He was also deeply involved in shugen (mountaineering asceticism) and became betto of Uchiyama Eikyu-ji Temple, one of the temples which constituted a set group of Buddhist priests led by sanju-roku Shodaisendatsu (the 36 head priests of the Tozan school), which belonged to Tozan school of Shugendo (one of Japanese Buddhism), succeeding to his mentor Jinpan; he also held another post of Kinpusan kengyo shoku (a temple administrator in Mt. Kinpu) concurrently through many years until 1208.
修験との関わりも深く、師である尋範の跡を襲って修験道当山派の当山三十六正大先達衆を構成する一寺であった内山永久寺の別当職に就いたほか、1208年（承元2年）まで長らく金峯山検校職を兼任した。