| After he was placed in charge as the chief priest of the Jisho-ji Temple in the Yamanashi Prefecture and a professor of the Komazawa University, he assumed the position as chief abbot of the Soto Sect in 1940. |
山梨県慈照寺住職、駒澤大学教授などを務めたあと、昭和15年（1940年）には曹洞宗管長に就任。 |