Not long after Lin entered Kodama's academy, his work Rice Shop was accepted for the 26th Nisshoin Exhibition, and was sold to a famous restaurant "Art Talk Garden" for ¥ 150, which was about half of a teacher's annual salary.
林之助甫入畫塾，便以《米店》一作，入選第 26 屆日本書院展，並被一家知名餐廳「畫敘園」以 150 日圓價格典藏，等於當時日本教員半年的薪資。