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

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…

Kuroda Seiki learned painting in Raphael Collin's atelier. Floreal is Raphael Collin's masterpiece, and it gave influence on Kuroda's emphasis on nude.

Pierre Puvis de Chavanne was one of the Kuroda Seiki's teacher when Kuroda was in France. Le Repos is based on historical story, and it affected Kuroda's Talk on Ancient Romance.

Tokyo University of the Arts