While yet at an early age, he studied at Tenshinro, the private school of Genpaku SUGITA, and then entered Shirando, the private school of Gentaku OTSUKI who was a pupil of Genpaku, and he was called the head of Shirando Big Four.
若くして杉田玄白の私塾・天真楼、その弟子大槻玄沢の私塾・芝蘭堂で学び芝蘭堂四天王筆頭と称された。