Thereafter, Yoritsuna studied under Shoku, a disciple of Honen, and by around 1214 he was permitted by the Kamakura government office, and between June and July, receiving an official appointment to improve Enjo-ji Temple, he put his efforts to repair Sannosha and haiden (a hall of worship) of the temple.
頼綱はその後法然の弟子証空を師事したが、建保2年（1214年）頃までには鎌倉政庁の許しを得、5月には園城寺改修を拝命、山王社および拝殿の修復に努めている。