This was meant to take advantage of the religious network in the Kinai region because many of the Kugeshu (court nobles) in Kyoto and machi-shu (towns people) in Sakai were believers of the Hokke sect.
これは京都の公家衆・堺の町衆などで法華宗の信者が多く、その宗教ネットワークを最大限に利用しようというものだったのだ。