In 1247, he passed on his position as the Regent to his younger step brother, Kanehira KONOE, and in 1247, he became a priest, changed his name to Shinri, and lived in Okaya-so Manor in Uji City.
建長4年（1247年）に異母弟の近衛兼平に摂政を譲り、正嘉元年（1247年）に出家して戒名を真理（しんり）と称して宇治市岡屋荘で過ごした。