He lived in hermitage in Genko-ji Temple in Yoshino, learned Sanzo (tripitaka) for 20 years there to obtain the "natural wisdom" and was therefore popularly called Yoshino-sozu.
芳野の現光寺に庵を結び、20年間三蔵を学んで自然智を得たといい、俗に芳野僧都と称された。