Takuan, who opposed bakufu's decision, went up to Kyoto in a hurry, organized monks of Daitoku-ji Temple in cooperation with Sohaku, a former chief priest, and launched a campaign against it together with Tanden and Togen of Myoshin-ji Temple.
これに反対した沢庵は、急ぎ京へ上り、前住職の宗珀（そうはく）と大徳寺の僧をまとめ、妙心寺の単伝(たんでん)・東源（とうげん）らとともに、反対運動を行った。