To mark the start of a new 60-year cycle of the Chinese zodiac, on the 21st day of the 2nd month of Kampō 4 (1744), the era was changed to Enkyō (延享, "Becoming prolonged"?)
In 1997 she received Shiho (dharma transmission) from Roshi Bernie Glassman and in June, 2004, she received inka from him in an empowerment ceremony held at the Mother House of the Zen Peacemakers in Montague, Ma.
Enkyo's focus is on true self-expression, peacemaking and HIV/AIDS activism.