Kankiko-ji Temple's founding priest Shokai was a leading disciple of the sect founder Ippen who accompanied him on his pilgrimage throughout various provinces and is also said to have been Ippen's biological younger brother.
歓喜光寺の開山である聖戒は、宗祖一遍の高弟で、一遍の諸国巡礼に随伴した僧であり、一遍の実弟ともいわれている。