Since 1900, the Noke of the Shingi Shingon sect Buzan school and Shingi Shingon sect Chisan school have acted in turn as the Head Priest of Daidenpo-in Temple with three-year rotations, but this tradition of alternating Buzan and Chisan has also been seen since the Sengoku Period (Period of Warring States) from Genyo-Nisshu-Raigen-Genyu-Senyo.
1900年（明治33年）より、新義真言宗豊山派及び新義真言宗智山派の能化が3年交代により大伝法院座主を勤めたが、智豊交互に勤める風習は、戦国時代、玄誉─日秀─頼玄─玄宥─専誉あたりから見られるものである。