First, he studied under Nichii, jibuko (Minister of the Ministry of Civil Administration) (Hongaku-ji Temple [Shizuoka City], Suruga Province), and then under Makaichibo Nichiin, a distinguished priest who outdebated all sects according to the 'Kamakura denchu mondo' (Dialogue in the Palace of Kamakura bakufu [Japanese feudal government headed by a shogun]); Nichiin passed down the Honsho-ji Temple in Kamakura, Sagami Province and the Honjo-ji Temple in Sanjo, Echigo Province to Nichijo.
初め治部公日位（駿河国本覚寺(静岡市)）につき、ついで摩訶一房日印（「鎌倉殿中問答」で全宗派論破の名僧）に師事し、日印から相模国鎌倉本勝寺(鎌倉市)・越後国三条本成寺を譲られた。