Artits: Magdalena Abakanowicz, Makoto Aida, AI-MITSU, Satoe Arima, Jean (Hans) Arp, Kiyotaka Asahara, Chu Asai, Gyokushi Atomi, Pierre Bonnard, Anthony Caro, Joseph Cornell, Robert Delaunay, EI-KYU, Toshikatsu Endo, Max Ernst, Tatsukichi Fujii, Takeji Fujisima, Tsuguharu Fujita, Gyokuju Funada, Natalia Gontcharova, Arshile Gorky, Antony Gormley, Seiichi Goto, Teruo Hada, Naojiro Harada, Goyo Hashiguchi, Gyoshu Hayami, Florence Henri, Masao Iida, Leiko Ikemura, Genichiro Inokuma, Tetsuya Ishida, Kanae Itakura, Takayasu Ito, Toshiko Kamaga, Seiko Kanno, Ryushi Kawabata, Gyokudo Kawai, Hobun Kikuchi, Kentaro Kimura, Kosuke Kimura, Hideki Kimura, Noboru Kitawaki, Paul Klee, Kokei Kobayashi, Ryohei Koiso, Meiro Koizumi, Zenzaburo Kojima, Tetsuro Komai, Gentaro Komaki, Michisei Kono, Hoan Kosugi, Morikazu Kumagai, Lee Ufan, Sol Lewitt, Marino Marini, Naofumi Maruyama, Banka Maruyama, Takashi Masaki, Keigetsu Matsubayashi, Akira Matsumoto, Yoko Matsumoto, Yasushi Matsuzaka, Kotaro Migishi, Setsuko Migishi, Kokki Miyake, Saburo Miyamoto, Aiko Miyawaki, Kako Moriguchi, Yasumasa Morimura, Junkichi Mukai, Kagaku Murakami, Takashi Murakami, Sadanosuke Nakada, Kenichi Nakamura, Ben Nicholson, Isamu Noguchi, Gyoji Nomiyama, Kazuma Oda, Yasuji Ogishima, Oscar Oiwa, Shikanosuke Oka, Toshiko Okanoue, Gerorgia O'Keeffe, Koshiro Onchi, Toshinobu Onosato, Tojiro Oshita, Jackson Pollock, Bridget Riley, Naobumi Seimiya, Shoji Sekine, Yoshio Sekine, Fuku Shoji, Issei Suda, Tadashi Sugimata, Hiroshi Sugito, Kimiko Suzuki, Kimpei Suzuki, Teruji Suzuta, Minami Tada, Shuzo Takiguchi, Konosuke Tamura, Yves Tanguy, Chiezo Taro, Kogyo Terasaki, Kogan Tobari, Shinsen Tokuoka, Bakusen Tsuchida, Kazu Wakita, Kanendo Watanabe, Shunkyo Yamamoto, Yan Pei-Ming, Kanji Yo, Katsuro Yoshida, Hiroshi Yoshida, Fujio Yoshida
Welcome to the MOMAT Collection!
To introduce some features of the museum’s exhibitions of works from the collection: First, its scale is one of the largest in Japan, displaying approximately 200 works each term from the museum’s holdings of over 13,000 works acquired since its opening in 1952. Also, it is one of the foremost exhibitions in Japan, tracing the arc of Japanese modern and contemporary art from the end of the 19th century to the present day through a series of 13 rooms, each with its own specific theme.
Some highlights of the current term are as follows. In Room 5 on the fourth floor, we present 100 Years of Surrealism, showcasing one of the most significant movements in 20th-century art through a selection of works from both Japan and abroad. During the first term, Room 10 on the third floor presents Spring Festival, with a lineup of works depicting spring flowers. In the second term, the same room will feature works by Nihon-ga (Japanese-style) painters who transcend meticulous rendering to probe deeper meanings. And in Gallery 4 on the second floor, Feminism and the Moving Image explores the works of female artists who addressed issues surrounding gender-related imbalances.
Once again this term, we are pleased to offer an extensive selection of works from the MOMAT Collection for your enjoyment.
4F (Fourth floor)
A Room With a View
Information Section
Room 1–5
1880s–1940s From the Middle of the Meiji Period to the Beginning of the Showa Period
Room1 Highlights
Room2 Discovery of Landscape
Room3 Lyricism and Decadence
Room4 Shapes of Modernism: Sculptures from the 1920s and 1930s
Room5 Surrealism 100th Anniversary
3F (Third floor)
Room 6-8
1940s–1960s From the Beginning to the Middle of the Showa Period
Room6 Painting the Other
Room7 Seimiya Naobumi
Room8 Effects of Repetition
Room9 Suda Issei, Fushi Kaden (February 11–April 13, 2025)
Room9 Watanabe Kanendo, Streets Already Seen (April 15–June 15, 2025)
Room10 Arp’s Studio /Spring Festival (February 11–April 13, 2025)
Room10 Arp’s Studio /Beyond the Visible (April 15–June 15, 2025)
2F (Second floor)
Room 11–12
1970s–2020s From the End of the Showa Period to the Present
Room11 (Im)balance
Room12 Artists and Dark Tourism
* Leiko Ikemura’s work is shown in the Room 11.
Source: MOMAT, List of Works
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