After Lin graduated in 1939, the famous Japanese painter Kodama Kibou (1898-1969) took him on as a student at the recommendation of Lin's friend Chen Yung-sen.
1939 年畢業後，透過友人陳永森引薦，林之助拜入日本畫家兒玉希望（Kodama Kibou, 1898－1969）門下。