Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Ko da yake waɗannan ƙoƙarin sun daina yin addinin Buddha a matsayin addinin jihar, addinin Buddha na Nara ya ɗaga matsayin dangin masarauta. Tasirin Buddha a fadar ya karu a ƙarƙashin mulkin biyu na 'yar Shōmu. A matsayin Empress Kōken (r. 749<unk>758) ta kawo firistocin Buddha da yawa a kotu. Kōken ya yi watsi da mulki a shekara ta 758 bisa shawarar dan uwanta, Fujiwara no Nakamaro. Lokacin da tsohuwar sarauniyar ta zo don ta goyi bayan wani mai warkarwa na addinin Buddha mai suna Dōkyō, Nakamaro ya tashi a cikin makamai a 764
amma da sauri aka murkushe. Kōken ya zargi sarki mai mulki da yin hulɗa da Nakamaro kuma ya sa aka tsige shi. Kōken ya sake hau gadon sarauta a matsayin Empress Shōtoku (r. 764 <unk> 770).