He entered the priesthood and received commandments under the half brother monk-Imperial Prince Kakugyo, and his Buddhist name was first Shingyo and he changed it to Gyoshin, and finally to Kakuho.
異母兄である覚行法親王のもとで出家・受戒し、法名ははじめ真行と称し、のちに行真と改め、さらに覚法と改めた。