At first he studied painting under his great-uncle Bunkyo HIRAYAMA, and then he studied with Shizan SHIRAKAWA, but eventually Kazan was excommunicated by Shirakawa because his family could not send him gifts.
最初、大叔父の平山文鏡に画の手ほどきを受け、続いて白川芝山に師事したが付届けができないことを理由に破門された。