From earlier on, she became a disciple of Gesshu IWAGAMI and studied Chinese classics, read through Rekishi Hyakka at the age of 15 or 16, and surprised many with her translation summary of "Shinansho" written by Buntensho.
早くから岩垣月洲門下生となり漢学に習熟、15、6歳のころには経史百家を完読、数年後には文天祥の著書『指南集』の釈義を書いて周囲を驚かせたと言われる。