After travelling to various provinces, he returned to Kyoto and there he practiced nenbutsu (Buddhist invocation) activities, founded Tanukidani Fudo-in in Rakuhoku and Gojozaka Ansho-in Temple and was engaged in the civil engineering work of roads and bridges.
諸国を行脚した後京都に戻って念仏活動を行い、洛北の狸谷不動院や五条坂安祥院を開創したほか、橋や道路の土木工事を行った。