He took the tonsure under Jozansozen of Daikoji Temple in Buzen Province at the age of 17, and in the next year he was ordained as a Buddhist priest by receiving the commandments of Buddhism at the ordination hall of Dazaifu.
17歳で豊前国大光寺の定山祖禅について出家し、翌年太宰府戒壇院で受戒している。