When he was 10 years old, he graduated from Umeya elementary school, and was apprenticed to Chisaka Wayakuya (Current:), a Japanese pharmacy located on the corner of Kyoto's Karasumaru-dori Avenue and Nijo-dori Street.
10歳の時に梅屋小学校を卒業し、京都烏丸通二条通の千坂和薬屋（現：）に丁稚奉公に出る。