After that, he performed many incantations for practice and conducted operations at Enko-ji Temple, Muryoko-in Temple, and Miyake-dera Temple and was appointed the second manager of the To-ji Temple and Gon daisozu (Junior prelate) in 1153.
以後多くの修法を行うとともに円光院・無量光院・三宅寺の寺務をつとめ、1153年（仁平3年）東寺二長者・権大僧都に任じられている。