In 1595 he did not attend the ceremony of thousand priest mass at the Great Buddha Hall of the Hoko-ji Temple built by Hideyoshi TOYOTOMI, observing the doctrine of fujufusegi (that required the followers of Nichiren Buddhism neither to give any alms to, nor to take any alms from the non-followers of the sect).
1595年、豊臣秀吉が建立した方広寺大仏殿千僧供養に不受不施義の教義を守って出仕しなかった。