Artist Monograph

Mako Idemitsu, Japanese

Japanese, born 1940

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Medium Breakdown

Medium	Works at MoMA	Share
Video	11	78.6%
Film	3	21.4%

Production by Decade

6

1970s

7

1980s

1

1990s

Acquisition Timeline

Year acquired	Works
1979	1
1984	1
1986	1
1998	2
2009	1
2014	7
2025	1

Japanese Contemporaries

Catalogued Works

MoMA — 14 shown

Title	Date	Medium	Dimensions	Department	Credit line
Inner Man Video Acc. 208.2014	1972	16mm film transferred to standard-definition video (color, sound)	3:40 min. ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Media and Performance	Gift of the artist
Woman's House Video Acc. 211.2014	1972	16mm film transferred to video (color, sound)	13:40 min. ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Media and Performance	Gift of the artist
What a Woman Made Video Acc. 371.2009	1973	Video (black and white, sound)	11 min. ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Media and Performance	Gift of the artist
Make Up Video Acc. 210.2014	1974	Video (color, sound)	9 min. ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Media and Performance	Gift of the artist
Another Day of a Housewife Video Acc. 1281.1979	1977-78	Standard-definition video (color, sound)	18 min. ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Media and Performance	Gift of the artist
Women Video Acc. 100.2025	1977	Two-channel standard-definition video (black and white, sound; 18 min.) and four cathode-ray tube monitors	18 min. ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Media and Performance	Gift of the artist
Great Mother (Harumi) Video Acc. 206.2014	1983	Video (color, sound)	13 min. ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Media and Performance	Gift of the artist
Great Mother (YUMIKO) Video Acc. 510.1986	1983	Video (color, sound)	24:30 min. ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Media and Performance	Purchase
HIDEO, It's Me Mama Video Acc. 560.1984	1983	Standard-definition video (color, sound)	26:49 min. ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Media and Performance	Acquired through the generosity of Margot and John Ernst
Great Mother (Sachiko) Video Acc. 207.2014	1984	Video (color, sound)	18:50 min. ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Media and Performance	Gift of the artist
The Marriage of YASUSHI Video Acc. 968.1998	1986	Video (color, sound)	23:20 min. ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Media and Performance	Acquired through the generosity of Barbara Sahlman
Yoji, What's Wrong With You? Video Acc. 212.2014	1987	Video (color, sound)	18 min. ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Media and Performance	Gift of the artist
Kiyoko's Situation Video Acc. 969.1998	1989	Video (color, sound)	24:19 min. ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Media and Performance	Acquired through the generosity of Margot and John Ernst
Kae, Act Like a Girl! Video Acc. 209.2014	1996	16mm film transferred to video (color, sound)	47:20 min. ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Media and Performance	Gift of the artist