He went to Mt. Koya to escape from Hideyoshi TOYOTOMI's attacks on Negoro in 1585, and later assumed the position of the chief priest at Saikoin Temple in his homeland, Monma-mura Village, Musashi Province (present-day Miyashiro-machi, Minami Saitama-gun, Saitama Prefecture).
天正13年、豊臣秀吉の根来攻めの兵乱を逃れて高野山に登り、後に故郷の武蔵国・百間村（現埼玉県南埼玉郡宮代町）の西光院の住職となる。