He was eventually inaugurated in December 1492 as the chief priest cum sorokushi (a managing priest at a Zen temple) of Rokuon-in because he was asked to do so repeatedly, but a half-year later he resigned.
明応元年（1492年）12月重ねて要請されたため、鹿苑院塔主・僧録司に就任したが、半年で辞した。