| After he studied at Hitsuyudo (a private school operated by the Yoneda family, a chief retainer of the Kumamoto Domain) and the Kumamoto Domain's school named Jishukan, he traveled to Edo and Nagasaki to study, and he also studied at Kaisei School in 1870. |
必由堂(熊本藩家老である米田家の家塾)、熊本藩の藩校の時習館で学び、江戸や長崎へ遊学し、明治3年（1870年）には開成学校で学ぶ。 |