Subsequently, he successively held various posts at Todai-ji Temple, including jishu (literally, head priest, referring to director of the temple or abbot), joza (literally, elder or president, referring to an ecclesiastical official, one of the three officials who assumes leadership in the affairs of a monastery) and zojisho-chiji (literally, director of affairs of temple construction department) among Todaiji shochin and sanko (or sango, literally, the three bonds, referring to the directors of a monastery), thus playing an active part in handling practical business matters for the temple.
その後、東大寺少鎮・三綱のうちの寺主及び上座・造寺所知事などを歴任し、東大寺の実務面で大いに活躍した。