Collection

The main building of the National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo (MOMAT) houses a collection of artworks that dates from the end of the 19th century to the present. As of the time of writing (December 2022), the extensive collection has more than 13,000 objects including paintings, prints, watercolors, drawings, sculptures (three-dimensional objects), photographs, videos, calligraphy, and related materials. While the collection is centered on modern Japanese art, the museum also collects contemporary artwork from overseas.

Introduction to the Collection MOMAT Collection

All Collections12,044

KITAWAKI, Noboru

Self-Portrait

1951

No image

DOMON, Ken

Kyoshi Takahama (Poet)

1951

No image

ISHIMOTO, Yasuhiro

A Black Girl

1951-52

No image

ISHIMOTO, Yasuhiro

Children Enjoying Halloween

1951-52

No image

TAMURA, Sakae

Black carpenter ant feeding a Niphanda fusca shijimia larva

1951

No image

TAMURA, Sakae

A cicada coming out of chrysalis shell

1951

No image

TAMURA, Sakae

Red dragonflies laying eggs

1951

No image

OTSUKA, Gen

Tokyo in Snow

1951

No image

HAYADA, Yuji

Hara Setsuko

1951

No image

DOMON, Ken

Kobayashi Kokei (Painter)

1951

ITO, Shinsui

Study for Portrait of Kiyokata Kaburaki

c.1951

AKAGI, Yasunobu

Garden Zinnias

1951

GOTO, Seiichi

Loving Mother

1951

YANAGIHARA, Yoshitatsu

Woman (Torso)

1951

SHINKAI, Takezo

Boy's Torso

1951

YANAGIHARA, Yoshitatsu

Woman (Torso)

1951

KINOUCHI, Yoshi

Woman Lying down

1951

FUJII, Koyu

Nude

1951

KITAMURA, Masanobu

Pose

1951

FRANK, Robert

Paris 1951-52

1951-52

FRANK, Robert

Sister Mary

1951 (printed 1960s-1980s)

No image

FRANK, Robert

London 1951

1951 (printed in the 1960s - early 1970s)

No image

FRANK, Robert

London 1951

1951 (printed in the 1960s - early 1970s)

No image

FRANK, Robert

London 1951

1951 (printed in the 1960s - early 1970s)

FRANK, Robert

MARY with PABLO in 1951... And 4 years later

1951/55 (printed in the 1960s - early 1970s)

No image

FRANK, Robert

New York City 1951

1951 (printed in the 1960s - early 1970s)

No image

FRANK, Robert

New York City 1951

1951 (printed in the 1960s - early 1970s)

BULLOCK, Wynn

Child in Forest

1951

FRANK, Robert

City, London, 1951

1951

FRANK, Robert

NYC, 1951

1951

UEDA, Shoji

A Nude on a Sand Dune

1951 (printed 1993)

No image

EI-KYU

Children of Night

1951

ONO, Tadashige

Factory

1951

ONO, Tadashige

Marshy Zone

1951

ARP, Jean(Hans)

26. Mirage of a Voice from Portfolio Dreams and Projects

1951-52

ARP, Jean(Hans)

27. Mirage of a Voice from Portfolio Dreams and Projects

1951-52

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