In November 1919, Morihei received a telegram informing him that his father Yoroku was seriously ill . He then terminated abruptly his stay in Shirataki and his training in Daito- Ryu and hastily left Hokkaido Tanabe to win and go to the bedside of his dying father. Morihei quickly put his affairs in order , bequeathing all his possessions, his modest house and furniture to his master Sokaku Takeda.

During the journey back to Tanabe, Morihei Ueshiba heard from a traveling companion about extraordinary healing powers of a religious leader named Onisaburo Deguchi. Morihei then changed abruptly his route to visit the small town of Ayabe , near Kyoto , to meet the religious leader and ask him to pray for the recovery of his father.

Just like his encounter of Sokaku Takeda Sensei , the meeting with Onisaburo , a charismatic personality of the Omoto - kyo religion, famous for its Chikon Kishin ( meditation technique ), which should lead to mental serenity and closer to the divine ) , upset his life.

Master Ueshiba was as much influenced by Sokaku Takeda ‘s jujutsu techniques as by Onisaburo Deguchi ‘s ideology and spiritual concepts of life. Morihei finally spent a few days in Ayabe which was the spiritual center of the Omoto religion, before returning to Tanabe.

When Morihei reached Tanabe , his father Yoroku ,sixty –six years old , had already died since January 2.