Shuzo who was born as the child of Den TOYAMA, the village officer went to Tokyo at the age of 17 to study under Hachiro KIYOKAWA and Toin SHIONOYA and joined Shoheizaka Gakumonjo (Shoheizaka School).
村役人外山伝の子として生まれた脩造は、17歳で江戸へ行き、清川八郎、塩谷宕陰のもとで学業を修め、昌平坂学問所に入った。