For this reason, the Hongwan-ji Temple in Shichijo Horikawa, which Junnyo succeeded, became to be called Nishi Hongan-ji Temple, which led to the east-west split of the Honganji Buddhist Sect.
このため准如が継承した七条堀川の本願寺は西本願寺と呼ばれるようになり、本願寺教団は東西に分裂した。