Although he attempted to go to China and India, he could not achieve it as it had been banned by the government; instead, he studied the teachings of every Mahayana, Hinayana, exoteric, and esoteric Buddhism sects in Kyoto and Osaka.
その後、中国・インドに渡ろうとしたが国禁のため果たすことができず、京阪で大乗・小乗・顕教・密教仏教各宗を研究した。