Emperor Kazan then found the hoin at the Nakayama-dera Temple, made the pilgrimage to the thirty-three holy places of Kannon accompanied by Saint Shoku in Mt. Shosha in Harima Province and Saint Butsugen at the Ishikawa-dera Temple in Kawachi Province, and as a result, the pilgrimage began to spread among people.
そして中山寺で宝印を探し出し、播磨国書写山の性空上人、河内国石川寺の仏眼上人と中山寺の弁光上人を伴い三十三箇所を巡礼したことから、やがて人々に広まっていった。