In 1886, she entered the waka school 'Haginoya,' run by Utako NAKAJIMA, through an introduction by Choan TODA, an acquaintance of her father from the days of the Tokugawa shogunate.
1886年（明治19年）、父の旧幕時代の知人である遠田澄庵の紹介で、中島歌子の歌塾「萩の舎」に入門。