He learned renga (linked verse) from Joha SATOMURA who was a renga poet (linked-verse poet),and waka and the study of waka from Tanemichi KUJO and Yusai HOSOKAWA.
連歌師、里村紹巴（さとむらじょうは）から連歌を、九条稙通、細川幽斎に和歌・歌学を学ぶ。