He described the term 'new Buddhism' with the explanation of the movement of the reform by the priests of the old Buddhism including Myokei, and defined the temples which did not join in such movement as 'conventional Buddhism' or 'old sect.'
「新仏教」という表現には明恵以下の旧仏教側の改革の動きをも含めて解説し、こうした動きに加わらなかった既存寺院を「従来仏教」「古宗」と表記している。