The Kuze Kannon image housed in a zushi placed in the middle of the hall is a wooden sculpture of the Aska period and considered to be the exact image of Prince Shotoku, and according to historical materials, this statue had already been treated as a hibutsu by the 12th century, the late Heian period.
堂内中央の厨子に安置される救世観音像は聖徳太子等身の像と伝える飛鳥時代の木彫像であるが、各種史料によれば平安時代後期の12世紀にはすでに秘仏とされていた。