Although he had served (as kinju [attendant] or yuhitsu [private secretary]) Yoshinao ASHIKAGA, the ninth Seitaishogun (literally, "great general who subdues the eastern barbarians") in the Muromachi Period, he became a priest after Yoshinao died in battle (in 1489) and led a secluded life in Amagasaki of Settsu Province and Takigi-mura Village of Yamashiro Province.
室町幕府9代征夷大将軍足利義尚に仕えた（近習とも祐筆とも）が、義尚の陣没（延徳元年、1489年）後出家し、摂津国尼崎または山城国薪村に隠棲した。