However, Meika, who learnt kobunjigaku (study of ancient rhetoric school) through Jakusui IRIE but was physically weak, sent his younger brother Shiro to Edo to study it there in pace of himself under Sorai OGYU.
しかし、入江若水を通じて古文辞学を知り、自らは病弱であったため弟の士郎を江戸に遊学させて荻生徂徠に入門させている。