The temple is well known as the place where TAIRA no Kiyomori's daughter Kenrei Mon-in lived in seclusion after the defeat of the Taira family and is closely connected to "The Tale of the Heike."
平清盛の娘・建礼門院が、平家滅亡後隠棲した所であり、『平家物語』ゆかりの寺として知られる。