After that, when Tenyu heard the reputation about private school Shikan-do founded by one of the best four of Shiran-do, Sokichi HASHIMOTO, he became a pupil of Sokichi HASHIMOTO.
その後、大坂に芝蘭堂四天王橋本宗吉が開いた私塾・絲漢堂の噂を聞くとその門を叩いた。