Having studied under Randen TANIGUCHI in Arita of Saga, he moved to Osaka by a connection with a friend of Randen juku (private school) and mastered the Western studies at Teki juku ran by Koan OGATA.
佐賀有田で谷口藍田に師事し、藍田塾の仲間の縁で大阪へ出て、緒方洪庵の適塾で蘭学を修めた。