After Myoha, who had been in a feud with Yoriyuki HOSOKAWA, the kanrei (shogun's deputy) of the Ashikaga Shogunate, secluded himself in Tango Province, and he played a leading role in the Muso School while serving as the juji of Kennin-ji, Nanzen-ji, Tenryu-ji, and Rinsen-ji Temples consecutively.
妙葩が足利幕府の管領細川頼之と対立して丹後国に隠遁した後は、夢窓派の中心として活動し、建仁寺・南禅寺・天竜寺・臨川寺の住持を歴任した。