Fujiwara no Michinaga
By this point Genshin's fame in the Imperial court at Kyoto spread, and he was invited for lectures, events, a promotion by the court to "supernumerary minor bishop", and so on. The powerful Fujiwara no Michinaga sought him out for private religious services, but Genshin politely refused. The Tales of Genji also mentions a "bishop of Yokawa", which is thought to refer to Genshin.