He returned to Kencho-ji Temple in order to attend the fiftieth anniversary of the establishment of Kencho-ji Temple and of the death of its founder, Doryu RANKEI (aka Lanqi Daolong); there he was introduced to Shuho Myocho (posthumous name: Daito Kokushi (Master)) and went to Daitoku-ji Temple in Kyoto to study under Shuho.
建長寺開山・蘭渓道隆五十年忌出席のため再び建長寺に参じ、ここで宗峰妙超（大燈国師）を紹介され、京都大徳寺に遷って宗峰に師事。