 Shortly after his father's death in 1400 CE, Shōtetsu moved back to Kyoto, and sought out a fellow named Imagawa Ryōshun (b.1325/1326 ?, d. 1417/1420) and asked him to instruct him in the "Way of Poetry".This was not an unexpected visit for Ryōshun; he and Shōtetsu had met many times previously.