Although his parents died when he was a small child, he was supported by the 6th Omotesenke (the house of Omotesen) head, Kakukakusai, and the 7th head, Joshinsai, and was allowed to be a member of the group that established the Shichiji shiki (literally, "seven exercises"; the staff came up with seven exercises of the tea ceremony as a pedagogical device), in spite of his youth.
幼少で両親に死別したが、表千家6代・覚々斎、7代・如心斎らに引き立てられ、若年にして「七事式」制定に参加。