Okakura Kakuzō, one of the Imperial Art School co-founders. For three years Perry resided in Japan and took full advantage of its unique artistic community. In October 1898 Perry exhibited her work in Tokyo, with the assistance of Kakuzo, and became an honorary member of the Nippon Bijutsu-In Art Association. Perry's involvement with the Asian art world greatly influenced her work and made it possible for her to develop a unique style that brought together western and eastern aesthetic traditions. Her Meditation, Child in a Kimono and Young Girl with an Orange vibrantly illustrates the distinct changes that occurred in Perry's work during her stay in Japan. Unlike her earlier works, both compositions draw on uniquely eastern subject matter and show a strong influence of the clean lines from Japanese prints. The result of this blending of east and west is striking with Impressionist portraits flowing seamlessly with the well-organized, balanced compositions that the eastern art world was known for at this time. Mount Fuji became the subject of 35 or more paintings and she made a total of more than 80 paintings while in Japan. Boston and Paris By 1901 Perry had returned to Boston to their home on Marlborough Street and two years later they bought a farmhouse in Hancock, New Hampshire, as a summer house. It was during her time in Hancock that Perry conceived Boy Fishing (1929), which featured a local farm boy (known to be Robert Eaton Richardson, Sr.), a painting that is now part of the White House Art Collection. In 1904, her Portrait of Mrs. Joseph Clark Grew [Alice Perry] won a bronze medal at the prestigious International Louisiana Purchase Exhibition in St. Louis. The upcoming years would prove to be difficult for Perry's personal life. In 1905 she returned to France and by the winter of the same year, her health had collapsed. Frequent moves, losses due to unprofitable investments, and having spent most of the inheritance from her father, meant that Perry constantly needed to commission portraits to support the family, which took a toll on her health. Return to America In 1908 Perry moved to Boston permanently, but focused on portraits because they were more marketable than her landscapes. She regained her health and had six of her paintings exhibited in Paris at the Salon des Indépendents, including Dans un Bateau and Le Paravent Jaune in 1908. In November 1909