He later built his residence at Kotokui in the Takahatasaiwai village, located in the suburbs of Nara, and served the Monzeki (successor of a temple), Jinson at the Kofuku-ji Temple Daijo.
しかし、後に奈良郊外の高畠幸村（たかはたさいわいむら）の幸徳井という地に居宅を構えて興福寺大乗院門跡尋尊に仕えた。