Baisetsu was born in old Matsuyama town. His house was famous as a wholesale rice dealer. When Baisetsu was a child, his first name used to be Kamejiro. As he was not a successor of the old family Eno house, he left the house when growing and studied paintings at Kano school. After that Baisetsu was mainly active in Kawagoe and his works were recognized in Higashi-Matsuyama, Kawagoe, Konosu and Iruma so far.