During this project, the world called Todai-ji Temple 'the place where the sound of chopping wood was produced all the time' ("Okagami" [The Great Mirror]), and the temple also expressed itself by saying that 'the world considers the sound of chopping wood will never stop at Todai-ji Temple' in response to this.
この時代、世間からは、「ておのゝおとする所」（『大鏡』）と呼ばれたり、寺側もこれを受けて「東大寺の斧音絶えざる由、世を以つて伝へ申すところなり」と自らを表現している。