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.
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