He studied and entered the Buddhist priesthood under Nisshu, a monk of Myokaku-ji Temple (Kyoto City) (Kyoto Prefecture), and thereafter learned the philosophy of Fujufuse school (a school of Nichiren Sect which held philosophy insisting that nothing could be received from or given to people who believe in sutras other than Hokke-kyo Sutra) at Hanko Danrin (seminary) (Hanko-ji Temple in Sosa City, Chiba Prefecture) and Nakamura Danrin (Nichihon-ji Temple in Tako-machi, Chiba Prefecture).
妙覚寺(京都市)（京都府）日習を師として出家し、下総国の飯高檀林（現在千葉県匝瑳市飯高寺）、中村檀林（現在千葉県多古町日本寺）で不受不施派の思想を学んだ。