It is said that Seigyoku, the chief priest in those days, happened to meet where a follower cremated Nobunaga's dead body just after the Honnoji Incident and buried the cremains at the temple with the cremains of Nobutada which he attained later.
当時の住職清玉が本能寺の変の直後に家臣が信長の遺体を火葬した場に遭遇しその遺骨と後日入手した信忠遺骨を寺に葬ったと伝える。