He studied at Yogakko (School of Western Studies) (present-day Aichi Prefectural Asahigaoka High School), Tokyo Yobimon (Preparatory School of the University of Tokyo) (later became Daiichi High School [the first old-education-system high school]), graduated with a Bachelor of Arts (this Arts is just a contrast to Science, meaning he did not necessarily major in Arts) from the Department of Politics, Faculty of Letters of the University of Tokyo (later became Tokyo Imperial University).
洋学校（現・愛知県立旭丘高等学校）、東京大学予備門（のちの第一高等学校(旧制)）を経て、東京大学（のちの東京帝国大学）文学部政治科卒業、文学士（当時は文学士といっても理学に対する文学なので文学を専攻したわけではない）。