He founded it for salvation of Kumahime (also referred to as Yuhime or Kunihime) -- a wife of Tadamasa HONDA and a daughter of Saburo Nobuyasu OKAZAKI (granddaughter of Ieyasu TOKUGAWA and Nobunaga ODA) -- and her late father.
本多忠政公の室、岡崎三郎信康息女熊姫《ユウ姫》また（国姫）（徳川家康、織田信長の孫姫）亡父の菩提の為建立。