At the same time, from the age of 13, he learned Kacho-ga (painting of flowers and birds) from Kaizan KUROYAMA, a Nanga painter (an original style of painting in the Edo period which had a great deal of influence from the Chinese Nanga style) in the Sakura Domain.
そのかたわら、13歳の頃から佐倉藩の南画家・黒沼槐山に花鳥画を学んだ。