He would often hold prayers for rain in the Shinsen-en Garden and at the time was believed to have brought rain - leading him to become known as 'Ame Sojo' (Rain Priest).
神泉苑にて雨乞の祈祷をたびたび行い、そのたびに雨を降らせたとされ、「雨僧正」の通称があった。