As he had lived in Hakusan-cho, Kyoto, he was called Hakusan sensei (Sir Hakusan), and he worked as a government official in Ginza (an organization in charge of casting and appraising of silver during the Edo period).
京都の白山町に住んでいたことから、白山先生と呼ばれており銀座_(歴史)の役人を勤めていた。