Influenced by Shigeyoshi NABESHIMA, the feudal lord of Takeo, he adapted kaimei (enlightenment) policy and in 1834, he founded Igakukan (medical school) in the castle town of Saga-jo Castle.
武雄領主鍋島茂義の影響を受け開明政策を採用し、1834年に佐賀城下に医学館を建てる。