He received kanjo (ceremony to be the successor) from Joken, the chief priest of Daigo-ji Temple, and was given instruction about the esoteric points of Shingon Esoteric Buddhism by Gihan and Hanshun.
醍醐寺座主定賢から灌頂を受け、また義範・範俊に師事して真言密教の奥義を伝授された。