After his adoptive father's death, while he succeeded to the family business, he learned under Kaizan HORIKOSHI, Sekisai OKITAMA (置賜晰斎), Rankei NISHIJIMA, Rokuuemon NAKAMURA, Okoku KAMEDA, Hidenori INO, and others.
養父の歿後家業を継ぐ一方、学問を堀越開山・置賜晰斎・西島蘭渓・中村六右衛門・亀田鶯谷・伊能穎則らより受ける。