Thereafter, Hongan-ji Temple, inherited by the descendants of Kakunyo, proceeded to the formation of the Honganji Buddhist sect, the influence of which expanded to the Hokuriku region via the fifth generation (Shakunyo) and the seventh generation (Zonnyo); the Honganji Buddhist sect was formed in Kaga-no-kuni, Noto-no-kuni, Echizen-no-kuni, Omi-no-kuni, and so on.
以来、覚如の子孫が継承した本願寺は教団の形成を進め、室町時代の第5代綽如のとき北陸地方へと進出、第7代存如の時代までに加賀国、能登国、越前国、近江国などで本願寺教団が形成されていった。