After that, he entered the priesthood, was taken on as a disciple of Kokua, who was a distinguished priest of Jishu school and Yorifusa's uncle, and became a Chuko no So (restorer) of Ryosen Shofuku-ji Temple in Otsu City, Shiga Prefecture.
この後、出家し叔父である時衆の名僧・国阿に弟子入りし、滋賀県大津市にある霊仙正福寺中興の祖となった。