As Zeami respected his stepson, Zenchiku, more than his own son, Juro Daifu, and gave Zenchiku good lessons on the chanting of Noh text, Zeami was exiled to Sado Province against the will of the shogun's representative.
……世阿ノ聟禅竹ヲ、我子ノ十郎太夫ヨリ崇敬シ、禅竹ニ能謡ヲ好ク被教候ニヨリ、公方ノ御意ニ違、佐渡ノ国ヘ配流セラレ……