When Kennyo died in December 1592, Kyonyo succeeded Hongan-ji Temple under the order from Hideyoshi TOYOTOMI but in the following year, he was forced to retreat and replaced with his younger brother Junnyo because Nyoshun (Kennyo's wife and Kyonyo's mother) asked Hideyoshi to do so according to Kyonyo's will.
文禄元年(1592)11月、顕如が死没すると豊臣秀吉の命で教如が本願寺を継ぐが、如春（顕如の妻・教如の母）らが顕如の遺志にもとづき秀吉に働きかけたため、翌年に教如は隠居させられ弟の准如が跡を継いだ。