There was no choice but for the Hachihonzan to have 'an official position in Komon School (chief abbot of Honmon School)' in rotation as representative of a religious school for political purposes, and Nippu the fifty fifth Hoshu became the fourth chief abbot from 1881 to 1882, and Nichio the fifty sixth Hoshu became the fifth chief abbot from 1891 to 1892.
行政上の宗派代表としての「興門派管長（本門宗管長）」の職は、八本山が交代で務めるという形を余儀なくされ、1881年-1882年にかけては第55世法主日布が第4代の、1891年-1892年にかけては第56世法主日応が第5代の管長に就任している。