When Prince Shotoku visited the temple site for materials of Shitenno-ji Temple to be built, his personal Buddha statue of Nyoirin Kannon, placed against a tree nearby while bathing in the pond, became stuck.
聖徳太子が四天王寺の建立のためその用材を求めてこの地を訪れた際、池で水浴中にそばの木にかけておいた持仏の如意輪観音が離れなくなりました。