In 1205, he drew up a report to the throne titled Kofuku-ji Sojo in which he criticized Honen's Senju Nenbutsu (the Single-Minded Recitation of the Nenbutsu) and asked for it to be stopped.
なお、1205年（元久2年）には興福寺奏状を起草し、法然の専修念仏を批判し、停止を求めた。