It is said that Masatsura KUSUNOKI, the eldest son of Masashige KUSUNOKI, together with his families and retainers, paid a visit to the imperial tomb of Emperor Godaigo in this temple and wrote his death poem 'Since I will never come back alive, I am writing down the names of my fellows and me, who are to be numbered among the dead,' when leaving for the front in the Battle of Shijonawate in January 1348.
正平2年12月（1346年）、楠木正成の長男・楠木正行が四条畷の戦いに出陣するに際し、一族郎党とともに当寺にある後醍醐天皇陵に詣で、辞世の歌「かへらじとかねて思へば梓弓なき数に入る名をぞとどむる」を詠んだという。