However, as Shoraku died in 751, Konin, another disciple of Shoraku, built Shoten Shoraku-ji Temple (Hidaka City, Saitama Prefecture) of the Hosso sect of Buddhism (Japanese equivalent of the Chinese Faxiang sect) under the will of the deceased and buried him in the yard of the temple.
ところが、勝楽が天平宝字3年（751年）に死去したため、同じく勝楽の弟子・弘仁とともにその遺志を継ぎ、法相宗の聖天院・勝楽寺(日高市)を建立し、師匠を境内に埋葬した。