Saicho was the 1st in the line of Myoho-in chief priests, the 13th was Kaishu, the 15th was Cloistered Emperor Goshirakawa (under the Buddhist priest name 'Gyoshin'), and the 16th was Shoun.
妙法院の門主系譜では最澄を初代として、13代が快修、15代が後白河法皇（法名は行真）、16代が昌雲となっている。