After Kennyo died in 1592, his first son Kyonyo tried to succeed the chief priest of Hongan-ji Temple, but Hideyoshi TOYOTOMI opposed the succession by Kyonyo with the reasons that he was once disowned by his father, he resisted exhaustively against Nobunaga in the past, and so on, and appointed Junnyo, his half-brother, as the successor.
1592年に顕如が死去した後、長男である教如は本願寺住職の座を継ごうとしたが、それに対して豊臣秀吉がかつて父に義絶されたこと、信長と徹底抗戦した経緯などを理由に教如は後継者にふさわしくないと反対し、教如の異母弟の准如を後継者に指名した。