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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.

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

A standing self-portrait

A painting showing two women clad in kimono enjoying
a cool evening by the lakeside. Back then, paintings showing Japanese women in kimono were popular and touted as an exemplar of Japanese feminine beauty.

Here Nakamura depicted the protest against the expansion of the US military base in Tachikawa. The most violent incident during the protest is remembered as Sunagawa Struggle on May 4, 1955, which is the subject of this painting.

Part of the "祖国への旅" series (Journey to Native Country), which depicts the journey of Japanese returning to their country after World War 2