Chazan, who thought that promoting the learning attitude would improve the town, studied Shushigaku (Neo-Confucianism) under Rodo NABA in Kyoto and Kohoha (a school of Chinese herbal medication) under Tokaku WADA.
学問を広めることで町を良くしようと考えた茶山は、京都の那波魯堂に朱子学を学び、和田東郭に古方派を学んだ。