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

TABUCHI, Yasukazu

Efflorescence

1957

BITO, Yutaka

Dam Construction

1957

EI-KYU

Dawn

1957

NAKAMURA, Hiroshi

The Base

1957

FUKUZAWA, Ichiro

Burial

1957

ISHII, Shigeo

State of Martial Law

1957

No image

CHO, Yang Gyu

Sealed Warehouse

1957

OKADA, Kenzo

Image of the Genroku Era

1957

ITOZONO, Wasaburo

Wall of Birds

1957

No image

ARP, Jean(Hans)

Man Seen by a Flower

1958

No image

NOMIYAMA, Gyoji

Study for Figures on a Rock

1958

ASO, Saburo

Work

1958

ASO, Saburo

Landscape of Koga, Fukuoka

1958

BUFFET, Bernard

Flowers

1958

ABE, Nobuya (Yoshibumi)

Work

c.1958

EI-KYU

Drawing

1958

UMEHARA, Ryuzaburo

Venice

1958

ONOSATO, Toshinobu

Four Circles (White, Black and Gray)

1958

ONOSATO, Toshinobu

Sixteen Circles

1958

ONOSATO, Toshinobu

Two Circles (Vermilion and Blue)

1958

INOUE, Sanko

Cliff

1958

ALCOPLEY, Lewin

Work

1958

HIJIKATA, Hisakatsu

Portrait of Woman (Bust)

1958

HIRAKUSHI, Denchu

Kagamijishi [Kabuki play]

1958

No image

FARKAS, Thomaz

Federal Supreme Court Seen from the National Congress under Construction, Brasília from Thomaz Farkas: 60 years of Photography

c.1958 (printed 2002)

FRANK, Robert

From the Ten Bus Photographs, New York City 1958

1958 (printed in the 1960s - early 1970s)

FRANK, Robert

Coney Island, 4th of July, 1958

1958 (printed in the 1960s - early 1970s)

FRANK, Robert

From the Ten Bus Photographs, New York City 1958

1958 (printed in the 1960s - early 1970s)

FRANK, Robert

Norman Mailer c.1958

c.1958 (printed in the 1960s - early 1970s)

FRANK, Robert

Mary, 1959

1958 (printed in the 1960s - early 1970s)

No image

FRANK, Robert

Pablo 1958

1958 (printed in the 1960s - early 1970s)

NARAHARA, Ikko

Garden of Silence [59] from Domains

1958 (printed 1997)

NARAHARA, Ikko

Garden of Silence [60] from Domains

1958 (printed 1998)

NARAHARA, Ikko

Garden of Silence [56] from Domains

1958 (printed 1997)

NARAHARA, Ikko

Garden of Silence [57] from Domains

1958 (printed 1997)

NARAHARA, Ikko

Garden of Silence [58] from Domains

1958 (printed 1997)

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