Tenshin had the friendship of one of the chief priests of the temple, Kancho MARUYAMA, who engaged in the Buddhism restoration movement during the time of the anti-Buddhism movement in the Meiji period.
この寺の住職をしていた丸山貫長（明治の廃仏毀釈の時代に仏教復興運動に取り組んだ人物）は天心と親交があった。