The Emperor Tenchi, who established Otsu-kyo, wanted to establish a temple of which the honzon was the statue of Miroku-bosatsu (Maitreya-bodhisattva), however, he could not accomplish his wish during his lifetime.
大津京を造営した天智天皇は、念持仏の弥勒菩薩像を本尊とする寺を建立しようとしていたが、生前にはその志を果たせなかった。