In the Edo period, as part of their program to settle the wrongs of the Toyotomi government, the Tokugawa clan pardoned the Shingi Shingon sect and together with the reconstruction of Negoro-ji Temple, Kakuban was afforded the honorary title of 'Kokyo-Daishi' from the Emperor Higashiyama.
江戸時代、豊臣政権の清算の観点ら、徳川家の恩赦を受けて新義真言宗は復興を果たし、根来寺の再興と共に覚鑁は東山天皇より「興教大師」の称号を追贈された。