In that sense, Nihon-ga is defined as those created after the Meiji period, which means that Taikan YOKOYAMA of Meiji was classified as a painter of Nihon-ga but the Edo period painter Eitoku KANO was not.
その意味では日本画は明治以降のものであり、明治の横山大観が日本画家であっても、江戸時代の狩野永徳は日本画家ではない。