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

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KAWASE, Hasui

Lake Hinuma, Mito in Snow

1947

KAWASE, Hasui

The Bell Tower, Okayama

1947

KAWASE, Hasui

The Town of Kawarago in Night Rain

1947

KAWASE, Hasui

The Town of Utsunoya from Scenes from the Tokaido Highway

1947

KAWASE, Hasui

Lake Yamanaka in Late Autumn

1947

KAWASE, Hasui

Mt. Fuji in Moonlight (View from Kawai Bridge) from Scenes from the Tokaido Highway

1947

MARUKI, Toshi (AKAMATSU, Toshiko)

Self-Portrait

1947

MATSUMOTO, Shunsuke

Near Nikolai Cathedral

c.1947

MATSUMOTO, Shunsuke

Study (Bridge over the Roadway)

c.1947

MATSUMOTO, Shunsuke

Nude

1947

SAKURAI, Hamae

Flowers

1947

SCHWITTERS, Kurt

From E.+E. Schwitters

1947

KINOSHITA, Yoshinori

Magome Pass

1947

TERAUCHI, Manjiro

Nude

1947

KITAWAKI, Noboru

Explanatory Diagram of Sesshu's Paranoia

1947

HAZAMA, Inosuke(Sansaitei)

Portrait of Mr. Bonati

1947

KAWABATA, Minoru

Nude

1947

KITO, Nabesaburo

Sitting in a Chair

1947

MORITA, Motoko

Thinking

1947

NAKAGAWA, Kigen

Spring Dawn at Ina Valley

1947

KITAWAKI, Noboru

Self-Portrait

1947

No image

FUKUDA, Katsuji

Woman

1948

MATSUMOTO, Shunsuke

Building

c.1948

KOBAYASHI, Kokei

Hand

c.1948

KOBAYASHI, Kokei

Mask for Gigaku [ancient masked dance drama]

c.1948

FUNAKOSHI, Yasutake

Swan

1948

MATSUMOTO, Shunsuke

Building (Brown)

1948

ABE, Nobuya (Yoshibumi)

Study for Hanako

1948

ABE, Nobuya (Yoshibumi)

Work

c.1948

YASUI, Sotaro

Happy Home

1948

ONOE, Saishu

Dawn

1948

SONODA, Kojo

Sailing Fish Are Up to the Surface for Listening to the Natural Tone

1948

BUNDO, Shunkai

Poem by Hanshan [the Chinese Sage]

1948

OKAMOTO, Taro

Dawn

1948

AKAGI, Yasunobu

Schoolyard in a Mountain Village

1948

HASHIMOTO, Choshu

Heavenly Being

1948

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