After graduating from Kyoto City Dohda Senior High School Of Arts, Insho was drawing designs of Nishijin-brocade but subsequently enrolled in Kyoto City University of Arts in 1910 with the aspiration of becoming a Japanese-style painting artist.
1910年（明治43）、京都市立銅駝美術工芸高等学校卒業後、西陣織の図案描きの仕事をしていたが、日本画家を志して京都市立芸術大学に入学。