sentences:  During the year of 1639, Sado had passed through the region of Kokura—within Kyūshū province—on his official business.Sado had taken this advantage to visit the house of Musashi's son in order to see Musashi, to whom he had communicated the wish of his lord, as well as his own.After not receiving a true answer, Sado departed, with Musashi later accepting the Hosokawa offer, as a guest, not a vassal.