Sennyu-ji Temple centered around the Ritsu sect but flourished as a four sect (five including Ritsu) place of enlightenment combining the Tendai sect, To-mitsu-sect (Shingon sect), Zen sect and Pure Land sect.
泉涌寺は律宗を中心として天台、東密（真言）、禅、浄土の四宗兼学（または律を含めて五宗兼学とも）の道場として栄えた。