Western artists were brought over to teach their students such concepts as line, form, and color; these were things which had not been regarded as conceptually important in ukiyo-e, as the idea behind the picture was of paramount importance.
Vakarų menininkai pradėjo mokyti savo studentus tokių koncepcijų kaip linija, forma ir spalva; dalykų, kurie iki tol nebuvo laikomi tokiais svarbiais ukiyo-e (浮世絵?) kaip idėja, slypinti už paties paveikslėlio ir turinti neabejotinai didelę reikšmę.