While he played the role of the Director of the Kokuho Shurijo of the Nihon Bijitsuin and a professor of Tokyo University of the Arts, he became the chief priest of Otagi Nenbutsu-ji Temple in Kyoto in 1955 to restore the temple.
美術院国宝修理所所長、東京芸大教授などを歴任する一方で、55年からは京都・愛宕念仏寺の住職となり、同寺の復興に当たる。