Mt. Hiei's armed warrior priests held grudges and destroyed Shoden-ji Temple, and he went to Kamakura and constructed Shokai-ji Temple (聖海寺) in Wagae, Kamakura, embraced from Yasumori ADACHI as a chief retainer of the bakufu (Japanese feudal government headed by a shogun) who was introduced by Daikyu Shonen of Jufuku-ji Temple.
比叡山衆徒の恨みを買って正伝寺を破棄されたことから、鎌倉に下って寿福寺の大休正念の紹介により幕府の重臣安達泰盛の帰依を得、鎌倉和賀江に聖海寺を開創した。