Ordered by Takakuni KUKI, the lord of the Sanda Domain, he went to Edo to study in 1829, he learned Western sciences from Choshun ADACHI and Shindo TSUBOI, and specialized in physics and chemistry.
当時の三田藩藩主九鬼隆国に命ぜられ1829年（文政12年）江戸に留学し、足立長雋、坪井信道らに蘭学を学び、物理・化学に精通。