Shogoro (Dosan), hawking oil on the road, one day came across Nichiun (once known as Nichigobo) of the Jozai-ji Temple in Mino; counting on their old friendship he succeeded in becoming a retainer of Nagahiro NAGAI, Koshugodai (junior deputy shugo) of the TOKI clan, which was Shugo (provincial governor) of Mino Province.
庄五郎は油売り行商を重ねていたが、あるとき美濃常在寺の日護房改め日運と再会し、日運の縁故を頼った庄五郎は、美濃守護土岐氏小守護代の長井長弘家臣となることに成功した。