A Study for a Portrait of Yoshiko (Kono Michisei, 1916)
Yes, there is a Russian tie-in for this Japanese artist (whose dates are 1895-1950, and he is associated with Taisho Realism). He was of the Russian Orthodox faith, his father, Kono Jiro, was one of the early converts of St Nikolai Kassatkin. Mr Kono is the only Japanese artist of the Orthodox faith known to me (no doubt, there are others, but, as I stated, I know of none other at present). Some of his other works I have seen in museum exhibitions, but, no images are downloadable, alas… One concerns Adam and Eve and another is a rather interesting Nativity.
