He promoted family members and trusted monks to high positions and constructed Saidai-ji Temple (Nara City) and Hyakumanto stupa aiming at stabilization of the reins of government.
一族や腹心の僧を高官に登用して権勢をふるい、西大寺(奈良市)の造立や百万塔の造立など、仏教による政権安定をはかろうとした。