When his father Shinran returned to Kyoto from the propagation in the Kanto region, Zenran was dispatched to Kanto in order to quell the disturbance within the religious disciples in Kanto.
父親鸞が関東布教から京都に戻った後、関東における門弟たちの信仰上の動揺を鎮めるために、善鸞が関東へ派遣された。