In the meantime, as he was described as having appeared as Ongenjya (mountaineering ascetic) when Imperial Prince Tsuneaki was born, in "Kinhira Koki Diary" (the diary of Kinhira SAIONJI), he also acted as gojiso (a priest who prays for the security of the emperor).
一方で『公衡公記』（西園寺公衡の日記）に恒明親王出生の際に御験者として登場しているように護持僧も務めた。