Japanese Artists

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Japanese Artists

516 artists 2,690 works at MoMA

Most-Represented Artists

  1. 164 Yutaka Matsuzawa (1922–2006)
  2. 148 Yoshitomo Nara (b. 1959)
  3. 109 Mieko Shiomi (b. 1938)
  4. 104 Ikeda Masuo (池田満寿夫) (1934–1997)
  5. 100 Tadanori Yokoo (b. 1936)
  6. 94 Ay-O (b. 1931)
  7. 83 On Kawara (b. 1933)
  8. 74 Sou Fujimoto (b. 1971)
  9. 47 Hideo Hagiwara (1913–2007)
  10. 46 Madoka Takagi (1956–2015)

Gender Representation

  • Male — 389
  • Female — 62

Birth-Cohort Distribution

23
1875–1899
105
1900–1924
197
1925–1949
96
1950–1974
32
1975–1999
3
2000–2024

Era Leaders by Birth Cohort

CohortMost-represented artistWorks
1875–1899Koshiro Onchi27
1900–1924Yutaka Matsuzawa164
1925–1949Mieko Shiomi109
1950–1974Yoshitomo Nara148
1975–1999Lieko Shiga11
1975–1999Kosuke Araki11
2000–2024nendo1

Top Media

Medium Works at MoMA Share
Photography 505 18.8%
Other Media 425 15.8%
Drawing 392 14.6%
Lithography 296 11%
Printmaking 258 9.6%
Screenprint 187 7%
Woodcut 175 6.5%
Sculpture 103 3.8%

Classification Breakdown

Classification Works Share
Print 688 25.6%
Photograph 547 20.3%
Design 487 18.1%
Drawing 384 14.3%
Architecture 171 6.4%
Illustrated Book 149 5.5%
Video 71 2.6%
Multiple 66 2.5%

Department Concentration

MoMA Department Works Share
Drawings & Prints 1293 48.1%
Architecture & Design 659 24.5%
Photography 515 19.1%
Painting & Sculpture 79 2.9%
Media and Performance 75 2.8%
Fluxus Collection 69 2.6%

Production by Decade

98
0s
2
1900s
1
1910s
4
1920s
58
1930s
45
1940s
340
1950s
793
1960s
468
1970s
209
1980s
356
1990s
147
2000s
162
2010s
7
2020s

Physical Scale of Catalogued Works

Scale bracketWorksShare
Small (< 30 cm)108945.4%
Medium (30–100 cm)101342.2%
Large (1–3 m)27911.6%
Monumental (> 3 m)180.8%

Currently On View at The Met

19 works from Japanese artists currently installed in Met galleries