At first, he belonged to the Jodo Sect that family members of his parents' home believed in, but afterward he shifted his religious sect from one to another, such as Zen Sect, Icchi School of the Nichiren Sect, Shingon Sect and the Tendai Sect.
当初は実家で信仰していた浄土宗に属するが、その後禅宗・日蓮宗一致派・真言宗・天台宗と宗派を転々とする。