In 1910, he entered the department of ceramic engineering at Tokyo Higher Technical School (present-day Tokyo Institute of Technology) after graduating from Matsue Junior High School (present-day Matsue Kita Senior High School of Shimane Prefecture).
松江中学（現島根県立松江北高等学校）を経て、1910年、東京高等工業学校（現東京工業大学）窯業へ入学する。