On November 19, Naojiro gave a lecture in a regular meeting of the Ryuchi kai held at Kazoku-kaikan, in which he criticized Fenollosa's painting improvement theory (Western-style painting expulsion theory) and the Kano school (the lecture is recorded in Issue thirty-one of "Ryuchi kai hokoku (Ryuchi party report)" as a 'Painting Improvement Theory').
同月19日、華族会館での龍池会例会で、フェノロサの絵画改良論（洋画排斥論）と狩野派を批判する講演をした（「絵画改良論」として『龍池会報告』第31号に収録）。