In addition, by suspending apppointments of Shikan (Shinto priest) at temples, official ranks for Shodaibu of monzeki (successor of a temple), and names for bokan (top priests) at monzeki temples (where priests of noble or imperial lineage lived) and at both Higashi and Nishi Hongan-ji Temples, which until now the Court hadn't concerned itself with, the reforms proposed changing the fundamental structure of the kuge, which tended to be very formal.
更にこれまで朝廷が手を付けてこなかった諸社の祠官の任官・門跡の諸大夫の官位・門跡寺院や両本願寺などの坊官の呼称を停止する事など形式的に流されがちであった公家官位の仕組みを根本的に改めるものであった。