became the leading master of the linked verse renga

Renga

' is a genre of Japanese collaborative poetry. A renga consists of at least two or stanzas, usually many more. The opening stanza of the renga, called the , became the basis for the modern haiku form of poetry....

 after the death of Tani Sobuko in 1545. Before Sobuoko's death in 1545, Shokyu accepted the famous Joha as a pupil during the year of 1544. During the year of 1552, Shokyu laid on his death bed then on entrusting Joho with the leadership of the Satomura school of renga and the care of his son Satomura Shoshitsu.