After studying at Hibiya High School, Tokyo, and Daiichi High School (the first old-education-system high school) he entered the Department of Political Science, School of Law, Imperial University (later Tokyo Imperial University, present the Faculty of Low at Tokyo University).
東京都立日比谷高等学校、第一高等学校(旧制)を経て、帝国大学法科大学政治学科（のちの東京帝大、現在の東京大学法学部）へ進学。