When he was young he went by himself up north, opening up land up for cultivation in Hokkaido. Later he served as a director for a company opening up land for cultivation in Ishikari, but because of the growing conflicts between the tenant farmers and the capitalists, he quit and passed through his next years as a vagabond.
年輕時曾單身前往北海道開墾，任石狩地區開墾事業的指導員時，因感於佃農及資本家的紛爭日多，因而辭掉指導員之職。其後，過著「求道」的放浪生活。