He carved a statue of the Kannon Deity of Mercy out of a keyaki (zelkova tree) at Kamo-jinja Shrine and enshrined it at Gyogan-ji Temple, and thus the temple was also called ko-do (temple built by kawa hijiri).
賀茂神社の槻木（つきのき）をもらって観音像を刻み、行願寺を建てて安置し、革堂（こうどう）と称された。