The founding of Yamada-dera Temple is fully described in the uragaki (back-page notes) of "Jogu Shotoku Hooteisetsu" (Biography of Shotoku Taishi), and the historical source is cited whenever Yamada-dera Temple is discussed.
山田寺の創建については『上宮聖徳法王帝説』裏書に詳しく書かれており、山田寺について語る際には必ずと言ってよいほどこの史料が引用される。