As mentioned above, Rennyo stated that 'If people of other sects confuse us with another sect and call us Ikkoshu, that cannot be helped, but the people of the Jodo Shinshu sect should not call themselves Ikkoshu,' and even said that he would expel those who did not obey the order; conversely, this means that even members of the Jodo Shinshu sect called themselves Ikkoshu in those days.
蓮如は前述のように「他宗派の者が（勘違いして）一向宗と呼ぶのは仕方ないが、我々浄土真宗の門徒が一向宗を自称してはいけない」という主旨の発言をして違反者を破門するとまで述べているが、逆に言えばこれは、浄土真宗の門徒ですら一向宗を自称する者がいた事を意味する。