In 1263, when he was 25 years old, he returned to secular life and went back home to Iyo when his father died, but due to the clan's feud over their territory etc. he became a priest again in 1271 at the age of 32, and practiced asceticism in Zenko-ji Temple in Shinano Province, Kubo-dera Temple in Iyo Province, and Iwaya-ji Temple in Iyo Province.
弘長3年（1263年）25歳の時に父の死をきっかけに還俗して伊予に帰るが、一族の所領争いなどが原因で、文永8年（1271年）32歳で再び出家、信濃国の善光寺や伊予国の窪寺、同国の岩屋寺で修行する。