In Nishi Hongan-ji Temple, from the period of the suzerain Honyo during the middle Edo period, the dispute on religious principle concerning the doctrine Anjin was smoldering, but the local dissatisfaction culminated during the period of Honnyo and Kyoto City was in an unquiet situation by the followers who went to the head temple for direct negotiation.
西本願寺では、江戸中期の法如宗主時代から宗門の安心（あんじん）をめぐる教義対立が燻っていたが、本如の時代には地方の不満が頂点に達し、本山まで直談判に赴く門徒衆のために京都市中も不穏な状況にあった。