In 1629, Shojo dedicated a waka (a traditional Japanese poem of thirty-one syllables) to Takuan Soho, lamenting his exile due to the Shie Incident (the great conflict between the shogunate and the Imperial Court).
寛永6年（1629年）沢庵宗彭の紫衣事件による配流を嘆き和歌を贈る。