On May 1 in the same year, Tokuko shaved her head to enter into the priesthood having Priest Insai of Choraku-ji Temple as her Kaishi (Buddhist priest who gives out rules to people who enter into the priesthood), she was named 直如覚.
同年5月1日、徳子は長楽寺の印西上人を戒師に落飾して尼になり、直如覚と名乗った。