Nikko only stayed there for seven years and left the temple after an invitation from the Ishikawa clan when he moved to Omosu-dansho (a Buddhist seminary built in the Omosu Honmon-ji Temple) (current Kitayama Honmon-ji Temple Kongen, also known as Omosu Honmon-ji Temple of Nichiren Sect) in his later years, then he passed the kechimyaku (heritage of the Law) to Nichimoku, taught his disciples up and passed away in this place.
日興は7ヵ年留まると石川氏の招きにより大石寺を退出、晩年は重須談所（現在の日蓮宗北山本門寺根源・重須本門寺）に移住し、日目に血脈を譲ったのち、晩年は師弟の教育・指導にあたり、ここで没した。