Orchid
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Title
Orchid
Subject
芳蕙 (Hōkei)
Description
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 clothing, Japanese women, and Western painting.
Creator
藤島武二 (Fujishima Takeji)
Date
Taishō 15 (1926)
Format
65 x 53 cm
Type
Oil on Canvas
Files
Collection
Citation
藤島武二 (Fujishima Takeji), “Orchid,” Japanese Art in the 20th century - Empire, War, Occupation, accessed May 23, 2026, https://empire-war-occupation-20thcent-japaneseart.artinterp.org/items/show/24.