When he was 11 years old, he moved to Edo where his father was transferred and he became a disciple of Seki SAKAYA (Seikei) who was a Neo-Confucian scholar from Tsuyama City in Okayama Prefecture, a fellow countryman.
父親の転勤に伴って11歳で江戸に移転し、同郷の津山市出身である朱子学者の昌谷碩（精溪）に入門した。