In 1884, aged twenty-one, he went to Germany to study under Gabriel von Max, who was a painter and a friend of his brother Toyokichi HARADA, and registered himself as an auditing student at the Munich Academy (art school).
そして1884年、21歳でドイツに渡り、兄原田豊吉の友人画家ガブリエル･マックスに師事し、ミュンヘン･アカデミー（美術学校）に聴講生として登録。