| He initially studied under Eyu, a monk of Sennyu-ji Temple Unryu-in, and became a monk, but in 1711, he went to Mt. Koya and practiced Mokujikigyo, the ascetic practice of abstaining from eating ten kinds of grains, under Mokujikiesho. |
初め泉涌寺雲龍院の慧雄に師事して出家したが、1711年（正徳 (日本)元年）高野山に上って木食恵昌について十穀を絶つ木食行を学んだ。 |