Studying medicine from Shojun MANASE, how to read Chinese classics from Shogo BAISHIN of Nanzen-ji's sub-temple Kiun-in, and Confucianism from Seika FUJIWARA, he was counted among Seimon Shitenno (four heavenly kings of Seika FUJIWARA's followers) with Razan HAYASHI, Kassho NABA and Sekigo MATSUNAGA.
医術を曲直瀬正純に、句読を南禅寺塔頭帰雲院の梅心正悟に、儒学を藤原惺窩に学び惺門四天王（林羅山・那波活所・松永尺五・堀杏庵）の一人に数えられた。