From the age of 11, he studied under Nariaki YAMAZAKI, a Western-style painter, and at the age of 20, he became a pupil of Yuichi TAKAHASHI, who was a leading Western-style painter at that time.
11歳の頃から、洋画家の山﨑成章につき、20歳で当時洋画家の最高峰であった高橋由一の門に入った。