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One of his works was accepted by a Salon in [[1891]], and two years later, his painting ''Morning Toilette'' was shown at ''the'' Salon, the Salon des Beaux-Arts. ''Morning Toilette'' would cause quite a scandal when shown in Tokyo shortly afterwards, being one of the first full nudes (in the highly realistic Western style & oil painting medium) ever displayed in a Japanese art exhibition.

One of his works was accepted by a Salon in [[1891]], and two years later, his painting ''Morning Toilette'' was shown at ''the'' Salon, the Salon des Beaux-Arts. ''Morning Toilette'' would cause quite a scandal when shown in Tokyo shortly afterwards, being one of the first full nudes (in the highly realistic Western style & oil painting medium) ever displayed in a Japanese art exhibition.

He took on students, and continued to a prominent presence in the Japanese art world, coming to be known as "the Grand Old Man of Western painting in Japan" prior to his death in 1924.<ref>Conrad Schirokauer, David Lurie, and Suzanne Gay, ''A Brief History of Japanese Civilization'', Wadsworth Cengage (2013), 206. </ref>

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 remained a prominent presence in the Japanese art world for the remainder of his life, coming to be known as "the Grand Old Man of Western painting in Japan" prior to his death in 1924.<ref>Conrad Schirokauer, David Lurie, and Suzanne Gay, ''A Brief History of Japanese Civilization'', Wadsworth Cengage (2013), 206. </ref>

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