He became a priest in his childhood, travelled throughout the country following Yugyo Shonin and later became the chief priest of Shogon-ji Temple in Yatsushiro, Higo Province calling himself Ryoan.
幼少の頃より出家、遊行上人に従い諸国を巡歴、後に肥後国八代荘厳寺の住職となり、旅庵と号す。