Although he was a Zen monk of Eihei-ji school, he visited Kendo KOZONE to learn about Tenkoku (seal engraving) at the age of 18, and became a disciple of Tanin FUKUI at the age of 24, where he studied Japanese Tenkoku that followed the school of Fuyo KO.
永平寺派の禅僧であったが、18歳の頃、小曽根乾堂に訪ねて篆刻について問い、24歳のときに福井端隠に入門し高芙蓉の流れを汲む日本の篆刻史の篆刻を学ぶ。