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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.

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 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.