In that year, he was promoted to Shosozu (junior secondary prelate), and then in 1240 Daisozu (the upper Buddhist priests in the second highest position) and, in 1243, he was promoted to Hoin (the highest rank among Buddhist priests) with his merit of incantation for the birth of the Imperial Prince Hisahito (later Emperor Gofukakusa).
この年少僧都に昇進し、仁治元年（1240年）に大僧都、寛元元年（1243年）に久仁親王（後の後深草天皇）誕生の加持祈祷の功績によって法印に叙せられた。