The collection contains many notable Japanese artists since the
Meiji period, and a few contemporary Western prints. In the early years of the 20th century,
Matsukata Kojiro collected Japanese
ukiyo-e woodblock prints which had been scattered throughout the world. The 1925 exhibition of the woodblock prints Matsukata collected abroad is thought to have been the first of its kind in Japan. Today, around 8,000
ukiyo-e prints from the Matsukata collection are housed in the MOMAT.
Crafts Gallery in Kanazawa In 1977, the museum opened an annex, the Kōgeikan Crafts Gallery, that collects and exhibits
textiles,
ceramics,
lacquer, and other Japanese crafts, as well as crafts and designs from around the world dating from the late 19th century to the present. Its collection focus in particular is the work of
Japanese Living National Treasures. The Crafts Gallery maintains its own research library. In 2020, as part of the Japanese government's policy to revitalize local areas, the Crafts Gallery was relocated to
Kanazawa, and the
National Crafts Museum was opened there. Its official name is still the National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo Craft Gallery.
National Film Center Until April 2018, the National Museum of Modern Art housed the National Film Center (NFC), which was Japan's only public institution devoted to cinema. In April 2018, the NFC became independent of the art museum and was officially elevated to the rank of a national museum under the name the
National Film Archive of Japan.
Union catalog The "Union Catalog of the Collections of the National Art Museums, Japan" is a consolidated catalog of material held by this museum and the other three Japanese national art museums—the
National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto (MOMAK), the
National Museum of Art, Osaka (NMAO), and the
National Museum of Western Art (NMWA). The online version of the union catalog is under construction, with only selected works available at this time. ==See also==