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Side-profile of a woman in traditional Chinese dress and attire holding an orchid. Through this painting, Fujishima aims to create his idealized portraiture of "oriental beauty." For such an image, he proposes three crucial components: Chinese…

A painting of the famous Forbidden City in Beijing, China. Umehara Ryuzaburō is intrigued by Chinese culture and history during his time living in Beijing. He even rented an apartment right next to the Forbidden City so he can get a good view.

A painting of a sailboat at sea in front of a rising sun. This seemingly tranquil image hides a subtle message of Japanese hegemony and ambitions across the Pacific.

An urban landscape of the Diet Building's surrounding area

Portrait of an artist, presumably Matsumoto himself, with his family.

A standing self-portrait

Surrealist landscape with an eye

A self-portrait of Aimitsu wearing glasses next to some tree tops

Aimitsu's self-portrait at 37 years old. The unique characteristic of his self-portraits is how he tend to paint himself squinting his eyes, looking intently into the distant, as if transfixed at a point.