Kukai stayed first in Makiono-dera Temple in Izumi Province, entered Heian-kyo in August of 809 with Daijokanpu (official documents issued by Daijokan, Grand Council of State), and entered Takaosan-ji Temple (later Jingo-ji Temple), which was a private temple of the Wake clan.
空海は、まず和泉国槇尾山寺に滞在し、7月の太政官符を待って入京、和気氏の私寺であった高雄山寺（後の神護寺）に入った。