He assumed the position of the forty-seventh head priest of the temple in 1138, resigned 3 days later, moved to Shokongoin of Toba-Rikyu Palace, where Emperor Toba, a devout believer in Kakuyu, resided, and assumed the position of gojiso (a priest who prays to guard the emperor) in the Toba-Rikyu Palace.
1138年、47世座主となったが3日で退任し、厚い帰依を寄せていた鳥羽天皇が住む鳥羽離宮の証金剛院へ移り、同離宮の護持僧となった。