After reaching the age of 40, he joined the priesthood and traveled for about 20 years around Tsukushi, Kumano and Mutsu Provinces, spreading his name as a renga poet.
40歳過ぎに出家し、筑紫国・熊野・陸奥国など20年余り諸国を巡り歩き、連歌師としての名を広めた。