Because Fuke who had friendship with Rinzai Gigen in China in the ninth century is regarded as the progenitor, Fuke sect is also thought to be a school of Rinzai sect (Zen).
9世紀に中国で臨済義玄と交流のあった普化を始祖とするため、臨済宗（禅宗）の一派ともされる。