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The ship sails across the ocean with its sails billowing in the wind. The sky is clear, the waves are calm, and it is almost as if you can feel the pleasant breeze just by looking at this painting.

Artist Kitagawa Tamiji was born in Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan, and studied painting in New York. After traveling to Mexico to be involved in art education, he returned to Japan in 1936.

In 1939, on his way back from a tour of the islands of the South Seas aboard a training vessel called the Kaiōmaru, he made a stop in Okinawa. This painting depicts a scene from the ship.

This painting provides a vantage point that tilts strongly to the left and looks down on the ship deck from high above. It is a bold composition that gives the viewer a sense of actually being present.

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