When there was an offer for Sowa to serve Toshitsune MAEDA, the third lord of Kaga Domain, as a tea ceremony master of the house, Sowa declined it and instead had Shichinosuke (七之助) Masauji, the second head of the family, serve the lord.
加賀藩3代藩主前田利常より召し抱えの意があったが、宗和はこれを辞して2代七之助方氏が出仕した。