After being appointed to Yoshida-jinja Shrine shuku (male spiritual medium) (Shinto priest) in 1816, he worked to maintain and manage the shrine as a Shinto priest, and formed friendships with court nobles, including Sanetsumu SANJO, and Mitsunaru YANAGIWARA, and scholars of Japanese classical literature, including Atsutane HIRATA, Ekisai KARIYA, and Hirokata YASHIRO in Edo, and Nobutomo BAN, and Yoshika MUTOBE in Kyoto.
同13年（1816年）に吉田神社の祝(神職)職に補任されてからは神職として同神社の維持経営に努め、公家の三条実万や柳原光愛、国学者では江戸の平田篤胤や狩谷棭斎、屋代弘賢、京の伴信友や六人部是香らと交友を持った。