The people wanted a holy image of Honen, so Honen, using some paper on which he had transcribed several of his sermons, created the 'Harinuki Statue' (a statue made of papier-mache) and gave it to Ninku.
人びとが法然の御影を欲しがったので、法然は、書写して法語を書きためておいた紙を用いて、「張貫の御影」を作り、忍空に与えた。