The Kotai school of Fuyo KO which had been a dominant influence, changed gradually at the end of the Edo period, so that there appeared people who departed from the style of the Kotai school and highlighted their own uniqueness.
一世を風靡した高芙蓉の古体派は幕末になると次第に変容し、中には古体派の風を逸脱し独自色を打ち出す者も出現する。