He gained the Cloistered Emperor's enormous trust through his job of rearing the ninth prince, the Cloistered Imperial Prince Shonin (the 63rd Tendai-zasu (head priest of the Tendai sect)), who was born between the Cloistered Emperor and Eguchi yujo (a prostitute).
法皇が江口遊女に生ませた第九皇子・承仁法親王（第63代天台座主）の養育にあたるなど絶大な信頼を得た。