Such ridicules or attacks disappeared after Totsuko SETTAN of Mt. Ikuo bestowed Inka (Certification of spiritual achievement) on Nonin and from then, his reputation started to rise.
こうした揶揄や攻撃は、後に育王山の拙庵徳光が能忍の禅境を認め印可を与えたことによって変化し、以後、能忍の名望は高くなっていく。