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

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KERTÉSZ, André

Chez Mondorian, Paris from André Kertész Portfolio

1926 (printed 1981)

MOHOLY-NAGY, László

Photogram and Collage, Self-Portrait from 10 Photograms 1922-1926

1926 (printed 1973)

RODCHENKO, Alexander

Boats on the Moscow River

1926 (printed 1994)

RODCHENKO, Alexander

Samozveri (Auto-Animals)

1926 (printed 1994)

RODCHENKO, Alexander

Columns of the Museum of Revolution

1926 (printed 1994)

RODCHENKO, Alexander

House of Mosselprom

1926 (printed 1994)

STIEGLITZ, Alfred

Equivalent

1926

STIEGLITZ, Alfred

Equivalent

1926

STIEGLITZ, Alfred

Equivalent

1926

No image

SHIGETA, Harry K.

Mephistopheles

1926

ROUAULT, Georges

Miserere No.52: The law is law, hard though it be.

1926

ROUAULT, Georges

Miserere No.57: Obedient unto death, even the death of the cross.

1926

ROUAULT, Georges

Miserere No.20: Beneath a forgotten crucifix.

1926

ONCHI, Koshiro

After Bathing

1926

BARTLOMIEJCZYK, Edmund

Janosik, Legendary Bandit

1926

SATOMI, Katsuzo

Still Life

1926

LÉGER, Fernand

Woman and Flower

1926

SHIMIZU, Takashi

Distant View of the Alps

1926

KOGA, Harue

The Moon and Flowers

1926

ATOMI, Yutaka

Portrait of a Woman

c.1926

SUZUKI, Tsugio

Standing Nude

1926

NAKAMURA, Fusetsu

Prince Meets Princess at the Ryugu Palace

1926

YOKOYAMA, Junnosuke

Nude

1926

ISHIGAKI, Eitaro

Two-Story Bus

1926

TOGO, Seiji

Street Performers

1926

NAKAZAWA, Hiromitsu

Girls in the Moonlight

1926

YOROZU, Tetsugoro

Landscape of Shonan

1926

YOROZU, Tetsugoro

Nude, Resting Her Chin on Her Hand

1926

No image

Japanese Children's Pictures

1926-31*

KOGA, Harue

Flowers

1926

OHARA, Shoson (Koson)

[Geese]

1926-45

OHARA, Shoson (Koson)

[Irises]

1926-45

OHARA, Shoson (Koson)

[Kingfisher over Irises]

1926-45

OHARA, Shoson (Koson)

[The Moon and Herons]

1926-45

OHARA, Shoson (Koson)

[Bush Warbler and Peony]

1926-45

OHARA, Shoson (Koson)

[Herons with Willow Branches]

1926-45

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