Before Kensho-ji Temple fell down, however, the most important figure Renjun ran away to another foothold Ise-Nagashima Gansho-ji Temple, and hid himself in his son Jitsue's place (Jodo Shishu) (by the way, the third excommunication of Honpuku-ji Temple, mentioned above, was done in the course of this event).
ところが肝腎の蓮淳は顕証寺陥落の際にもう一つの拠点であった伊勢長島願証寺へと逃走して息子実恵(浄土真宗)の元に潜伏した（ちなみに前述の本福寺の3度目の破門が行われたのはこの最中であった）。