He graduated from Ube Junior High School (present-day Yamaguchi Prefectural Ube High School), and while at Yamaguchi High School (present Yamaguchi University), the education system reforms, which basically saw junior high schools become high schools, and high schools became universities, were introduced.
旧制宇部中（現在の山口県立宇部高等学校）を経て山口高等学校(旧制)（現在の山口大学）在学中に学制改革を経験。