Otomo-no-Yota-no-Okimi, who was a child of Prince Otomo, wished to build a temple for his father's bodai (pray to Buddha for the happiness of the dead) with Miroku-bosatsu statue of the Emperor Tenchi.
大友皇子の子である大友与多王は、父の菩提のため、天智天皇所持の弥勒像を本尊とする寺の建立を発願した。