Collection of Japanese Mordern Art





gOokuma Shigenobu Shouzou (Portrait of Shigenobu Ookuma)
Seiki Kurodai1866-1924j
1904iMeiji 37j
Oil painting on canvas

90.0~59.0cm

On February 19, 1903 (Meiji 36), Seiki Kuroda wrote in his diary: gToday at 11:00am I received my payment for my portrait of Ookuma, the head of Waseda University.h The next day, he began work on gA Second Portrait of Ookuma,h which he never finished. One year later, on February 24, 1904 (Meiji 37) he wrote in his diary: gI am too lazy to do the finishing touches on the portrait of Ookuma.h Around that time, according to researchers, he was working on his masterpiece, this portrait of Ookuma.







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