From early childhood, he studied tenkoku (seal-engraving) with his maternal uncle, Zoroku HAMAMURA (Ⅲ), and become a disciple of Gusho MASUDA at the age of 13.
幼少期から外叔父である浜村蔵六(三世)に就いて篆刻を学び、13歳で益田遇所に入門。