He was favored and valued highly by Ieyasu TOKUGAWA and was appointed as the third noge (master) of Chishakuin Temple by the order of the bakufu (Japanese feudal government headed by a shogun) in December, 1612.
徳川家康の知遇と評価を得て、その幕命により慶長17年（1612年）11月、智積院の第三世の能化職に就任する。