| He was born in a merchant family manufacturing miso (bean paste) in Nagoya of Owari Province, but after he became a priest of the Jodo (Pure Land) Sect, he resided at Zojo-ji Temple in Edo and studied painting under Sekkan SAKURAI. |
尾張国名古屋の味噌商の家に生まれたが、浄土宗の僧となって江戸増上寺に住み、桜井雪館に画を学んだ。 |