In his childhood, he learned Keigaku (an ancient Chinese book about Confucianism) and calligraphy under Kotei MURASE, learnt landscape painting and carving Tensho-style Chinese characters from Geppo, and later learnt painting from Toyohiko OKAMOTO.
幼少のころに村瀬栲亭について経学と書を学び、月峰に山水画と篆刻の教えを受けて、後に岡本豊彦に画を学んだ。