After the Meiji Restoration, recommended by Tetsunen OZU, he held the post of jiko (tutor) to the 21st Suzerain Koson OTANI of the Hongan-ji Temple, the head temple of Jodo Shinshu Hongan-ji school (Nishi Hongan-ji Temple).
明治維新後は、大洲鉄然の推挙により浄土真宗本願寺派本山本願寺（西本願寺）第21世宗主大谷光尊の侍講をつとめた。