Although being a businessman, the second Tokushichi was also a chajin (master of the tea ceremony) named 'Tokuan,' and learned the tea ceremony under Setsuan YABUNOUCHI and the Noh play under Sakon KANZE.
二代目徳七は実業家であるとともに「得庵」と号した茶人でもあり、茶を藪内節庵、能を観世左近に習っている。