Until the age of 70, he never had his own temple and remained devoted to asceticism but assumed the post of chief priest at Tofuku-ji Temple in 1281 after the death of his teacher Enni.
70歳になるまで自分の寺を持たず修行に専念していたが、師の円爾の死にをうけて弘安4年（1281年）に東福寺の住持となった。