In 1453, on his second trip to China, he served as a government official aboard a ship jointly arranged by Tonomine-dera and Hase-dera Temples, both branch temples of Kofuku-ji Temple, and had his son Mototsugu also join the crew.
享徳2年（1453年）二度目の渡明では、興福寺末寺の多武峰寺・長谷寺共同の船の外官となり、息子元次を同行させた。