He graduated in dyeing from the Kyoto Higher Technical School and later from the Industrial Chemistry Department of the Kyoto Imperial University Faculty of Engineering.
[citation needed] In 1950, he became a professor at Osaka University of Education.
He retired in 1958 and in the same year received a Doctorate of Science from Kyoto University for his dissertation titled "Research on Color Names, Colors, and Dyeing in Ancient Japanese Literature."
He also served as a professor at the Niigata Women's Junior College, the first president of Niigata Seiryo Women's Junior College, a professor at Shitennoji University, and the director of the Japan Dyeing and Weaving Academy.
[citation needed][1] He conducted research on ancient Japanese dyeing and weaving and was commissioned by the Imperial Household Agency to investigate the Shosoin textiles.