Thereafter, Hirofusa was appointed to the Kirokujo (Land Record Office) Koto (a secretary) and Genba no Kami (Director of the Bureau of Buddhism and Aliens), but entered into priesthood in 1202 and took Boren as a second name or alias, and it is said that he died soon thereafter.
その後、記録所勾当・玄蕃頭に任ぜられたが、建仁2年（1202年）に出家して房蓮と号し、程なく没したと言われている。