Shosetsu Shugen, the 7th head priest, was close to the Hosokawa clan from which a Buddhist image dais inscribed 'Iaiseki' and a stone bathtub were donated during the Kanei era (1624-1644).
第7世の湘雪守沅は細川氏と親交があり、寛永年間(1624年－1644年)に「遺愛石」（いあいせき）と銘をつけた須弥台と石船を寄贈された。