After that, he built a solid position as a leading figure in the Japanese art world, received the Asahi Shinbun Cultural Award in 1934, became a member of the Imperial Fine Arts Academy in 1935, and in 1937 received the first Bunka Kunsho (Order of Culture), which was enacted that year.
以後、日本画壇の重鎮として確固たる地位を築き、1934年朝日文化賞受賞、昭和10年（1935年）には帝国美術院会員となり、昭和12年（1937年）にはこの年制定された第一回文化勲章の受章者となった。