In this paper, I look at the artistic activity of Odake Chikuha (1878Chikuha ( -1936)), to shed light on Odake's student in Japanese style painting, Fukiya Koji (1898Koji ( -1979)), who later became known as a lyric painter who painted the figures of young women for more than half a century. Odake's artistic activity can be divided into three sections, and I focus on the middle section (1907-23), which was most important in his artistic activity and the period when Fukiya was studying with him.

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... I try to make clear Odake's influence on Fukiya by analyzing two of Chikuha's works, The Visit (1910), a traditional Nihon-ga painting, and Moisture of the Moon, Heat of the Sun, Iciness of the Star (1920), which was influential in futurism. Odake had an active role in Japanese art history, but until recently he had been forgotten. Now we can point out that Odake had a connection to futurism, one of the new art movements in the Taisho era. As Fukiya studied under Odake at that time, we can see Fukiya's apprenticeship in a new light and give Fukiya an important place in art history.