Since his uncle, Houtou WATANABE was a teacher of Chikuden TANOMURA in childhood, he was introduced to Chikuden and he became a pupil of Chikuden's art school at the age of 9 in 1822.
伯父渡辺蓬島が田能村竹田の幼児期の師であったことから紹介され、文政5年9歳のときに竹田の画塾に入門。