Also, after his schoolmate Raiko died, Raiko appeared in one of Chiko's dreams where he was seen living in the Amida jodo (Pure Land of Amida), whereupon he had a picture drawn of the scene by a painter, which remains to the present day at Gokuraku-bo of Gango-ji Temple in Nara as a henso-zu (picture describing Buddhist Heaven and Pure Land) called "Chiko Mandala."
また、学友の頼光が没した後、頼光が智光の夢に現れ阿弥陀浄土に往生を遂げているのを見て、画工に描かせたのが、現在奈良元興寺極楽坊の残る「智光曼荼羅」と呼ばれる変相図である。