This temple was to become Bukko-ji Temple, which Shinran left in the charge of his disciple Shinbutsu before setting off to Kanto to disseminate the teaching of Amida Buddha's original vow.
これが後の佛光寺で、親鸞はこの寺を弟子の真仏にまかせ、その後、阿弥陀如来の本願をひろめるため関東行化に旅立ったとされる。