The twenty-second Kozui OTANI, a monshu (Honganji-ha head priest) who had great power, made efforts to send an Otani exploration party to engage in missionary work abroad and educate students, but the cost brought Hongwan-ji Temple's finances to the point of crisis, so Kyonyo was forced to retire.
絶大な権力を持つ本願寺派門主の第22世大谷光瑞は、大谷探検隊を送ったり、海外布教や、学生の教育に力を尽くしたが、それらの大きな費用負担が本願寺の財政を危機に陥れたため、鏡如は門主引退に追い込まれた。