sentences:  In 1926, he enrolled in the "Tokyo Bijutsu Gakko" (the predecessor to the Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music), where he specialized in Nihonga painting, but left after a few months without graduating due to his father's illness and lack of funds.From 1938, he lived at various locations in Chiba Prefecture, and although his future initially seemed promising, his isolation from the mainstream art circles meant that he had difficulty in establishing a name.He was forced to work at numerous odd jobs to stay alive, while attempting to paint on the side.