Three painters, one bed When Yang was studying painting in Japan, the first "Taiwan Exhibition" was being held, and Yang, who was still studying art in Kansai, submitted a landscape he painted in Harbin entitled During Easter Vacation. The work was accepted and purchased by the Japanese governor-general for 150 yen (equal to about two-and-a-half years of a teacher's salary).
就在楊三郎在日本京都習畫的時候，第一屆的「台展」正式開鑼，還在關西美術工藝學校就學的楊三郎寄回一幅他在哈爾濱寫生的作品《復活節時候》參展入選，這一幅畫被日本總督以一百五十圓收購（大約是當時教員兩年半的薪水）。