Kuroda Seiki did not create many self-portraits, but this is one of them. In this French style self-portrait, Kuroda uses bright color to present himself, and presents change of light.
Kuroda Seiki did not create many self-portraits, and this is one of them. Kuroda painted this self portrait eighteen years after creating previous self-portrait. Kuroda uses darker color than previous piece, put more emphsis on detail in this piece.
This is originally published as an illustration in a slim brocure titled Shocking au Japon: De l'evolution de l'art dans l'empire du soleil levant (1895) by Fernand Ganeso, the image drawn by Georges bigot has only a short caption identifying its…