He studied Shingon Esoteric Buddhism and Kegon Sect at Ninna-ji Temple and Toda-ji Temple and showed great promise as a priest, but he abandoned the connection with secular society and lived in seclusion at Shirakami, Arita-gun in Kii Province and Ikadachi in the same Province.
仁和寺‧東大寺で真言密教や華厳を学び、将来を嘱望されたが俗縁を絶ち紀伊国有田郡白上や同国筏立に遁世した。