Choice of masterpieces

The collection of the National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo contains 18 works that have been designated by the Government as Important Cultural Properties: twelve Japanese-style paintings, five oil paintings, and one sculpture. One of the Japanese-style paintings and one of the oil paintings are deposited works. Three of the Japanese-style paintings are regarded as a group.
In this section, we introduce these Important Cultural Properties with a brief explanation of each work.
To find out which works are currently on display, please visit the following page: MOMAT Collection. Also, don’t miss the works that are on view for a limited time due to conservation.

Images of the works : Flower Terrace

KLEE, Paul

Flower Terrace

1937

Images of the works : View of Shinjuku

HASEKAWA, Toshiyuki

View of Shinjuku

c.1937

Images of the works : Landscape with an Eye

AI-MITSU

Landscape with an Eye

1938

Images of the works : Bathing Women

OGURA, Yuki

Bathing Women

1938

Images of the works : The Monster

CALDER, Alexander

The Monster

c.1939

Images of the works : Indian Corn Plants

KOBAYASHI, Kokei

Indian Corn Plants

1939

Images of the works : Work

KATSURA, Yuki (Yukiko)

Work

1940

Images of the works : Camp at Kisegawa

YASUDA, Yukihiko

Camp at Kisegawa

1940/41

National Important Cultural Properties

Images of the works : Mediterranean Group

ARP, Jean(Hans)

Mediterranean Group

1941/65

Images of the works : Autumn in Beijing

UMEHARA, Ryuzaburo

Autumn in Beijing

1942

Images of the works : Bridge in Y-City

MATSUMOTO, Shunsuke

Bridge in Y-City

1943

Images of the works : Emancipation of Humanity

MARUKI, Toshi (AKAMATSU, Toshiko)

Emancipation of Humanity

1947

Images of the works : Dawn

OKAMOTO, Taro

Dawn

1948

Images of the works : Quo Vadis

KITAWAKI, Noboru

Quo Vadis

1949

Images of the works : Accumulation of the Corpses (Prisoner Surrounded by the Curtain of Depersonalization)

KUSAMA, Yayoi

Accumulation of the Corpses (Prisoner Surrounded by the Curtain of Depersonalization)

1950

Images of the works : Road

HIGASHIYAMA, Kaii

Road

1950

Images of the works : Man from Gumma

SATO, Churyo

Man from Gumma

1952

Images of the works : Mobile Object (Composition of Rotating Surfaces)

KITADAI, Shozo

Mobile Object (Composition of Rotating Surfaces)

1953

Images of the works : The Tale of Akebono Village

YAMASHITA, Kikuji

The Tale of Akebono Village

1953

Images of the works : Rain

FUKUDA, Heihachiro

Rain

1953

Images of the works : Pregnant Woman

KAWARA, On

Pregnant Woman

1954

Images of the works : Beach at La Garoupe

PICASSO, Pablo

Beach at La Garoupe

1955

Images of the works : Woman (B)

AKUTAGAWA (MADOKORO), Saori

Woman (B)

1955

Images of the works : Blue Glass

HAMAGUCHI, Yozo

Blue Glass

1957