His disciple, Shinran, praised his true master Genku or Genku Sho'nin in "Shoshin Nenbutsuge" as well as in "Koso Wasan," and it was the joy if his lifetime to be Genku's disciple.
弟子である親鸞は、本師源空や源空聖人と『正信念仏偈』『高僧和讃』などにおいて称し、師事できた事を生涯の喜びとした。