Later, in the days of Shonyo's son Kennyo, the book was to have been given to Sakihisa KONOE, the former chief adviser to the emperor who had worked to bring about peace during the Ishiyama War, but he refused to accept it on the grounds that 'a national treasure should not be given away without good reason,' and the book has been in the possession of Hongan-ji Temple as a national treasure ever since.
これは、後に息子・顕如の時代に石山合戦の和議に尽くした前関白近衛前久に贈ろうとしたものの、「天下の宝物をみだりに遣り取りすべきでない」として辞退したという代物で現在も西本願寺に所蔵されている国宝である。