It may have been because of Nobunaga's cold shoulder, but Sosetsu and his son moved out of Kyoto and went to Hamamatsu in Totomi Province in 1571, and since then, their activities in Kinai region (the five capital provinces surrounding the ancient capitals of Nara and Kyoto) decreased.
信長の冷遇に耐えかねてか、元亀2年（1571年）、宗節父子は京を離れ、遠江浜松へと下り、以後畿内での活動を縮小する。