He was named head of the Western Painting section at the [[Tokyo School of Fine Arts]] in [[1896]],<ref>Takashina Shûji, "Eastern and Western Dynamics in the Development of Western-style Oil Painting during the Meiji Era," ''Paris in Japan: The Japanese Encounter with European Painting'', Washington University (1987), 21.</ref> and the same year co-founded the [[Hakubakai]] ("White Horse Society") group of painters, alongside [[Kume Keiichiro|Kume Keiichirô]] and Yamamoto Hôsui. | He was named head of the Western Painting section at the [[Tokyo School of Fine Arts]] in [[1896]],<ref>Takashina Shûji, "Eastern and Western Dynamics in the Development of Western-style Oil Painting during the Meiji Era," ''Paris in Japan: The Japanese Encounter with European Painting'', Washington University (1987), 21.</ref> and the same year co-founded the [[Hakubakai]] ("White Horse Society") group of painters, alongside [[Kume Keiichiro|Kume Keiichirô]] and Yamamoto Hôsui. |