He was nicknamed 'pan-wearing shonin' and 'pan-wearing Nisshin' based on the legend that he was tortured by a burning pan being placed on his head but he did not stop preaching
拷問を受けた際に灼熱の鍋を被せられたまま説法を説いたという伝説が誕生し、「鍋かぶり上人」、「鍋かぶり日親」等と呼ばれた。