He became a priest and had a homyo (a posthumous Buddhist name used in the Shin sect) of Gyonen in 1225, but did not quit government affairs and served as Mandokoro Shitsuji (chief of Mandokoro, the Administrative Board), which was an important post in the Kamakura bakufu until he died at the age of 72 on December 9, 1253.
1225年（嘉禄元年）に出家し法名を行然と名乗るが、政務を退いた訳ではなく、1253年（建久5年）12月9日に72歳で没するまで政所執事として鎌倉幕府の要職にあった。