| He resided in Kuhon-ji Temple in Kyoto (Kyoto City) and gave lectures on his own shogyo hongangi (doctrines of single nenbutsu, multiple nenbutsu, multiple practices), making his pupils become known as the Kuhonji School. |
京都九品寺 (京都市)に住して独自の諸行本願義（しょぎょうほんがんぎ）を講説したことから、長西の門下は九品寺流と称される。 |