However, because Otani-byodo Mausoleum drew pilgrimages and donations from various provinces, Kakue's child Kakunyo and Kakue's younger brother by a different father, Yuizen, started to fight for the position of caretaker; resulting in the narrow victory of Kakunyo, and therefore Kakunyo established the hereditary position of caretaker based on Kakunyo's family blood.
ところが、大谷廟堂は諸国の門徒の参詣と寄進を集めることから、のちに留守職をめぐって覚恵の子覚如と、覚恵の異父弟唯善との間で争いとなり、覚如が辛うじて勝利して自己の家系による留守職の世襲を確立した。