When the wall painting of the Kon-do Hall was burnt down, Join tried to tear himself away from a disciple who held him in a full nelson and burst into the hall where it was still burning.
金堂の壁画が消失したときには、まだ鎮火していない堂の中に、弟子が羽交い絞めにして止めるのを振り切って飛び込もうとした。