He reconstructed Chion-in Temple which had been devastated during the Onin War, and was permitted by the Emperor Gokashiwabara to call it the Grand Head Temple of the Jodo Sect.
応仁の乱（1467年-1477年）で荒廃した知恩院を再興し、後柏原天皇から浄土宗総本寺と公称することを勅許された。