It is also rumored that Jozan along with Koetsu HONAMI (based at Taka ga Mine) and Shojo SHOKADO (based at Hachiman), had all come the notice of the bakufu (shogunate) and maintained oversight of events in Kyoto.
なお、鷹が峰の本阿弥光悦、八幡の松花堂昭乗と共に、幕府の意を受けて京中の監視をしていたとの説もある。