These laws concentrated the power to hoshu which was succeeded by the direct lineage called 'Shinran no michi no michi' (literally, the way of Shinran's blood) and established the superiority of renshi and ichimon which acted as guarding walls. これにより「親鸞の御血の道」と呼ばれた直系が継承する法主に権限を集約し、その藩屏たる連枝・一門の優位が定められたのである。 |