He started as a Confucian scholar, but after he entered into the priesthood in 1687 he turned into a waka poet and studied under Sanenari SHIMIZUDANI of the Nijo school of poetry (Sanjonishi family).
初め儒学者として活動したが、1687年（貞享4年）に出家したのを契機として歌人に転じ、二条派の清水谷実業（三条西家一門）に師事。