It is said that when SOGA no Umako from pro-Buddhist faction constructed a Buddha hall in his residence and placed Miroku-butsu (Miroku Buddha) which was brought from a foreign country, he presented Busshari (Buddha's ashes) and held a hoe (Buddhist mass).
崇仏派の蘇我馬子が邸宅内に仏殿を建立し、請来した弥勒仏を安置した際には、仏舎利を献上し、また法会を開催したとされる。