Kinichiro Ishikawa was once a student of Asai Chu, a Japanese painter in Europe. At the age of 28, he decided to learn traditional watercolour paint ing i n the Uni ted Kingdom where he fully established his own artistic style. In 1907, he was sent to Taiwan to be the translation officer at the General Office and the art instructor of Japanese Language School; in 1924, he began teaching in the National Taipei Teachers Collage, his teaching career over two decades made him the torchbearer of the modern art movement in Taiwan, many artistic pioneers like Chen Cheng-po, Liao Chi-Ch'un, Ran In-Ting and Chang Wan-Chuan were all his students. Ishikawa aim to exploring the beauty of landscape in his work, and his watercolour shows deep connect ions with indigenous characteristics. Ishikawa opened up a path for expressing his humanitarian concerns for the locals through his art, and inflicted profound influence on the generations to come through his dedications to art education in Taiwan.