He was ordained by Junyu and Kanku, and in the year 968 he became one of the naikubu-juzenshi (the ten selected excellent priests for a Buddhist service in the Imperial Court) and gojiso (personal monk) to the crown prince.
淳祐(僧)・寛空に灌頂を受け、安和元年（968年）内供奉十禅師・東宮護持僧となった。