| He learnt herbalism from Jakusui INOU in Kyoto, and later he was appointed to Saiyakushi (a person who gathers medicinal herbs in the fields and mountain) in Edo bakufu (Japanese feudal government headed by a shogun). |
本草学を京都の稲生若水に学び、後に江戸幕府の採薬使に登用される。 |