At the age of 20, he transferred the family business of sake brewing industry to his younger brother, went out to Edo, and studied Sinology under Gaho HAYASHI, and even entered the government service temporarily.
20歳頃に家業の酒造業を弟に譲り江戸に出て林鵞峰に漢学を学び、一時は仕官もしている。