At the age of 12, he entered the Buddhist priesthood under Ekkei Shuken of Myoshin-ji Temple in Kyoto, and practiced asceticism at the Kennin-ji Temple in Kyoto and Sogen-ji Temple in Okayama Prefecture.
12歳の時、京都妙心寺の越渓守謙のもとで得度し、建仁寺や岡山県の曹源寺で修行する。