In 1476, however, when Rennyo and Masachika TOGASHI, the provincial constable of Kaga Province, came into conflict, Renko joined his father who was then in Yoshizaki Gobo (the first permanently fortified temple, founded by Rennyo in 1471), and left Kaga once.
しかし、蓮如と加賀守護富樫政親が対立した文明(日本)7年（1476年）に吉崎御坊にいた父と合流して一旦加賀を離れた。