However, there is also the Edo period theory published in "To Meisho Zue" that names Kukai as founder and an alternative theory published in "Kyohabutae" that it was founded by Yuzu-Nenbutsu founder, Ryonin who secluded himself in Ohara and completed Ohara shomyo (Buddhist hymns) in the end of the 11th century.
しかし、江戸時代の地誌には空海開基説（『都名所図会』）、11世紀末に大原に隠棲し大原声明を完成させた融通念仏の祖良忍が開いたとの説（『京羽二重』）もある。