The tale of the founding by Kume-no-sennin is a famous story that has been recorded in the section regarding Japanese Buddhism in Chapter 12 of "Konjyaku Monogatari-shu" (A Collection of Tales of Times Now Past), and referred to in "Tsurezure-gusa" (Essays in Idleness) in addition to "Fuso Ryakki" and "Shichidaiji Junrei Shiki."
久米仙人による開基伝承は『扶桑略記』『七大寺巡礼私記』などのほか、『今昔物語集』巻十二本朝仏法部にも収録され、『徒然草』にも言及されている著名な話である。