He studied at Niigata Prefectural Nagaoka High School, and then at Keio University, and moreover, he went to the Department of Philosophy at Tokyo Imperial University for the first time as a in-country exchange student from Nishi Hongan-ji Temple.
新潟県立長岡高等学校、慶應義塾大学に学び、西本願寺からの内地留学生として初めて東京帝大哲学科に学んだ。