Although he was appointed in November 1487 to a position as the chief priest of Nanzen-ji Temple and was given a Buddhist monk's stole of gold brocade by the former shogun Yoshimasa ASHIKAGA, ultimately he didn't join Nanzen-ji Temple.
長享元年（1487年）11月には南禅寺住持となり、前将軍足利義政より金襴の袈裟を受けるが、南禅寺には入らなかった。