He entered the Danrin (Buddhist school) in Yamashina, Kyoto Prefecture, at the early age of eight.
After school he returned to home and became a priest of the Nichiren Sect at Risshoji Temple, where he taught many novice priests. Later taught at Mito Danrin in 1846 and then at Ikegami Danrin (near Edo). For his profound learning, he was respectfully named Kaga-Osho.