Mirroring the Japanese Empire: The Male Figure in Yōga Painting, 1930–1950 by Maki Kaneko Red Rather than conceal wear

Rather than conceal wear

lending this piece both decorative and iconographic interest

lid present and fitting

75" H × 17" DCondition: Excellent antique condition with a rich lacquer sheen and pleasing iron patina

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Mirroring the Japanese Empire: The Male Figure in Yōga Painting, 1930–1950 by Maki Kaneko Red Rather than conceal wearA scholarly examination of the male figure in yga (Western style oil painting) produced in Japan between 1930 and 1950, a period shaped by imperial expansion and the Asia Pacific War. Kaneko focuses on prominent yga painters including Fujita Tsuguharu, Yasui Star, Matsumoto Shunsuke, and Yamashita Kiyoshi, analyzing their depictions of male bodies through the overlapping lenses of gender politics, race, and the visual ideology of the Japanese Empire.