In 1359, he moved to Kamakura in response to the invitation of Motouji ASHIKAGA, then the Kamakura kubo (Governor-general of the Kanto region), the position which bakufu (Japanese feudal government headed by a shogun) established for the purpose of governing the Kanto region, and taught the Zen sect to Motouji as well as the Uesugi clan of Kanto Kanrei (A shogunal deputy for the Kanto region).
1359年（延文4）に幕府が関東地方の統治のために設置した鎌倉公方の足利基氏に招かれて鎌倉へ赴き、基氏や関東管領の上杉氏などに禅宗を教える。