In 1865, he moved to Nagasaki and studied Ranpo-igaku (Western medicine by means of the Dutch language) at Nagasaki Yojosho (current Nagasaki University, School of Medicine).
慶応元年（1865年）長崎に出て長崎養生所(現・長崎大学医学部)に学び、蘭方医学を修めた