In Japan, Genshin (monk), who appeared during the mid-Heian period, took on the rinju theories proposed by Daoxuan and Shandaon squarely to use them as guides for attaining Jodo Ojo (Rebirth in the Pure Land).
日本では、この道宣と善導の臨終論を正面から受け止めて、浄土往生のための手引きにしようとしたのが、平安時代中期に登場した源信_(僧侶)であった。