When the Ukita family was dismissed and deprived of position, privileges and properties after the Battle of Sekigahara, he escaped and came to Sanuki Province, and became the first chief priest of Sairen-ji Temple there.
関ヶ原の戦い後に宇喜多家が改易になると讃岐国に逃れてきて、そこの西蓮寺の初代住職になったという。