{"id":2293,"date":"2025-12-19T17:37:08","date_gmt":"2025-12-19T16:37:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/foujita.org\/world-travels-and-return-to-japan\/"},"modified":"2026-02-05T11:10:20","modified_gmt":"2026-02-05T10:10:20","slug":"world-travels-and-return-to-japan","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/foujita.org\/en\/foujita-by-dates\/world-travels-and-return-to-japan\/","title":{"rendered":"World Travels and Return to Japan"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"2293\" class=\"elementor elementor-2293 elementor-1971\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5b088bea e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"5b088bea\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-48660cc3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"48660cc3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">02<\/p>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1e7ed95e elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"1e7ed95e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">World Travels and Return to Japan<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5090e50a elementor-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"5090e50a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/foujita.org\/biographie\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" viewBox=\"0 0 20 20\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M10.0001 15.8333L4.16675 9.99999L10.0001 4.16666\" stroke=\"white\" stroke-opacity=\"0.6\" stroke-width=\"1.66667\" stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\"><\/path><path d=\"M15.8334 10H4.16675\" stroke=\"white\" stroke-opacity=\"0.6\" stroke-width=\"1.66667\" stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\"><\/path><\/svg>\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Back to Chapters<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-11686cea e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"11686cea\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6f793506 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"6f793506\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-54e2d298 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"54e2d298\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">With Madeleine: Travels<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1fa11293 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"1fa11293\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-39df8a47 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"39df8a47\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">1931-1933<\/p>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5986592f elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5986592f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure id=\"attachment_503\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-503\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-503\" src=\"https:\/\/foujita.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/foujita-et-madeleine-mexique-1933-300x214.jpg\" alt=\"Foujita and Madeleine in Mexico, 1933\" width=\"300\" height=\"214\" srcset=\"https:\/\/foujita.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/foujita-et-madeleine-mexique-1933-300x214.jpg 300w, https:\/\/foujita.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/foujita-et-madeleine-mexique-1933-1024x730.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/foujita.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/foujita-et-madeleine-mexique-1933-768x548.jpg 768w, https:\/\/foujita.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/foujita-et-madeleine-mexique-1933.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-503\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Foujita and Madeleine in Mexico, 1933<\/figcaption><\/figure><p>The journey through Latin America lasted over two years, paved with successes and wonderful encounters. All paintings created from Madeleine posing and photographs of indigenous people were acquired by top collections. After a stop on the West Coast of the United States, they reached Japan in November 1933 with a substantial sum and settled in Tokyo, where Foujita soon after had a Mexican-style house built in his sister&#8217;s garden.  <\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-51d16584 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"51d16584\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5eaf737c elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"5eaf737c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">1934<\/p>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-77bb081e elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"77bb081e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure id=\"attachment_190\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-190\" style=\"width: 215px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-190\" src=\"https:\/\/foujita.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/leonard-foujita-cat-215x300.jpg\" alt=\"{%ALT_TEXT%}\" width=\"215\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/foujita.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/leonard-foujita-cat-215x300.jpg 215w, https:\/\/foujita.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/leonard-foujita-cat.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 215px) 100vw, 215px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-190\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Foujita and Madeleine, Tokyo, 1934<\/figcaption><\/figure><p>The new Nichido Gallery in Ginza committed to exhibiting the painter, of whom all Tokyo spoke, annually for four years. The Nika Salon invited him. He created a large mural for the Caf\u00e9 do Brasil in Ginza and responded to numerous commissions for society portraits.  <\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-321806a e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"321806a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d6b698c elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"d6b698c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">1935<\/p>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-38083bb elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"38083bb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"mceTemp\">The Sogo department store in Osaka and the large Colomban caf\u00e9 in Tokyo entrusted him with the creation of two monumental French-style paintings. Foujita excelled in this style, so exotic in Japan. Madeleine, who had returned to France for some time, was unpleasantly surprised to learn that, in her absence, Foujita had been frequenting a young and pretty Japanese woman in Tokyo.  <\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2696925 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"2696925\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f321b97 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"f321b97\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">1936<\/p>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6ba5d77 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6ba5d77\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Upon her return, their relationship deteriorated. They traveled to China. Foujita participated in the exhibition &#8220;Ten Great Masters of Western Painting&#8221; organized by the Shiseido store in Ginza, created two d\u00e9cors in Kyoto\u2014one for the Marubutsu department store, the other for the Franco-Japanese Institute of Kansai\u2014while Madeleine performed and found distraction at the Takarazuka theater. The young Japanese woman, Kimiyo Horiuchi, took care of the house. In June, Madeleine died suddenly in Tokyo at only thirty years old; drugs and alcohol had taken their toll. <\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4ba52afc e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"4ba52afc\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-75bd198f elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"75bd198f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3b3cb1bb elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"3b3cb1bb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">With Kimiyo: Japan Above All<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1d765ea9 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"1d765ea9\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5a350420 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"5a350420\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">1937<\/p>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1eb7f167 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1eb7f167\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>To find a distraction from his grief, Foujita threw himself into his work, taking on a challenge from collector Hirano Seikichi to paint the world&#8217;s largest painting (3.65 x 20.50 m), depicting the <em>Akita Four Seasons Festivals<\/em>, which he completed in just 174 hours.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2ee22327 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"2ee22327\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-417d7f8b elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"417d7f8b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">1938<\/p>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-520d1fca elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"520d1fca\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>A beneficial stay in Okinawa reintroduced color into his subjects, landscapes, and peasant scenes of island life, as he had handled it in Latin America.<\/p><p>In September, Foujita married Kimiyo; he received orders from the Ministry of the Navy to follow the battles taking place in China as a painter attached to the armies. Foujita produced battle sketches and later the oil on canvas entitled <em>The Conflagration of the New Nanchang Airfield<\/em>. <\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-11d468ec e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"11d468ec\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8aebe4 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"8aebe4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">1905<\/p>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7709e396 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7709e396\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure id=\"attachment_513\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-513\" style=\"width: 284px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-513\" src=\"https:\/\/foujita.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/foujita-rue-ordener-paris-1939-284x300.jpg\" alt=\"Foujita in Paris, Rue Ordener, 1939\" width=\"284\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/foujita.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/foujita-rue-ordener-paris-1939-284x300.jpg 284w, https:\/\/foujita.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/foujita-rue-ordener-paris-1939-969x1024.jpg 969w, https:\/\/foujita.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/foujita-rue-ordener-paris-1939-768x812.jpg 768w, https:\/\/foujita.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/foujita-rue-ordener-paris-1939.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 284px) 100vw, 284px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-513\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Foujita in Paris, Rue Ordener, 1939<\/figcaption><\/figure><p>Frightened by the belligerent climate in Japan, Foujita returned to France with Kimiyo in search of peace. They settled in Montmartre, 138 Rue Ordener, in May. The summer was spent in Dordogne with painter Inokuma Genichiro (1902-1993). He reconnected with Marcelle Houry, known as Oury (1894-1980), a journalist and great friend of Raoul Dufy, and Jeanne Bernard, a former saleswoman at the Ch\u00e9ron gallery, who helped him re-establish himself by commissioning works. He primarily associated with the Japanese community in Paris, including painter Oguiss Takanori (1901-1986) and his wife.    <\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5dcd475e e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"5dcd475e\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4eb8e159 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"4eb8e159\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">19040<\/p>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2fce9486 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2fce9486\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>With the Germans at the gates of Paris, Foujita and Kimiyo embarked on a liner departing from Bordeaux on May 23 with all their Japanese friends. The code of honor and his father called him back to Tokyo, where he was appointed head of the official painters of the Imperial Japanese Army for the Greater East Asia War. <\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-59e933a8 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"59e933a8\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2cf111af elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"2cf111af\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8b7a399 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"8b7a399\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">War Painting in Japan<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7538850d e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"7538850d\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5b9f31df elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"5b9f31df\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">1941<\/p>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-38a075a elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"38a075a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>General Foujita died in May. In July, Foujita became a member of the Teikoku Geijutsu Imperial Academy of Fine Arts. In October, appointed by the Academy and the Association for the Promotion of International Culture, he was sent to French Indochina as a cultural attach\u00e9. He was tasked with organizing an exhibition in Hanoi (Vietnam), then in December in Phnom Penh (Cambodia).   <\/p><figure id=\"attachment_517\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-517\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-517\" src=\"https:\/\/foujita.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/foujita-dans-son-atelier-de-Kojimachi-tokyo-1941-300x245.jpg\" alt=\"Foujita in his studio in Kojimachi, Tokyo, 1941\" width=\"300\" height=\"245\" srcset=\"https:\/\/foujita.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/foujita-dans-son-atelier-de-Kojimachi-tokyo-1941-300x245.jpg 300w, https:\/\/foujita.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/foujita-dans-son-atelier-de-Kojimachi-tokyo-1941-1024x838.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/foujita.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/foujita-dans-son-atelier-de-Kojimachi-tokyo-1941-768x628.jpg 768w, https:\/\/foujita.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/foujita-dans-son-atelier-de-Kojimachi-tokyo-1941.jpg 1100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-517\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Foujita in his studio in Kojimachi, Tokyo, 1941<\/figcaption><\/figure>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-49227974 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"49227974\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-40cc599 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"40cc599\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">1942<\/p>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-36a71878 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"36a71878\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"mceTemp\">In May, the Navy sent him to the South Pacific front as an officer and head of the official painters&#8217; group. He participated in numerous exhibitions dedicated to the war and the Japanese army and published an essay titled <em>Swimming on Land<\/em>. <\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5ce858af e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"5ce858af\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-584e8abf elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"584e8abf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">1943<\/p>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-acdce04 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"acdce04\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>In January, he received the cultural prize from the <em>Asahi Shimbun<\/em> newspaper.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-070d9f6 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"070d9f6\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8b9d46e elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"8b9d46e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">1944<\/p>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-42daa59 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"42daa59\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>At the end of the year, he left Tokyo and settled with Kimiyo and a few painter friends in the small village of Hobuchi-Mura in the Kanagawa mountains.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f17501e e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"f17501e\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1b0a8ef elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"1b0a8ef\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">1945<\/p>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5d62a56 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5d62a56\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>On April 13, his house and studio were destroyed in the bombing of Tokyo.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a9cd304 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"a9cd304\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-920a5e0 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"920a5e0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">1946<\/p>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f6dfb79 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f6dfb79\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>In February, Foujita and Kimiyo were joined by American occupation troops who brought them and their friends back to the devastated capital. The &#8220;Arts and Monuments Section&#8221; led by Frank Sherman under General MacArthur proved to be of great help to Foujita. Targeted by a settling of scores from his former colleagues in the army&#8217;s painting corps, he was supported by French journalist Georges Grosjean and Frank Sherman, both of whom had known Foujita in Montparnasse and were convinced of his innocence. Foujita wished to leave Japan permanently. His friends worked to obtain an exit visa for him. This was a long and arduous process for him and especially for his wife, who was young and fragile due to the events.     <\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a182a35 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"a182a35\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c404448 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"c404448\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">1947<\/p>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a9f0839 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a9f0839\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>In May, Foujita presented <em>My Dream<\/em> at the Tokyo Contemporary Art Exhibition. In the autumn, he sent works to New York, where two solo exhibitions were dedicated to him at the Kennedy and Manhattan galleries. These exhibitions received favorable reviews. He was also a jury member for the Nichiten Academic Salon and designed covers for the Josei and Fujin Koron magazines.   <\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c5cb844 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"c5cb844\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-43d93b1 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"43d93b1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">1947<\/p>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-eeeb46d elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"eeeb46d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>In October, he participated with <em>My Studio<\/em> (1936) in the &#8220;Total Exhibition of Modern Japanese Art.&#8221; In November, the Shiseido Gallery in Ginza dedicated an exhibition to him. <\/p><p>Foujita frequented General MacArthur&#8217;s entourage and often took refuge at the American HQ. 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