He entered the school as a Ministry of Education exchange student; he took piano lessons and learned counterpoint, but after only two months, he caught tuberculosis and had to return to Japan one year after entering the school.
文部省外国留学生として入学、ピアノや対位法などを学ぶが、わずか2ヶ月後に肺結核を発病し、1年で帰国を余儀なくされる。