In response to a petition submitted by Ryoo DOKAKU, in 1703 he reconstructed kangakuryo (learning dormitory) on Mt. Toei, which had been destroyed by fire, as a Kangakukoin (a learning school) operated by bakufu (the Japanese feudal government headed by a shogun).
元禄16年（1703年）、了翁道覚の請願に応じ、焼失した東叡山勧学寮を幕府所管の勧学講院として再興する。