Wielding power as Takauji's gojiso (a monk working for a noble family), he not only established a Buddhist temple at Daigo-ji Temple after receiving a donated fief of 60,000 koku (approximately 10.8 million liters of crop yield), but also established Shin Sanpoin in Kyoto, becoming the Inju (the chief of a temple) after the new established temple was donated.
尊氏の護持僧として権勢をふるい、醍醐寺に食邑として6万石を寄進されて伽藍を整備し、さらに京都に新三宝院を造営・寄進されてその院主となった。