The master, Shoraku, tried to build a temple to worship the Shoten Buddha of Joy (a small statue of Buddha carried beside the body), which he brought from Goguryeo as a memorial for Jakko, who was believed to be the father of Shoten.
師匠勝楽は聖雲の父とされる若光を弔うため、自ら高句麗から携えてきた念持仏「聖天歓喜仏」を本尊とする寺院を建立しようとした。