In the background, various Kyoto modern painters' schools including the Maruyama and Shijo schools were on the verge of collapse because they lost their patronage upon transfer of the capital to Tokyo, because they were, as traditional culture, treated disfavorably due to civilization and enlightenment.
背景には、事実上の東京遷都によるパトロンの喪失・文明開化による伝統文化の冷遇などから、円山派・四条派といった京都画壇の諸派が危機に陥ったことにある。