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

KITAWAKI, Noboru

Work (Face)

c.1938

KAWABATA, Ryushi

Outside Panmen Gate, Sketch in Suzhou

1939

CALDER, Alexander

The Monster

c.1939

ASAHARA, Kiyotaka

Materials about Kiyotaka Asahara drawings, postcards and photographs, etc.

1939-44

HAYASHI, Takeshi

Nagoya Golf Links

1939

NAGASAKA, Haruo

Landing in the Face of the Enemy at Wusong, Shanghai

1939

KITAWAKI, Noboru

Survey on the Stone Garden of Ryoanji Temple

c.1939

SHINKAI, Takezo

Kinuta[Korean woman fulling cloth]

1939

TAKEI, Naoya

Hair

1939

YASUI, Nakaji

Magnetic Field from Nakaji Yasui Portfolio

1939 (printed 2010)

YASUI, Nakaji

Magnetic Field from Nakaji Yasui Portfolio

1939 (printed 2010)

YASUI, Nakaji

Parting Regrets from Nakaji Yasui Portfolio

1939-40 (printed 2010)

YASUI, Nakaji

Work from Nakaji Yasui Portfolio

1939

KERTÉSZ, André

Melancholic Tulip, New York from André Kertész Portfolio

1939 (printed 1981)

SHIIHARA, Osamu

Construction B

1939

KEPES, György

Untitled

1939

UEDA, Shoji

Four Girls, Four Positions

1939 (printed later)

No image

SHIGETA, Harry K.

Mandarin

1939

No image

SHIGETA, Harry K.

Echo

1939

ONCHI, Koshiro

Waterpool between Rocks

c.1939

HASEGAWA, Kiyoshi

Small Anemones

1939

TAKEDA, Yoshihei

Snow in the Morning

1939

AKAGI, Yasunobu

Donjon of the Matsuyama Castle

1939

AKAGI, Yasunobu

The Bridge and Bank of Hsi-hu, Hangchou

1939

AKAGI, Yasunobu

Clear Stream in Summer in Hita

1939

AKAGI, Yasunobu

Lake Shidaka and Mt. Yufu in Beppu

1939

TANINAKA, Yasunori

Fighting Bulls

c.1939

TANINAKA, Yasunori

Child Riding on a Tiger

1939

TANINAKA, Yasunori

Dragon's Dream

1939

SEKINO, Jun'ichiro

Mt. Kongo

1939

KASAMATSU, Shiro

Imai Bridge, Gyotoku, in Late Autumn from Eight Views in the Suburbs of Tokyo

1939

KASAMATSU, Shiro

Suenaga District in Rain from Eight Views in the Suburbs of Tokyo

1939

KASAMATSU, Shiro

Sunset on the Furutone (Edo) River from Eight Views in the Suburbs of Tokyo

1939

KATSUHIRA, Tokushi

Sunken Hearth from Ten Local Topics from Akita

1939

KATSUHIRA, Tokushi

Sunken Hearth from Ten Local Topics from Akita

1939

ITO, Shinsui

A Melon and Peaches from Three Still Lifes

1939

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