Claim: Trained in the United States at the age of 13, Chigusa Kitani studied under famous painters Fukada Chokujō, Ikeda Shōen, Kitano Tsunetomi, and  Noda Kyuho.
Evidence: She trained in Seattle, Washington, in the United States for two years from the age of 13, and her work was exhibited throughout Japan. While studying at Shimizudani Girls' High School, She studied Bird-and-flower painting under Chokujō Fukada (, Fukada Chokujō) who is a famous painter of the Shijō school (四条派, Shijō-ha). She moved to Tokyo in 1913 (Taishō 2) to study under Shōen Ikeda (, Ikeda Shōen).