While writing many books, including, but not limited to "Hoon-ko Shiki" (Buddhist sutra for Hoon-ko (a memorial services for Shinran)), "Hongan-ji Shonin Dene" (Buddhist picture scrolls painted about the life of Shinran), ("Godensho" (description of Honganji Shonin Denne (Buddhist picture scrolls painted about the life of Shinran)), "Shinran Dene"), "Shuji Sho" ("On Embracing the Name"), "Kuden Sho" ("What Shinran Taught") and "Gaija Sho" ("Setting the Claims Straight"), he constantly asserted that Shinran was the legitimate successor of Honen and that the religious order of Hongan-ji should have a leading role in Jodo Shinshu.
『報恩講私記』、『本願寺聖人伝絵』（『御伝鈔』・『親鸞伝絵』）、『執持鈔（しゅうじしょう）』、『口伝鈔』（くでんしょう）、『改邪鈔』（がいじゃしょう）など多数撰述し、法然の正統な後継者としての親鸞と浄土真宗内における本願寺教団の優位性を主張した。