Its honorific mountain prefix had long been 'Seyasan' (世野山) and the temple is depicted with the words 'Seyasan Nariai-ji' in the "Amanohashidate-zu" painting by Sesshu (Kyoto National Museum collection, National Treasure).
山号は古くは「世野山」と称し、雪舟の『天橋立図』（京都国立博物館蔵、国宝）には、「世野山成相寺」の書き込みとともに当寺が描かれている。