However, he was eager to find good posts for his children, sending his oldest, Sosetsu SEN, to the Maeda clan of the Kaga Domain, his second son, Soshu ICHIO, to the Takamatsu Matsudaira family, his third son, Sosa KOSHIN, to the Kishu Tokugawa family, and his fourth son, Soshitsu SENSO, to the Maeda clan of the Kaga Domain.
しかし、子供たちの就職には熱心で、長男千宗拙を加賀藩前田氏に、次男一翁宗守を高松松平家に、三男江岑宗左を紀州徳川家に、四男仙叟宗室を加賀藩前田氏に仕えさせた。