In the Hongan-ji School and Otani School of the Jodo Shinshu, the word particularly refers to the hand-over of the position of the chief of the school to a descendant of Shinran.
特に浄土真宗本願寺派や真宗大谷派などでは、門主（門首、法主）の座が親鸞の子孫に受け継がれることを指す。