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

YASUI, Nakaji

Wandering Jews: Window from Nakaji Yasui Portfolio

1941 (printed 2010)

YASUI, Nakaji

Wandering Jews (Faces in Profile) from Nakaji Yasui Portfolio

1941 (printed 2010)

OHTSUJI, Kiyoji

Contact Printer

c.1941 (printed 1998)

OHTSUJI, Kiyoji

Model Airplane

c.1941 (printed 1998)

OHTSUJI, Kiyoji

Father, Mother and Grandfather

c.1941 (printed 1998)

LAUGHLIN, Clarence John

Time Phantasm

1941

LAUGHLIN, Clarence John

Poem of Imprinted Lace

1941

SHIIHARA, Osamu

Chess from Wandering Jews

1941

SHIIHARA, Osamu

Fugitives D from Wandering Jews

1941

SHIIHARA, Osamu

From Wandering Jews

1941

SHIIHARA, Osamu

From Wandering Jews

1941

SHIIHARA, Osamu

Fugitives B from Wandering Jews

1941

SHIIHARA, Osamu

From Wandering Jews

1941

SHIIHARA, Osamu

From Wandering Jews

1941

SHIIHARA, Osamu

Fugitives C from Wandering Jews

1941

SHIIHARA, Osamu

From Wandering Jews

1941

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SHIGETA, Harry K.

Scene from“Zion Passion Play”

1941

ITO, Shinsui

Dawn on Mt. Fuji and Lake Yamanaka

1941

HASHIMOTO, Okiie

Castle in Spring (Himeji-jo Castle)

1941

HASEGAWA, Kiyoshi

Landscape (Les Baux)

1941

HASEGAWA, Kiyoshi

A Tree (An Elm Tree)

1941

KITAGAWA, Tamiji

Cat and Woman

1941

KITAGAWA, Tamiji

Nude in Taxco

c.1941

KITAGAWA, Tamiji

Bathing in Mexico

c.1941

HIRATSUKA, Un'ichi

Gate of Koya Temple

1941

KASAMATSU, Shiro

Pavilion of the Kanays Hotel, Nikko

1941

KASAMATSU, Shiro

Shin-kyo Bridge, Nikko

1941

OKUYAMA, Gihachiro

Sumo Wrestling

1941

OKUYAMA, Gihachiro

The Diet

1941

OKUYAMA, Gihachiro

Tokyo Central Station

1941

ITO, Shinsui

Daytime at a Summer Resort

1941

KAWASE, Hasui

Lake Matsubara, Shinano

1941

KAWASE, Hasui

Nenoyama District, Saitama

1941

KAWASE, Hasui

The Sakunami Hot Springs, Miyagi

1941

KAWASE, Hasui

The Town of Ojiya, Echigo

1941

KAWASE, Hasui

Echigo-Yuzawa Hot Springs

1941

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