Next he studied under Tameyo NIJO, and went on a walking tour of several different provinces in honor of his hero Saigyo, leading the lifestyle of a recluse by, among other things, building a thatched hut on the historic site where Saigyo had lived at Sorin-ji Temple in the Higashiyama area of Kyoto.
二条為世に師事し、西行を慕って諸国を行脚、京都東山双林寺の西行の旧跡に草庵を構えるなど隠遁者の生活を送った。