In 1087, he founded Daijoin Temple in Kofukuji Temple to become the first head priest, and laid a foundation for Daijoin Temple as a monzeki temple (a temple of high rank where members of imperial family and nobility enter the priesthood), which was comparable to Ichijoji Temple.
1087年（寛治元年）興福寺に大乗院を開創して第1世となり、一乗院と並ぶ門跡寺院としての大乗院の礎を築いた。