Self-imposed exile from the official exhibitions There was only one road to fame for painters of Ho Te-lai's era: to test into the Tokyo Fine Arts College, and then to enter into the officially sponsored "Imperial Exhibition."
自我放逐於官展外的畫家對於日據時代的畫家而言，考進東美，再進入官辦的「帝展」，是建立聲名的必經之途。