He thus had a solid grounding in both decorative crafts and academic painting, which served him well when he then turned to ukiyo-e, which he studied with his mentor, the Kanbun Master.
To mu je dalo čvrste temelje za dekorativna umijeća i akademsko slikanje, što mu je dobro poslužilo kad se okrenuo ukiyo-eu, kojeg je učio kod svog mentora, majstora Kanbuna.