Along with "Sanjo-wasan," which was also written by Shinran, it was established by Rennyo, the eighth chief priest of Hongan-ji Temple, to be read in the morning and evening as a devotional exercise for priests and common people, as is still done in the present day.
同じ親鸞撰述の『三帖和讃』とともに、本願寺第8世蓮如によって、僧俗の間で朝暮の勤行として読誦するよう制定され、現在も行われている。