Seeking a diplomatic career, he went on to the Department of Russian language at Tokyo Gaikokugo Gakko (the Tokyo School of Foreign language under the old system, the present-day Tokyo University of Foreign Studies) in 1881.
外交官を目指し明治14年（1881年）、東京外国語学校(旧制)（現東京外国語大学）露語科に進学。