Portrait of Emperor Kōmei

A frontal, formally posed portrait of a seated young man in traditional court dress: a voluminous ochre-gold robe patterned with pale floral and geometric motifs, its winged sleeves spread wide, worn over a white under-robe and paired with a tall black lacquered cap (kanmuri) with an upright flared finial. He sits stiffly upright on a dark lacquered chair, holding a white baton-like scepter (shaku) across his lap, his feet in striped red, black, and gold shoes resting on a red patterned carpet, with small tables bearing blue-and-white patterned objects flanking him against a deep brown, indistinctly painted background. Koyama Shōtarō, "Portrait of Emperor Kōmei," oil on canvas, 1902.