After he acquired a reputation as an artist, he visited this temple in 1788, painting 'Sansui-zu' (picture of a landscape), 'Hato-zu' (picture of swirling waves) and 'Gunsen-zu' (picture of hermits), on 53 fusuma (sliding door) panels and on the surfaces of four walls in the six rooms of Hondo.
応挙は画家として名を成した後の1788年に当寺に赴き、本堂6室の襖53幅と壁4面に「山水図」、「波濤図」、「群仙図」を描いた。