At that time, Yorikane MATSUDAIRA (1809 - 1868), who was the elder half brother of the lord of the Takamatsu clan Yoritane MATSUDAIRA, an earnest supporter of Kuon school and a central figure as a leader of lay believers, felt the indolence of the sect to be deplorable and organized Takamatsu Happon association by himself and extended its influence over Okayama, Tokushima, and Awaji-shima Island.
当時、高松藩主松平頼胤の異母兄にあたり、久遠派の熱心な支持者で在家の指導者として中心的な存在だった松平頼該(1809年-1868年)は、宗門の無気力を嘆き、高松八品講を組織し、岡山、徳島、淡路島などで勢力を伸ばしていた。