Subsequently, Choja were selected from the priests of the Shingon sect, and a custom was later established for the emperor to appoint Choja from monzeki (a priest of a temple in which resided a member of nobility or the Imperial Family) of noble birth of four temples (the Ninna-ji Temple, Daikaku-ji Temple, Kaju-ji Temple and Daigo-ji Temple (Sanbo-in)).
以後、長者は真言宗の僧侶から選ばれ、後には仁和寺・大覚寺・勧修寺・醍醐寺（三宝院）の4寺の中から門跡の貴種が勅任される慣習が成立した。