He played an important role in Japanese history of Buddhism, for example, by bringing to Japan a new translation of "Golden Light of the Most Victorious Kings Sutra," a sutra valued during the Nara Period as a Buddhist scriptures to safeguard the country in the Nara Period.
奈良時代に護国経典として重視された新訳『金光明最勝王経』を日本にもたらすなど、上代仏教史上重要な人物である。