In 1888, after graduating from Japanese classics studies, the University of Tokyo, Faculty of Letters University, he sympathized with Tenshin OKAKURA and made efforts to establish Tokyo Fine Arts School.
明治21年（1888年）、東京大学文科大学古典講習科を卒業後、岡倉天心に共鳴し東京美術学校の設立に尽力。