He arrived to Kyoto with his father when he was eight years old and entered Kezo-in Temple on Mt. Obaku first but switched to Rinzai Sect to begin his training as a monk in Jiun-an in Sokoku-ji Temple when he was 11 years old.
8歳のとき父と上京し、はじめ黄檗山の華蔵院に入ったが臨済宗に転じて11歳で相国寺慈雲庵にて得度する。