He studied basic theories of the traditional Japanese music and tuning techniques of gakuso (koto for traditional Japanese music) under Shuraku HAZUKA, a gagakuka (musician of old Japanese court music) (another opinion says it was not Shuraku).
雅楽家羽塚秋楽に師事し（別人との説もあり）、雅楽の基本的な理論や楽箏（雅楽の箏）の調弦法を学んだ。