Also, he had a deep faith in Buddhism (Pure Land teaching in particular), and it is said that at his last moment he passed away in the middle of a ritual to pray for the Pure Land surrounded by many monks in front of the principal image of Hojo-ji Temple's Amitabha hall that he built himself.
また、仏教（特に浄土教）に対して信仰心が厚く、最期は自らが建てた法成寺阿弥陀堂本尊前で大勢の僧侶に囲まれ極楽浄土を祈願する儀式の中で臨終の時を迎えたとされる。