Initially, he entered Ensei-ji Temple in Etchu Province, taking the monk Nissei of Myohon-ji Temple in Kyoto to be his mentor and learning from him, but he later fell into conflict with Getsumyo, prompting him to break out on his own and found his own school.
初め越中国遠成寺に入り、18歳で京都妙本寺日霽（にっせい）に師事して修学したが、のち月明と対立し独立して一派を形成した。