His mother died when he was 10 years old, and he became a priest in Keikyo-ji Temple of Tendaishu sect following his father's advice, and his homyo (a name given to a person who enters the Buddhist priesthood) was Zuien.
10歳のとき母が死ぬと父の勧めで天台宗継教寺で出家、法名は随縁。