Additionally, although it is often confused, the Jodo Shinshu sect Higashi-Hongwan-ji-ha of which Head Temple is Higashi Hongwan-ji Temple in Taito Ward, Tokyo (the number of branch temples is 300 and several tens) defected and became independent from the Shinshu sect Otani-ha in 1981, because of the difference in the way of the sect, so currently they are different religious corporations (see "Ohigashi Turmoil (お東騒動)").
なお、混同されやすいが、東京都台東区の東本願寺(東京都台東区)を本山とする浄土真宗東本願寺派（末寺数三百数十）は、宗派のあり方をめぐる見解の相違により、1981年に真宗大谷派から離脱・独立したもので、現在、両者は別個の宗教法人である（⇒お東騒動）。