A temple designated as a Chokugan-ji Temple could also receive land, and there had been cases since the Sengoku Period (Period of Warring States) of temples that tried to achieve the status for this reason.
また勅願寺になれば寺領が得られることもあり、戦国時代(日本)頃からは寺の側から働きかけて勅許をもらうという例もあった。