Although the details are unknown, it is documented that he was a priest at Honno-ji Temple (in "Shunkyuki") and six years younger than Sansa (in "Todaiki" [a famous chronicle describing the Early Modern age]).
詳細は不詳だが、本能寺の僧（『舜旧記』）、算砂の6歳年少（『当代記』）と記されている。