Then, Nobunaga commanded 'Therefore, I will send a judge. Make a document on the development of the debate and report it to me,' and asked an elder monk, Keishu Tetsuso in Nanzen-ji Temple, who lived in Hino and was renowned for his prominent knowledge among the five great Zen temples of Kyoto known as 'Kyoto Gozan.'
そこで信長は「それなら審判者を派遣するから、経過を書類にして勝負の経過を報告せよ」と申し、京都五山のうちでも指折りの博学で評判の、日野に住む南禅寺の長老・景秀鉄叟（けいしゅうてつそう）を審判者に招いた。