Since he had Sonno no kokorozashi (the thought of reverence for the Emperor), he was oppressed by the Edo bakufu (Japanese feudal government headed by a shogun) and was forced to become a monk in the event of the Horeki Incident in 1760.
尊王の志があり、宝暦10年（1760年）の宝暦事件の際には江戸幕府の弾圧により公言も出家させられた。