He had been an avid student since childhood, and he learned prose and poetry under Toko NOMURA of Hikone; later he moved to Edo and studied under Ryumon MIYASE.
幼い頃から学問を好み、彦根の野村東皐（のむらとうこう）に詩文を学び、その後江戸に出て宮瀬龍門に師事した。