In those days Taiwanese with artistic ambitions went to study at the Tokyo School of Fine Arts. There they were trained in how to paint the human body, and a self-portrait was a required part of their final senior project.
在當時，有志於美術的畫家相繼前往日本東京美術學校留學，除了接受人體繪畫的練習，畢業作品就是一張自畫像。