He excelled in Shoku kunko (interpreting ancient words and phrases) and he went to Kyoto at the age of 15 and studied under Kishun at the Ryugin-an Temple of the Tofuku-ji Temple.
章句訓詁に秀で、15歳で京に上り東福寺龍吟庵の煕春（きしゅん）に師事した。