He was born in Omori, Ijira Village, Mino Province (the present-day Yamagata City, Gifu Prefecture) and became a Buddhist priest when he was 15 years old at Toko-ji Temple (Yamagata City), so as to study under Zuiun.
美濃国伊自良村大森（現在の岐阜県山県市）に生まれ、15歳で東光寺(山県市)において出家して瑞雲に師事する。