With the help of Kenchi, Shinran's direct disciple, she constructed a mausoleum at Higashiyama Otani of Kyoto, assumed a position of Rusushiki (custodian or caretaker of Shinran's Mausoleum at Otani) and laid the foundation of Hongan-ji Temple.
直弟子顕智らの協力を得て、京都東山大谷に廟堂を建立して、自らは留守職となって、本願寺の基礎を築いた。