Some say that he did not go to Kyoto while others say that in his later years he went to Keijuin Temple, a Tacchu (minor temple) of Tenryu-ji Temple and where his son, Shocho KAIMON resided.
京都へは入らなかったという説と、皇子の海門承朝が止住した天竜寺塔頭の慶寿院で晩年を過ごしたという説がある。