Complex sentence: Following his installation as 8th head priest at Hongan-ji in 1457, Rennyo focused his efforts in proselytizing in Ōmi Province, an area dominated by the Bukkō-ji and Kinshoku-ji branches of Shinshū.
Split into simpler sentences: Following his installation as 8th head priest at Hongan-ji in 1457, Rennyo demonstrated leadership capabilities. He immediately began mobilizing the sect's focus in the Ōmi Province and creating converts there, an area dominated by the Bukkō-ji and Kinshoku-ji branches of Shinshū.