National Museum of Modern Art Tokyo

Main hall

Arts and Crafts Gallery (formerly: Headquarters of the Imperial Guard )

Kishida "The Piercing" (1915)

The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo ( Japanese 東京 国立 近代 美術館 , Tōkyō kokuritsu kindai bijutsukan ); internationally also MOMAT, National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo is an art museum opened in 1952 in the Chiyoda district of Tokyo .

The collection ranges from works from the Meiji period to contemporary art.

In 1967 the museum moved to a new building designed by the architect Yoshiro Taniguchi . The old building in the Chūō district was rebuilt and now houses the film history department ( Film Center ). Also nearby is the arts and crafts department that opened in 1977 and uses the old palace guard building.

The neighboring building houses the National Archives .

Artists in the collection (selection)

The artists who have been awarded a work declared as an important cultural asset include:

• Painting Nihonga :
  • Hishida Shunsō , Kawai Gyokudō , Murakami Kagaku , Nakamura Tsune , Kaburagi Kiyokata , Tsuchida Bakusen , Uemura Shōen , Yokoyama Taikan , Yasuda Yukihiko , Kobayashi Kokei .
• Painting Yōga :
  • Ebihara Kinosuke , Kishida Ryūsei , Yorozu Tetsugorō , Hasegawa Toshiyuki , Umehara Ryūzaburō , Yasui Sōtarō .

• Sculpture:
  • Shinkai Taketarō , Tomonori Toyofuku

Other artists:

• Miyawaki Aiko , Abraham David Christian , Domoto Hisao , Leiko Ikemura , Miyako Ishiuchi , Isamu Noguchi , Kusama Yayoi .

literature

• Tōkyō no hakubutsukan (Museums in Tokyo), 17th edition, 1989.

Web links

• Official website

Commons : National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Coordinates: 35 ° 41 ′ 26 ″  N , 139 ° 45 ′ 16.7 ″  E