XTEJ1859+226 optical brightening CCD observation on Oct. 20 by the Ouda team (Kato and Uemura) indicates that XTEJ1859+226 has brightened. The maximum occured around 20.43 UT. The source is observed still bright tonight. YYMMDD(UT) mag observer 991012.199 15.00U (from IAUCs) 991012.199 15.15R (from IAUCs) 991012.199 15.50V (from IAUCs) 991012.199 15.75B (from IAUCs) 991013.849 15.04R (from IAUCs) 991013.849 15.47V (from IAUCs) 991013.849 16.03B (from IAUCs) 991013.900 14.88I (from IAUCs) 991013.900 15.02R (from IAUCs) 991013.900 15.31V (from IAUCs) 991014.180 14.958I (from IAUCs) 991014.180 15.218U (from IAUCs) 991014.180 15.255R (from IAUCs) 991014.180 15.527V (from IAUCs) 991014.180 15.865B (from IAUCs) 991016.381 15.30C (Ouda team) 991016.537 15.35C (Ouda team) 991017.408 15.49C (Ouda team) 991017.492 15.54C (Ouda team) 991018.375 15.40C (Ouda team) 991018.398 15.59C (Ouda team) 991018.416 15.59C (Ouda team) 991018.432 15.45C (Ouda team) 991018.449 15.37C (Ouda team) 991018.472 15.41C (Ouda team) 991018.494 15.48C (Ouda team) 991020.396 15.37C (Ouda team) 991020.412 15.30C (Ouda team) 991020.428 15.29C (Ouda team) 991020.447 15.31C (Ouda team) 991020.465 15.39C (Ouda team) 991020.482 15.37C (Ouda team) 991020.499 15.46C (Ouda team)