Léonard Tsuguharu Foujita (1886–1968) was a Japanese-French painter known for blending Eastern and Western artistic traditions. After studying Western-style painting in Japan, he moved to Paris, where he became a celebrated figure in the Montparnasse art scene of the 1920s. Distinguished by his personal style and delicate depictions of nudes, still lifes, and self-portraits, Foujita achieved great commercial success. He traveled widely before returning to Japan in the 1930s, where he served as an official war artist during World War II. Postwar criticism of his wartime work led him to resettle in France, where he became a citizen and converted to Catholicism. In his later years, he created religious frescoes for a chapel in Reims, where he is buried. Though his legacy in France is tied to the vibrant interwar art world, his reputation in Japan remains more complex.