As there was no successor in the Shinshu-kibe school at the time, he entered the head temple, Kinshoku-ji Temple at the age of 17 and succeeded to the position of 20th Head Priest.
当時、真宗木辺派に後継者がいなかったので、17歳で本山・錦織寺に入り第20代法主を継ぐ。