In this place, Rennyo expounded the creed to the public in an easy-to-understand manner, sometimes using a preaching letter written by himself, which is called 'Ofumi' or 'Gobunsho,' and granting scrolls carrying 'rokuji myogo' (the six characters of Buddha's name), i.e., 'Na-Mu-A-Mi-Da-Butsu,' and so a great number of believers came to visit Yoshizaki Gobo not only from the Hokuriku region but from the Ou region (the present Tohoku region).
この地で蓮如は教義を民衆にわかりやすく説き、時には「御文（おふみ）」（「御文章（ごぶんしょう）」）を用いたり、「南無阿弥陀仏」の六字名号を下付したため、御坊には北陸はもとより奥羽からも多くの門徒が集った。