In 1054, he was appointed as the twenty-ninth choja of To-ji Temple, who was the chief abbot of the temple and the entire Shingon sect, and was promoted to hoin (the highest rank among Buddhist priests).
天喜2年（1054年）には東寺と真言宗全体の長である第29代東寺長者に任じられて法印に昇進する。