Aspiring to study medicine, he became a pupil of Gensen TANNOWA, the disciple of Toyo YAMAWAKI and a doctor for the Yanagawa Domain, and he changed his name to 'Genshun.'
医学を志し、宝暦年（1751年）には山脇東洋門下で柳河藩医淡輪元潜に師事し、元俊と改める。