After the Kamakura bakufu (Japanese feudal government headed by a shogun) collapsed in 1333, Muso was invited by Emperor Godaigo, who started the Kenmu Restoration, to go to Kyoto and lived in Nanzen-ji Temple again.
1333年に鎌倉幕府が滅亡すると、建武の新政を開始した後醍醐天皇に招かれて上洛、南禅寺に再住。