Then he moved to his family temple, Hotoku-ji Temple as the chief priest, which had been built by Munenori to hold a memorial service for his deceased father, Muneyoshi YAGYU (Sekishusai) by engaging Soho TAKUAN in Yagyu (present Yagyushimo-cho, Nara City).
さらに宗矩が亡父柳生宗厳（石舟斎）を弔うため沢庵宗彭を招いて柳生（現在の奈良市柳生下町）に建立した菩提寺の芳徳寺の住持に定められ、芳徳寺に移る。