Although he came from a fisherman's family in Etchu Province, he entered a religious order of Ji Sect after realizing the retribution over killing animals, and devoted himself to social work as a kanjin-hijiri (priest who collects donated money for social work).
越中国の漁師の家に生まれたが、殺生の報いを悟って時宗の教団に入り、勧進聖として当時の社会事業に尽くした。