Kakunyo, the head priest of Hongan-ji Temple, felt threatened by this and criticized in "Gaijasho" (Notes on Correcting Heresies) that things such as the pictorial genealogy were not things of the Shinshu sect.
これに危機感を抱いた本願寺覚如は、『改邪抄』で絵系図などを真宗にあらざるものと非難している。