Thereafter, as hoshi for the Jodo Shinshu Higashi Hongan-ji school, he worked to increase its disciples, and in 1999, he became the 26th Hoshu upon Kosho's death,
以降、浄土真宗東本願寺派の法嗣として教化に努め、1999年（平成11年）、光紹の逝去により第26世法主を継承。