Against this background, over time the status of ebusshi came to be passed on to their children or disciples through a vocational system, and as seen in the Takuma school founded by Tameto TAKUMA, schools specializing in training of ebusshi came to be formed.
それに伴い、絵仏師の地位も子弟や門人に職の体系として継承されるようになり、詫摩為遠を祖とする宅磨派のように、絵仏師を専門とする流派が成立するようになった。