After passing the Kengaku Ryugi (oral examination for learned priests) at Yuimae (a Buddhist service for the Yuima Sutra held at Kofuku-ji Temple), he was appointed to Shosozu (junior secondary prelate), Daisozu (upper Buddhist priest in the second highest position) and Sojo (priest ranked in the highest managerial position) in that order, and then assumed the post of Kofuku-ji betto in 1456.
維摩会研学竪義（ゆいまえけんがくりゅうぎ）を遂げ、少僧都・大僧都を経て僧正に任じられ、1456年（康正2年）興福寺別当に就任した。