In the early Edo period, as a juji position became vacant at Sofuku-ji Temple (Nagasaki City) that was a temple of Chinese priests, ITSUNEN Shoyu (逸然性融) who was in Japan and juji of Kofuku-ji Temple (Nagasaki City) invited Ingen to Japan.
江戸初期、長崎市の唐人寺であった崇福寺(長崎市)の住持に空席が生じたことから、先に渡日していた興福寺(長崎市)住持の逸然性融が、隠元を日本に招請した。