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

Countryside

c.1938

EI-KYU

In streams So Aqua, the Whiter the Birds Appear

c.1938

EI-KYU

In the Playground at Narumi Elementary School

c.1938

ASO, Saburo

Florence

1938

MICHAUX, Henri

Frottage with Pencil

1938-40

TSUCHIYA, Yukio

Nighttime Work - Object

1938

MATSUMOTO, Shunsuke

Sketch of the Heads of a Man and a Woman

c.1938

KOIZUMI, Kishio

Sketchbook Mt. Fuji

c.1938-42

MATSUMOTO, Shunsuke

Metropolis

1938

AI-MITSU

Scroll of Drawing

1938-39

AI-MITSU

Landscape with an Eye

1938

MINAMI, Masayoshi

Pursuit Operation in Wuxi

1938

FUJITA, Tsuguharu

Attack on Nanchang Airfield

1938-39

FUJITA, Tsuguharu

Forcing Into Wuhan

1938-40

KANO, Kanrai

Running Battle Near Tongguan, Shanxi

1938

TOMITA, Michio

The Lower Stream of the Rokugo River

1938

LÉGER, Fernand

Abstract Composition

1938

OGISHIMA, Yasuji

Head

1938

OGISHIMA, Yasuji

Mask of Marlene Dietrich

1938

HIRAKUSHI, Denchu

Study of Head for Kagamijishi [kabuki play]

1938

UNEMURA, Naohisa

Everlasting Peace

1938

HASEGAWA, Yoshioki

Sumo Wrestling

1938

YASUI, Nakaji

Butterfly 2 from Nakaji Yasui Portfolio

1938 (printed 2010)

YASUI, Nakaji

Butterfly from Nakaji Yasui Portfolio

1938 (printed 2010)

YASUI, Nakaji

(Fear) from Nakaji Yasui Portfolio

c.1938 (printed 2010)

YASUI, Nakaji

(Silhouette Composition) from Nakaji Yasui Portfolio

c.1938 (printed 2010)

SHIIHARA, Osamu

Woman and Horse (Photo-peinture)

c.1938

ONCHI, Koshiro

Blue-green Snakes from Hakubutsu-shi (Story of Nature)

c.1938-42

ONCHI, Koshiro

Japanese Banana Flower from Hakubutsu-shi (Story of Nature)

c.1938

ONCHI, Koshiro

Buprestidae from Hakubutsu-shi (Story of Nature)

c.1938-42

ONCHI, Koshiro

Pheasant from Hakubutsu-shi (Story of Nature)

c.1938-42

ONCHI, Koshiro

Rainbow Trout from Hakubutsu-shi (Story of Nature)

c.1938-42

KEPES, György

Untitled

c.1938

SHIIHARA, Osamu

Lights

1938

SHIIHARA, Osamu

Esperance (hope)

1938

SHIIHARA, Osamu

Machine's Art

1938

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