After Hakuho died, he lived in a tatchu (dormitory built near the master's tomb) called Koto-an of Ryoan-ji Temple and served as the top-ranking priest of Myoshin-ji Temple in Kyoto thereafter.
伯蒲の没後、竜安寺の塔頭である皐東庵を自坊とし、以後、京都妙心寺の首座となった。