His achievements included the reconstruction of the main building of the Higashi Hongan-ji Temple in 1835, which was burned down by several fire accidents, and in 1846, he passed over his Hoshu post to his second son, Gonnyo, and retired.
数度の失火により消失した東本願寺本堂の再建を発願し、1835年（天保6年）に落成させるなどの功績を残し、1846年（弘化3年）、次男・厳如に法主を譲り隠居した。