In 1933. after residing in South and Central America for decades Foujita returned to his homeland Japan where he was greeted as a major figure in the art world. While in Japan, during World War 2, he was a notorious creator of nationalistic propaganda. In 1938 the Japanese Navy's propaganda department encouraged his relocation to China as a war artist. After the war he left Japan and roamed the world but he was often despised for his former militaristic work. Painter Yasuo Kuniyoshi virulently opposed Foujita's exibition at the Kennedy Galleries because he considered Foujita to be a fascist and a racist.
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