In 1466, Kanto Kanrei (Shogun's deputy in the Kanto region) Norizane UESUGI, who had grown weary from political strife and wandered the country, died at the temple.
1466年（文正元年）には政争に疲れて流浪の旅に出ていた元関東管領上杉憲実がこの寺で病死している。