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

MATSUBAYASHI, Keigetsu

Album of Paintings 1

1942

KABURAKI, Kiyokata

Album of Paintings 1

1942-43

NISHIYAMA, Suisho

Album of Paintings 1

1942-43

KIKUCHI, Keigetsu

Album of Paintings 1

1942-43

KOBAYASHI, Kokei

Album of Paintings 1

1942-43

HASHIMOTO, Kansetsu

Album of Paintings 1

1942-43

KAWAI, Gyokudo

Album of Paintings 1

1942-43

KOMURO, Suiun

Album of Paintings 1

1942-43

UEMURA, Shoen

Album of Paintings 1

1942-43

YUKI, Somei

Album of Paintings 1

1942-43

YOKOYAMA, Taikan

Album of Paintings 1

1942-43

ARAKI, Jippo

Album of Paintings 1

1942-43

KOIZUMI, Kishio

Sketchbook Illustrated Records of a Mt. Fuji Climbing

1942

KOIZUMI, Kishio

Sketchbook Mt. Fuji

c.1942-43

MATSUMOTO, Shunsuke

Boy with a Fruit

c.1942

KITAWAKI, Noboru

Study for Scenery at Murasakino

c.1942

KITAWAKI, Noboru

Study for Scenery at Murasakino

c.1942

YASUI, Sotaro

Reading

1942

HIRATSUKA, Un'ichi

The Ikaruga-dera Temple in Early Autumn

1942

HIRATSUKA, Un'ichi

The Ikaruga-dera Temple in Early Autumn

1942

UMEHARA, Ryuzaburo

Autumn in Beijing

1942

NAKAMURA, Ken'ichi

Kota Bharu

1942

MIKURIYA, Jun'ichi

Assault on the Enemy's Mobile Troops off Bougainville

1942

MUKAI, Junkichi

Record of April 9, 1942 (All-out Attack at Bataan Peninsula)

1942

MIYAMOTO, Saburo

Fierce Fighting Near Mount Nicholson, Hong Kong

1942

MIYAMOTO, Saburo

Meeting of Generals Yamashita and Percival

1942

MIKUNI, Hisashi

Naval Battle Off Bali Island

c.1942

MATSUZAKA, Yasushi

Capture of Wake Island I

1942

MATSUZAKA, Yasushi

Capture of Wake Island II

1942

FUJIMOTO, Toichiryo

A Submarine Torpedoes the U.S. Aircraft Carrier

1942

FUJITA, Tsuguharu

Pearl Harbor on December 8, 1941

1942

FUJITA, Tsuguharu

The Fall of Singapore (Bukit Timah)

1942

NAKAYAMA, Takashi

Soldiers Fighting Fiercely (Paratroops Attacking the Palembang Oil Refinery)

1942

NAKAMURA, Ken'ichi

Naval Battle Off Malaya

1942

TSURUTA, Goro

Paratroops Descending on Palembang

1942

SATO, Kei

Air Raid on Clark Field

1942

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