In 1907, he was a judge in a new annual art exhibition sponsored by the Ministry of Education (Bunten), which started that year, and in 1913 restored the Nihon Bijitsuin, whose activities had been continually interrupted due to the pressures of old-guard cronyism. |
1907年にはこの年より始まった文部省美術展覧会(文展)の審査員を務め、大正2年(1913年)には守旧派に押されて活動が途絶えていた日本美術院の再興に至った。 |