When Shogun Iemitsu TOKUGAWA came up to Kyoto after Takuan had returned to Daitoku-ji Temple together with Sohaku, he had an audience with Iemitsu due to the exhortation of Munenori YAGYU and Naoyori HORI.
宗珀とともに大徳寺に戻ったのち、家光が上洛し、天海や柳生宗矩・堀直寄の強い勧めがあり、沢庵は将軍徳川家光に謁見した。