He went to Tokyo at the age of 13, recommended by Kenjiro NAKAGAWA, who was a brother of his mother Saki and was the principal of Tokyo Women's Higher Normal School (present Ochanomizu University).
実母・さきの弟で東京女子高等師範学校（現在のお茶の水女子大学）の校長を務めた中川謙二郎の勧めで13歳の時に上京。