He was also dedicated to learning; he studied Confucianism (Neo-Confucianism) under Seiko TAKAMI and later under Kodo MATSUZAKI and eventually under Issai SATO while he attended Shoheizaka Gakumonjo (Shoheizaka School).
一方で学問にも励み、鷹見星皐、後に松崎慊堂から儒学（朱子学）を学び、昌平坂学問所に通い佐藤一斎からも学んでいる。