It is said that in an era during which there were no megaphones and the like, he sought to spread Buddhist teachings to the populous through a form of easy to understand silent drama using exaggerated movements and gestures.
メガホンのない時代に、仏教を群衆にわかりやすく説くために、大げさな身ぶり手ぶりで表現する無言劇の形態が採用されたという。