He became a doji (child acolytes of Buddhism) by a common belief at Jon-ji Temple in Yamazaki, Yamashiro Province at the age of six, and entered into priesthood and received religious precepts at Tofuku-ji Temple in 1401.
6歳の時山城国山崎の成恩寺の通言について童子となり、1401年東福寺に入って出家・受戒した。