Raised by Nittei, priest of the Honryiij i temple in Kyoto, he went to Mount Hiei (1538) to study the Tendai Sect doctrine.
Upon the death of Nittei (1558) he became chief priest of the Honryiiji temple. Afterward he gave the temple to Nichigyo and retired to the Honkyoji temple in Obama in Wakasa Province (Fukui Prefecture).