He published "Kyokaijigen" (Timely Words for the Religious World) together with Kakushin IMAGAWA and Masamaru INABA, proposed and promoted various reforms with the expectation of modernizing Higashi Hongan-ji Temple's organization and educational system and often opposed temple authorities until he was expelled from the sect.
今川覚神や稲葉昌丸らと『教界時言』を発刊、東本願寺における近代的な教育制度・組織の確立を期して種々の改革を建議・推進し、しばしば当局者と対立し、宗門からの除名処分を受ける。