In 1181 he was assigned to zoji chokan (a head in the construction of temple) of the Todai-ji Temple which had been destroyed in an attack to Nanto (southern capital - Nara) of the Taira family, and he made an effort to revive it.
養和元年(1181年)には、平家の南都攻めによって消失していた東大寺の造寺長官に任ぜられ、その復興に当たった。