There are some noge (master) who are a group of high priests one rank next to hoshu, and currently there are ten monks who are in the position of noge excluding former Hoshu Nikken.
法主の下には若干名の能化（のうけ）が、法主に次ぐ高僧衆として存在し、現在は前法主の日顕を除く10名の僧侶が能化の位にある。