the frontier beyond the Great Wall. She is shown riding a horse and wearing clothing in the style of a foreign tribe.

[Special Exhibition] [National Treasure] Tale Sketch Paper for the Gold Light Sutra, Volume 2 [Former National Treasure, now Important Cultural Property] Picture of the Mingfei Leaving the Frontier