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

EI-KYU

EI-Q Etchings, SCALE II

1953

EI-KYU

EI-Q Etchings, SCALE II

1953

MAEDA, Toshiro

Cape

1953

MAEKAWA, Sempan

From the Second Floor of a Hot Springs Inn

1953

MUNAKATA, Shiko

Women with Bursting Heart 1

1953

MUNAKATA, Shiko

Women with Bursting Heart 2

1953

YOSHIDA, Toshi

Work No.10

1953

YOSHIDA, Fujio

Dendrobiums

1953

YOSHIDA, Fujio

Flowering Kale

1953

KASAMATSU, Shiro

Benkei Bridge, Asakusa from Eight Views of Tokyo

1953

NATORI, Shunsen

Bando Minosuke VI (Mitsugoro VIII) as Ono Sadakuro, from Portraits of Actor and Actresses on Stage, New Edition

1953

OKUYAMA, Gihachiro

Village of Myogi from Japanese Landscape

1953

KATSUHIRA, Tokushi

Spring-Plowing with a House from Four Scenes of Rice Growing

1953

KAWASE, Hasui

The Zojoji Temple in Snow

1953

SHINAGAWA, Takumi

Rond (Endless Dance)

1953

EI-KYU

Signal

1953

MAEDA, Masao

Crater-Lake in the Zao Mountains A

1953

KAWAKAMI, Sumio

Map in Mind

1953

KAWAKAMI, Sumio

Arrival of European Ship

1953

KITAOKA, Fumio

Blue Dress

1953

KITAOKA, Fumio

Town

1953

SUDA, Kunitaro

A Goat and a Magnolia

1953

ERNST, Max

Momentary Silence

c.1953-57

MIKUMO, Shonosuke

Woman Sitting

1953

HAYASHI, Takeshi

Lilies

c.1953

TANAKA, Tadao

Christ in a Base

1953

CHOKAI, Seiji

Fields

1953

KAWAGUCHI, Kigai

Strange Shadow

1953

KOITO, Gentaro

Departing Spring

1953

NAKAMURA, Takuji

Woman with a Fan

1953

KAWARA, On

Bathroom 16

1953

KAWARA, On

Bathroom 12

1953

KAWARA, On

Bathroom 14

1953

KAWABATA, Ryushi

[Untitled]

1954

KATSURAGAWA, Hiroshi

Sketchbook

1954

KAWABATA, Ryushi

Hanta-ji Temple, the Fiftieth Stop in the Shikoku Pilgrimage

1954

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