He at first took the tonsure and was ordained as a Buddhist priest by receiving the commandments of Buddhism at Mt. Hiei, then moved to Kenninji Temple in Kamakura and further, visited Keizan Jokin at Daijoji Temple in Kaga Province to become a disciple of Jokin.
当初比叡山に上って出家して受戒したが、その後鎌倉建仁寺に移り、さらに加賀国大乗寺に瑩山紹瑾をたずねてその門下となった。