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Kuroda Seiki suggests ideals of human body in many nude paintings, and his nude paintings were the model for his students. This painting can be related to Kim Kwanho's Lake in composition and atmosphere.

This painting was accepted for the Salon Nationale de Beaux-Arts in 1893, right before Kuroda returned to Japan. This was the first nude painting to be publicly exhibited in Japan, and provoked controversy due to drawing nude. This was lost to fire…

This is a portrait of Duke Matsukata. Kuroda created this painting relatively late period, and it affected Go Hui-dong's Self-portrait with a Fan in composition.

This painting is the most representative piece of Kuroda Seiki. The figure in the painting is Kuroda's wife Teruko Kuroda, and depicts the moment of their vacation.

This painting portrays a geisha from Kyoto with lake background. The influence of Impressionism can be seen in this works.