After that it became waki-monzeki (subordinating temple to legitimate the temple) of Nishi Hongan-ji Temple, but it became independent when Honjaku the 27th was in power and became the Kosho School of Jodo Shinshu in 1876.
その後、西本願寺の脇門跡であったが、1876年（明治9年）第27世本寂の際に独立し、真宗興正派となる。