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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First drafted 1998
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