From 1688 to 1703, the Yukan of the 46th head priest of Dainenbutsu-ji Temple, who was regarded as a founder of the reemergence of Yuzu Nenbutsu, tried to revive Yuzu Nenbutsu by putting dharma in the statutory form by 'Yuzu enmonsho' (Outlines of the Yuzu-Nembutsu Theology), determining rules as a sect and providing dormitory, which led to the establishment of the Yuzu Nenbutsu sect.
元禄年間（1688～1703）に、融通念仏再興の祖とされる大念仏寺第46世の融観が融通念仏の復興に努め、「融通円門章」等により教義を明文化し、一宗としての制規を定め、学寮も設けるなかで融通念仏宗として整備されていった。