It is considered that his life reached a turning point when he began running around the city streets soliciting donations for the reconstruction of the Hondo (main building) and Kannon-do Hall (temple dedicated to Kannon) of the temple.
彼が転機を迎えたのは、寺の本堂や観音堂の再建のための勧進に市中を走るようになったこととされる。