He learned from Konzan GOTO in the school of Kohoha medicine which put more importance on practice than theories, and in 1746, he reprinted a medical book originally written in the Tang dynasty called "Gedaihiyoho."
後藤昆山から、理論よりも実践を重視する古方派を学び、延享3年（1746）には唐代の医学書『外台秘要方』を復刻。