he was born in okayama prefecture in 1859. after becoming the chief of several police stations in osaka, he became the marshal of the most important sonezaki polic station of osaka. in 1909, he was appointed the director of the sotojima hoyōen sanatorium, situated in osaka prefecture. he retired in april 1926 and lived in sakai, osaka prefecture. after 8 months, masataka murata became the second director of the sanatorium. he died　around july 1940 in sakai.