He studied in Osaka and Kyoto, and in 1756 he went to Edo and became a pupil of the herbalism scholar Genyu TAMURA (Ransui), whereupon he studied herbalism.
大阪、京都で学び、さらに宝暦6年（1756年）には江戸に出て本草学者田村元雄（藍水）に弟子入りして本草学を学ぶ。