He was thirteen years old at that time, and got to see Sadamune ISE (伊勢貞宗), a Mandokoro shitsuji (chief of the Administrative Board) of the Muromachi bakufu, with his father Sadatoshi.
当時13歳であった宗春は父・定利と共に室町幕府政所執事・伊勢貞宗と対面した。