Later he became a student of Buncho TANI, which led to a great leap in his abilities as a painter; he achieved success in his mid-twenties, which lifted his family's life from financial misery to modesty.
のちに谷文晁（たにぶんちょう）に入門し、絵の才能は大きく花開くこととなり、20代半ばには画家として著名となり、生活にも苦労せずにすむようになった。