He distributed the Three Clauses of Warning to ban the uprising of followers in Hokuriku (northern Japan), created the Ichimon-Ikke System that divided the Hongan-ji families into Ichimonshu (clansman) (for legitimate son) and ikkeshu (the same linage people as the Hongan-ji Temple) (for second son and younger), re-established the religious group by collecting 80 letters from the documents of Rennyo and edited it into five books called Ofumi to create the basics of Shumonshinjo (the religious group codes), and built the basic platform of Hongan-ji Temple during the Sengoku Period (Period of Warring States); however, he died at just 33 years of age.
北陸門徒に対し一揆の禁止をはじめとする3か条の戒めを発布したり、本願寺の一族を一門衆（嫡男）と一家衆（次男以下）に分ける一門一家制を設けたり、蓮如の文書の中から80通を選んで5帖に編集し御文とよんで宗門信条の基本とするなどの教団改革を行い、戦国期の本願寺体制の基礎を築いたが、33歳の若さで没した。