He deplored his circumstances because Toshitsune MAEDA went against the last will of their elder brother Toshinaga MAEDA and Toshitsune did not give him favorable treatment, so he retreated into seclusion at Shinsho-in Temple on Mt. Kurama in Kyoto in 1616, calling himself Yuan after shaving his head to enter the priesthood.
元和(日本)2年（1616年）、前田利常が兄の前田利長の遺言を守らず、優遇されなかったことを憂い、剃髪し有庵と号し、京の鞍馬山真勝院に隠棲した。