Raisho was dispatched to Echizen as the supreme commander of Ikko-Ikki riot by Kennyo and killed Yoshitsugu MAEBA, Kageakira ASAKURA (he was renamed as Nobuakira TSUCHIHASHI at that time), who were ordered to manage Echizen by Nobunaga ODA, and made Echizen as part of the real Hongan-ji territory.
頼照は顕如によって一向一揆の総大将として越前に派遣され、織田信長から越前を任されていた前波吉継、朝倉景鏡（当時は土橋信鏡に改名）らを討って越前を実質的な本願寺領とした。