Although it declined temporarily after in the latter part of the Muromachi period, Myonin tried to restore it during the early part of the Edo period and his disciple Jogon used the title of 'Shingon Risshu sect' formally for the first time.
室町時代後期以後一時衰微したものの、江戸時代前期の明忍が再興の動きを見せ、その門人にあたる浄厳は初めて公に「真言律宗」という名乗りを用いた。